The Great Philosophers: From Socrates to Turing

One of my current areas of study is in philosophy. I’m strong in biblical studies but never have had the chance to formally study philosophy. So I have been picking up books on philosophy to rectify this deficit. One of those books is The Great Philosophers: From Socrates to Turing. (Amazon affiliate link)

Each chapter of the book is written by a philosopher about one of the great philosophers. It is an interesting list in that it is missing Aristotle but includes Alan Turing. This is part of what I liked about it in that it did not just repeat the material of the other philosophy introductions that I have been reading.

Here is the description from Amazon:

The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader. The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; Ray Monk on Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; Frederic Raphael on Popper Andrew Hodges on Turing.

The book is out of print but you can get a used copy from Amazon at a very low price ($0.98 last time I checked). It is worth reading for a better understanding of philosophy.