Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Problems and Perspectives
Chapter 2. The Essence of Philosophy
Chapter 3. Arguments for Taking Past Philosophers Seriously
Chapter 4. Science, Scientism, and Philosophy
Chapter 5. Scientistic Attacks on Past and Present Philosophy
Chapter 6. Philosophic Attacks on Past and Present Philosophy
Chapter 7. Philosophy, Time, and Eternity
Bibliography
Index
Emphasizes the importance of a focused study of past - especially Ancient - philosophy for an understanding of contemporary philosophy.
Emphasizes the importance of a focused study of past - especially Ancient - philosophy for an understanding of contemporary philosophy.
Thomas Sullivan is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, and
before his recent retirement held the Aquinas Chair in Philosophy
and Theology, at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, USA. He is
the co-author, with Sandra Menssen, of The Agnostic Inquirer:
Revelation from a Philosophical Standpoint (2007).
Russell Pannier is Emeritus Professor of Law at William
Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, USA. He has published in the
areas of philosophy of logic, metaphysics, jurisprudence, ethics,
constitutional law, philosophy of religion, and decision theory. He
has published several essays on some of those topics with Thomas D.
Sullivan.
In their characteristically clear style, Sullivan and Pannier give
an account of the nature of philosophy, and then they give a series
of detailed arguments for the conclusion that philosophy is best
carried out in dialogue not only with philosophers contemporary to
us, but also with the philosophers of the past. Those who care
about doing philosophy, or who care about teaching it, should care
about this book.
*Michael Gorman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, The Catholic
University of America, USA*
No serious person thinks the the latest art or literature is the
best because it is the most recent. Likewise we would not continue
to read Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas and Kant unless their works
continue to speak to us. But how can long-dead thinkers have
anything to say to 21st century minds? Thomas Sullivan and Russell
Pannier engage that question and in doing so illuminate the nature
of philosophy, the perennial character of its questions and the
need to bring past and present together in ways that illuminate
each. Elegantly crafted their book is a pleasure and a
provocation.
*John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy, University of St Andrews,
UK*
Sullivan and Panier argue convincingly that philosophers of the
past are our partners. The gems of the philosophical past are not
just historical relics, but can help us in our own search for
answers to philosophical questions. This book will make you want to
read more history!
*Linda T. Zagzebski, George Lynn Cross Research Professor and
Kingfisher Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics,
University of Oklahoma, USA*
Some philosophers (e.g., Kant, Wittgenstein) defend various
philosophical positions, but argue that past philosophy is largely
irrelevant to what they are doing. This book looks at a number of
these positions and makes the case against the deniers that much of
past philosophy is, after all, relevant to these discussions […] It
could be background reading for any course, such as one on
Wittgenstein, wherein the subject has arrogantly dismissed
philosophy’s past.
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