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This Biographical Dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the twentieth-century. This unique volume covers the lives and careers of thinkers from all areas of philosophy - from analytic philosophy to Zen and from formal logic to aesthetics. All the major figures of philosophy, such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Russell are examined and analysed. The scope of the work is not merely restricted to the major figures in western philosophy but also covers in depth a significant number of thinkers from the near and far east and from the non-European Hispanic-language communities. The Biographical Dictionary also includes a number of general entries dealing with important schools of philosophy, such as the Vienna Circle, or currents of thought, such as vitalism. These allow the reader to set the individual biographies in the context of the philosophical history of the period. With entries written by over 100 leading philosophy scholars, the Biographical Dictionary is the most comprehensive survey of twentieth-century thinkers to date. Structure The book is structured alphabetically by philosopher. Each entry is identically structured for ease of access and covers: * nationality * dates and places of birth and death * philosophical style or school * areas of interest * higher education * significant influences * main appointments * main publications * secondary literature * account of intellectual development and main ideas * critical reception and impact. At the end of the book a glossary gives accounts of the schools, movements and traditions to which these philosophers belonged, and thorough indexes enable the reader to access the information in several ways: * by nationality * by major areas of contribution to philosophy e.g. aesthetics * by major influences on the thinker concerned e.g. Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein Alison Ainley; E.B. Allaire, University of Texas at Austin; Professor Leslie Armour, University of Ottawa; Adnan Aslan, Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul; Else Barth

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1005499 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-08
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 976 pages

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This Biographical Dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the twentieth-century.
This unique volume covers the lives and careers of thinkers from all areas of philosophy - from analytic philosophy to Zen and from formal logic to aesthetics. All the major figures of philosophy, such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Russell are examined and analysed. The scope of the work is not merely restricted to the major figures in western philosophy but also covers in depth a significant number of thinkers from the near and far east and from the non-European Hispanic-language communities.
The Biographical Dictionary also includes a number of general entries dealing with important schools of philosophy, such as the Vienna Circle, or currents of thought, such as vitalism. These allow the reader to set the individual biographies in the context of the philosophical history of the period. With entries written by over 100 leading philosophy scholars, the Biographical Dictionary is the most comprehensive survey of twentieth-century thinkers to date.
Structure
The book is structured alphabetically by philosopher. Each entry is identically structured for ease of access and covers:
* nationality
* dates and places of birth and death
* philosophical style or school
* areas of interest
* higher education
* significant influences
* main appointments
* main publications
* secondary literature
* account of intellectual development and main ideas
* critical reception and impact
At the end of the book a glossary gives accounts of the schools, movements and traditions to which these philosophers belonged, and thorough indexes enable the reader to access the information in several ways:
* by nationality
* by major areas of contribution to philosophy e.g. aesthetics
* by major influences on the thinker concerned e.g. Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein

About the Author
Stuart Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the Open University. He is the editor of eight books, including Philosophy of Psychology, (Macmillan, 1974), Reason and Religion, (Cornell University Press, 1977) and Objectivity and Cultural Divergence, (Cambridge University Press, 1984). He is also co-editor of four others, including Linguistic Analysis and Phenomenology (Macmillan, 1972) and Conceptions of Inquiry (Methuen, 1980).
Diané Collinson is a staff tutor and senior lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University. Her publications include Fifty Major Philosophers (Routledge, 1987), Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers with Robert Wilkinson (Routledge, 1994) and Ending Lives (Blackwell, 1988).
Robert Wilkinson is Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Philosophy at the Open University in Scotland. His last book was Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers^ (Routledge, 1994), co-written with Diané Collinson.

Alison Ainley; E.B. Allaire, University of Texas at Austin; Professor Leslie Armour, University of Ottawa; Adnan Aslan, Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul; Else Barth, Groningen University; Dr T. Baugh; Clive Borst, formerly at Keele University; Hugh Bredin, Queens University, Belfast; Professor Stuart Brown, Open University; Nicholas Bunnin, University of Essex; H. Bunting, University of Ulster; Eva H. Cadwallader, Westminster College, Pennsylvania; Massimo ~Campanini, Milan University; Indira Mahalingham Carr, Exeter University; Colin Chant, Open University; Helen Chapman; Dr Andrea Christofidon, Worcester College, Oxford; Dr Diané Collinson, Open University; Thorild Dahlquist, formerly at Uppsala University, Sweden; Nicholas Davey, University College, Cardiff; Peter Dlugos, University of Virginia; Francis Dunlop, East Anglia University; Jim Duthie, University of London; Jim Edwards, University of Glasgow; Anthony Ellis, Virginia Commonwealth University; ^Chris Emlyn-Jones, Open University; Nicholas Everitt, University of East Anglia; Roger Fellows, Bradford University; Professor Dagfinn Follesdal; Benjamin Franks, University of London; Robert Frazier, Christ Church, Oxford; Kiyohiko Fujimoto, Bukkyo University, Japan; K.W.M. Fulford, University of Warwick; Paul Gorner, Aberdeen University; Barry Gower, Durham University; Keith Graham, Bristol University; Ivor Grattan-Guiness, Middlesex University; Ingemund Gullvag, Trondheim University, Norway; Dr Paul Gurner, University of Aberdeen; Rudolf Haller, Graz University; Hans Hauge; John Heil, Davidson College, North Carolina; Dr A.F. Heyerman; Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia; A. Pablo Iannone, Central Conneticut State University; Jacek Julius Jadacki, Warsaw University; Dale Jamieson, University of Colorado at Boulder; Dr C. Emelyn Jones, the Open University; Barry Jones, Manchester University; Asa Kasher, Tel Aviv University; Dr Matthew Kieran, Leeds University; George L. Kline, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania; Manfred Kuehn, Purdue University, Indiana; A.R. Lacey, King's College, London; Peter Lamarque, Hull University; David Lamb, Birmingham University; Irene Lancaster, Liverpool University; Bettina Lange, Open University; William Langenfus, John Carroll University, Ohio; Oliver Leaman, Liverpool John Moores University; Keekok Lee, Manchester University; Stuart Leggatt, Reading University; Peter Lewis, Edinburgh University; Sten Lindstrom, Umea University; Colin Lyas, Manchester University; Gregory McCulloch, Birmingham University; Alan Malachowski, Reading University; R.N.D. Martin, Open University; Richard Mason, Wolfson College, Cambridge University; Kinya Masugata, Osaka Kyoiku University; Eric Matthews, Aberdeen University; Stephen Mills, University of Ulster at Coleraine; Dr S. Moller; B. Mouralis, Université de Cergy-Pontoise; V.Y. Mudimbe, Stanford University; Sebastien Odiari, Glamorgan University; Amy A. Oliver, American University, Washington; William Outhwaite, University of Sussex; George Pappas, Ohio State University, Columbus; Kathryn L. Plant, Open University; Hugues Poltier, Lausanne University; Andrew Pyle, Bristol University; Lord Anthony Quinton, former President of Trinity College, Cambridge; S.A. Rasmussen, Copenhagen University; Andfew Reck, Tulane University, New Orleans; William L. Reese, State University of New York at Albany; H.P. R