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Costica Bradatan
Costică Brădățan is a Romanian-born American philosopher. He is a Professor of Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Tech University. Also he is an Honorary Research Professor of Philosophy at University of Queensland. Books * ''The Other Bishop Berkeley. An Exercise in Reenchantment'' (Fordham University Press, 2007) * ''Dying for Ideas: the Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers'' (Bloomsbury, 2015) * ''In Praise of Failure. Four Lessons in Humility'' (Harvard University Press, 2022) * ''Against Conformity. Reinventing the Lost Art of Cynicism'' (under development) * ''The Prince and the Hermit'' (under development). References External links Costica Bradatan 21st-century American philosophers Philosophy academics Year of birth missing (living people) Texas Tech University faculty Continental philosophers University of Queensland faculty Living people {{US-philosopher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Philosophy
Western philosophy encompasses the philosophical thought and work of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics. The word ''philosophy'' itself originated from the Ancient Greek (φιλοσοφία), literally, "the love of wisdom" grc, φιλεῖν , "to love" and σοφία '' sophía'', "wisdom"). History Ancient The scope of ancient Western philosophy included the problems of philosophy as they are understood today; but it also included many other disciplines, such as pure mathematics and natural sciences such as physics, astronomy, and biology (Aristotle, for example, wrote on all of these topics). Pre-Socratics The pre-Socratic philosophers were interested in cosmology; the nature and origin of the universe, while rejecting mythical answers to such questions. They were specifically interested in the (the cause or first principle) of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
