The Pursuit of Philosophy: Some Cambridge Perspectives (Metaphilosophy)

Eleven Cambridge academics approach philosophy from various fields,to broaden its practical and theoretical applications. * Guides a tour through various academicdepartments including history, political science, classics,law, and English to ferret out the philosophy in theirsyllabi, and to show philosophy s symbiotic relationship withother fields * Provides a map of what philosophy is considered to be atCambridge in the early twenty-first century, about a hundred yearsafter the founding fathers of analytic philosophyreigned at Cambridge * Offers useful new directions for the study and application ofphilosophy, and how other fields can influence them