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Rachel Zuckert
Rachel Elizabeth Zuckert (born January 6, 1969) is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Northwestern University. She is known for her expertise on Kantian philosophy. Zuckert is a former president of the North American Kant Society. Books * ''Kant on Beauty and Biology: An Interpretation of the Critique of Judgment'', Cambridge University Press, 2007. * ''Herder's Naturalist Aesthetics'', Cambridge University Press, 2019. Personal life Zuckert is one of three daughters born to political philosophers Catherine Zuckert, Catherine and Michael Zuckert. References External links Rachel Elizabeth Zuckert at Northwestern University 1969 births 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics University of Chicago alumni Northwestern University faculty Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Philosophy
Western philosophy refers to the Philosophy, philosophical thought, traditions and works of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the Pre-Socratic philosophy, pre-Socratics. The word ''philosophy'' itself originated from the Ancient Greek (φιλοσοφία), literally, "the love of wisdom" , "to love" and σοφία ''Sophia (wisdom), sophía'', "wisdom". History Ancient The scope of ancient Western philosophy included the problems of philosophy as they are understood today; but it also included many other disciplines, such as pure mathematics and natural sciences such as physics, astronomy, and biology (Aristotle, for example, wrote on all of these topics). Pre-Socratics The pre-Socratic philosophers were interested in cosmology (the nature and origin of the universe), while rejecting unargued fables in place for argued theory, i.e., dogma superseded reason, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
