Tales of the Mighty Dead: Historical Essays in the Metaphysics of Intentionality

by Robert B. Brandom

A work in the history of systematic philosophy that is itself animated by a systematic philosophic aspiration, this book by one of the most prominent American philosophers working today provides an entirely new way of looking at the development of Western philosophy from Descartes to the present.

Brandom begins by setting out a historical context and outlining a methodological rationale for his enterprise. Then, in chapters on Spinoza, Leibniz,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674009037
• ISBN13: 9780674009035
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.8"