From Socrates to Turing
The twelve essays in this volume are not only an introduction to some of the most influential thinkers in human history. They are an invitation to the reader to participate in a living debate. "What is justice?" "What is truth?" These questions, first asked by Socrates two and half millennia ago, have lost none of their power to baffle. Many philosophers have claimed finally to answer them, and yet they return again and again to trouble us.
The authors of these essays are distinguished philosophers in their own right. They engage with philosophical ideas rather than merely relaying them. By choosing a specific aspect of their subject's work they manage to liberate the great philosophers from textbook cliches and reveal them in all their freshness and originality.
