Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. From the ancient classics of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the groundbreaking modern thought of Wittgenstein, Rawls, and Derrida, this volume spans over two and a half millennia of western philosophy and illuminates its most fascinating ideas.
Philosophy Bites was set up in 2007 by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. It has had over 12 million downloads, and is listened to all over the world.

Edmonds, David, Warburton, Nigel

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1st ed., Oxford, UK, England, 2012

First edition, Oxford, 2012

First Edition, PS, 2013

1, 2013

Obscured text on back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Twenty-seven Of Today's Leading Philosophers Each Introduce And Explore Ideas From One Of History's Greatest Minds. -- Cover. Mary Margaret Mcgabe On Socrates And The Socratic Method -- Angie Hobbs On Plato On Erotic Love -- Terence Irwin On Aristotle's Ethics -- Anthony Kenny On Thomas Aquinas's Ethics -- Quentin Skinner On Niccoló Macchiavelli's The Prince -- Sarah Bakewell On Michel De Montaigne -- A.c. Grayling On René Descartes' Cogito -- Susan James On Baruch De Spinoza On The Passions -- John Dunn On John Locke On Toleration -- John Campbell On George Berkeley's Puzzle -- Peter Millican On David Hume's Significance -- Nick Phillipson On Adam Smith On What Human Beings Are Like -- Melissa Lane On Jean-jacques Rousseau On Modern Society -- Richard Bourke On Edmund Burke On Politics -- A.w. Moore On Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics -- Robert Stern On G.w.f. Hegel On Dialectic -- Richard Reeves On John Stuart Mill's On Liberty -- Claire Carlisle On Søren Kierkegaard's Fear And Trembling -- Aaron Ridley On Friedrich Nietzsche On Art And Truth -- Peter Singer On Henry Sidgwick's Ethics -- Robert B. Talisse On The Pragmatists And The Truth -- Barry C. Smith On Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Hugh Mellor On Frank Ramsey On Truth -- Mary Warnock On Jean-paul Sartre's Existentialism -- Chandran Kukathas On Friedrich Hayek And Liberalism -- Jonathan Wolff On John Rawls On Justice -- Robert Rowland Smith On Jacques Derrida On Forgiveness. David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-271).

Mary Margaret McCabe on Socrates and the Socratic method --
Angie Hobbs on Plato on erotic love --
Terence Irwin on Aristotle's ethics --
Anthony Kenny on Thomas Aquinas' ethics --
Quentin Skinner on Niccolò Machiavelli's "The Prince" --
Sarah Bakewell on Michel de Montaigne --
A.C. Grayling on René Descartes' "Cogito" --
Susan James on Baruch de Spinoza on the passions --
John Dunn on John Locke on toleration --
John Campbell on George Berkeley's puzzle --
Peter Millican on David Hume's significance --
Nick Phillipson on Adam Smith on what human beings are like --
Melissa Lane on Jean-Jacques Rousseau on modern society --
Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on politics --
A.W. Moore on Immanuel Kant's metaphysics --
Robert Stern on G.W.F. Hegel on dialectic --
Richard Reeves on John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" --
Claire Carlisle on Søren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" --
Aaron Ridley on Friedrich Nietzsche on art and truth --
Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's ethics --
Robert B. Talisse on the Pragmatists and the truth --
Barry C. Smith on Ludwig Wittgenstein --
Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on truth --
Mary Warnock on Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism --
Chandran Kukathas on Friedrich Hayek and liberalism --
Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls on justice --
Robert Rowland Smith on Jacques Derrida on forgiveness.

A sparkling, original tour through 2,500 years of Western thought, from Socrates to Derrida, from happiness and love in ancient Greece to truth and forgiveness in the twentieth century. Twenty-seven of today's leading philosophers each introduce and explore ideas from one of history's greatest minds.

2023-10-09