About the book
Drawn from a BBC television series, Bryan Magee's introduction to Western philosophy takes the form of conversations with fifteen contemporary philosophers. The dialogues, extensively revised from the broadcasts, cover the field from the death of Socrates and the writings of Plato to Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Martha Nussbaum discusses Aristotle, Bernard Williams takes on Descartes, Peter Singer covers Hegel and Marx, A. J. Ayer deals with Frege, Russell and modern logic, and John Searle talks about Wittgenstein. Other guests treat medieval thought, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, the American pragmatists and modern existentialism. The series premiered on BBC Two in 1987, the year the book appeared.
Appian CEO Matt Calkins counts it among his book favorites, saying philosophy makes a reader question what they are really seeing, a habit he ties to relentlessly pursuing the truth in business.
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Matt Calkins (CEO/Appian)
Philosophy makes you think about what it is you are really seeing. One of the keys to running a winning business is to relentlessly pursue the truth. Don’t kid yourself about how good the business is. Understand your competitors, the fundamental trends that exist in your space and what the next opportunity is, which may not be what you are selling.
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