Dictionary of Philosopy

by Peter A. Angeles

Renouned philosophers and their theories

326 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Peter A. Angeles received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, New York. He has taught philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, Canada; Albert Schweitzer College, Switzerland; the University of California at Santa Barbara; Northern Arizona University, Yavapai College, Mesa College, Scottsdale College, and the University of Phoenix.

He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Santa Barbara City College, where he taught and was Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy from 1970 to his early retirement in 1990.

He is the author of an Introduction to Sentential Logic; The Possible Dream: Toward Understanding the Black Experience; The Problem of God and Critiques of God (ed.); Dictionary of Christian Theology; When Blind Eyes Pierce the Darkness; and numerous articles in scholarly journals.

He lives in Santa Barbara, California and has produced a series of 52 half-hour weekly children's stories for his radio show The Children's Story Time.

Reviews

[Jeff Yana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This text was required reading during my freshman-year, Introduction To Philosophy course at SBCC. The book's author, Professor Peter Angeles, was my instructor. Many published professors will often assign there own texts simply because there is money to made. With Professor Angeles, that simply was not the case. This little gem of a book proved to be a great gift to its students. Concise, densely packed and easy to read, it provides cogent descriptions of major philosophical figures, periods and concepts and is a great all-around resource, not just for students of philosophy, but students of life. From time to time, to this day, I still pick this book and muse, about those times, those days, and how this text played such a large role in my desire to learn and become a better student.

I have no idea whether or not this text is required reading anywhere in the world today. I hope that it is and it would be truly sad if it was not.

Peter Angeles was a brilliant thinker, a great instructor, a talented author and all-around decent human being. I owe him a lot and feel lucky to have had the opportunity to be in his presence and sit in on his many lectures. He has been deceased now for nearly a decade yet his presence is felt everywhere.

[Robert Hult · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good concise look at the field of Philosophy and its various branches