Conceptions of philosophy - O'Hear, Anthony (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Visions of philosophy / David E. Cooper -- Listening to Clifford's ghost / Peter van Inwagen -- Metaphysical (im)mortality and philosophical transcendence / John Haldane -- My conception of philosophy / Bryan Magee -- Modern philosophy / Jonathan Harrison -- Philosophical amnesia / Nicholas Capaldi -- Philosophy, a contribution, not to human knowledge, but to human understanding / P.M.S. Hacker -- Can philosophy be a rigorous science? / Herman Philipse -- The doctor of philosophy will see you now / Christopher Coope -- Plotinus, charms and countercharms / Stephen R.L. Clark -- What is humane philosophy and why is it at risk? / John Cottingham -- Why is there something called philosophy rather than nothing? / Stephen Mulhall -- Philosophy and the sciences after Kant / Michela Massimi -- The inward turn / Charles Travis -- Philosophy, wisdom or technique? / Anthony O'Hear.
"The essays in this volume are based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual London lecture series for 2007-8"--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.