What Is Philosophy?: A First-Person Perspective

by Richard Fumerton

Book Overview

As philosophy departments attempt to define their unique value amid program closures in the humanities and the rise of interdisciplinary research, metaphilosophy has become an increasingly important area of inquiry. Richard Fumerton here lays out a cogent answer to the question asked in the book's title, What Is Philosophy?. Against those who argue that philosophy is not sharply distinguishable from the sciences, Fumerton makes a case for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103212203X
• ISBN13: 9781032122038
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"