Harry Berghs

Between 1986 and 1999, under the general editorship of Harry Berghs Acco Publishers brought out Denk-wijzen, a series of twelve volumes about the history of philosophy. Each volume contains four introductions of each about 30 pages introducing four philosophers. Each introduction is written by a specialist in the field, usually a university professor. Denkwijzen, Vol. 7. Een inleiding in het denken van R.G. Collingwood, Ch. Hartshorne, M. Merleau-Ponty en J. Derrida is the seventh volume in a series, introducing R.G. Collingwood, written by Guido Vanheeswijck Ch. Hartshorne, written by Luc Braeckmans M. Merleau-Ponty written by Peter Reynaert en J. Derrida written by Erik Oger.

Perhaps as a result of the extreme brevity, the introductions are very difficult to understand, and the books in these series are definitely not suitable for the idle reader or beginner to the field of philosophy. More likely, these volumes are quick introductions for students who already have a good grounding in philosophy, and are interested to extend their knowledge or explore other philosophers. The series as a whole, as well as each volume should probably more be seen as belonging to the reference section.

Each biography presents a comprehensive overview of the philosophers' biography, followed by a synopsis of their most important work, discussed in the context of their development and the broader context of philosophy of that period. At the end of each section there is a comprehensive reference to primary and secondary sources.… (altro)