Author : Rachel Firth
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 25,97 MB
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1801313814
Philosophy is a way of thinking about just about anything. It asks big questions, such as "how can I be good?" or "what makes something beautiful?" Using lively examples, humorous illustrations and simple thought experiments, this book opens up the world of philosophy to children and adults with enquiring minds.
Author : Richard Osborne
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1934389021
Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is the world made of? What is a man? What is knowledge? What is good and evil? - Philosophy For Beginners traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how Western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years.
Author : Adam Swift
Publisher : Polity
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0745652379
Bringing political philosophy out of the ivory tower and within the reach of all, this book provides us with the tools to cut through the complexity of modern politics.
Author : Will Durant
Publisher :
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 1926
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ISBN :
Author : Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780631234388
This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings. Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy. Each chapter focusses on a core philosophical topic, and contains an introduction to the topic, 2 classic readings and interactive commentaries on the readings. An introductory book which doesn't merely tell the reader about the subject, but requires them to engage philosophically with the text. A pedagogical resource developed in the classroom by the authors at the University of London.
Author : Dominique Janicaud
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781605980782
A primer on western philosophy covers a wide range of thinkers and topics from Plato and Aristotle to the existence of God and the question of freedom.
Author : Jay F. Rosenberg
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780132308489
Based on the author's nearly 30 years' of teaching introductory philosophy -- and his observations of where beginning readers run into difficulty -- this compact "primer" gives readers the basic tools they need to explore philosophical reading and writing for the first time. Provides insights and strategies for helping readers get started with reading, thinking about, and discussing philosophical concepts and writing short philosophical essays about what they've been reading and thinking; includes a new chapter that illustrates techniques for probing beneath the expository surface of a given question to uncover the inevitable structure of presuppositions and problems underlying it.
Author : Eric Lemay
Publisher : For Beginners
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781934389133
Due to the complexity of his thought and the density of his writing, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger is often considered an intellectual time bomb. Here his revolutionary ideas are broken down and made accessible for the curious beginner.
Author : Jenny Teichman
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 28,62 MB
Release : 1999-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780631213215
Philosophy: a Beginner's Guide is unique in its approach to introducing philosophy. Its succinct and self-contained chapters make this jargon-free text accessible to people who have had little or no previous contact with philosophy.
Author : Gregory Sadler
Publisher :
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2021-11-29
Category :
ISBN :
Stoicism, a philosophy and set of practices developed in ancient times, commands ever-growing interest. Its present day, students, practitioners, teachers, and scholars adapt it to the challenges of modern life. This third volume brings together fifty pieces previously published in the Stoicism Today blog, ranging from personal essays to conference presentations, from bits of practical advice to history and interpretation, from polemics to symposia grappling with controversies, key issues, and central concepts. There is something for everyone in this volume. The selections in this volume range over a vast array of topics. You will encounter authors applying Stoicism to parenting, medicine, psychotherapy, culinary arts, time-management, exercise and fitness, the emotions, relationships, the workplace, and the environment. Some selections examine useful practices, the nature and scope of the virtues, how to develop equanimity, resilience, and happiness. Comparative studies bring Stoicism into connection with Buddhism, mindfulness, self-help and productivity authors, and modalities of psychotherapy. This book bridges the gaps between philosophical reflection and practical wisdom, between study and interpretation of Stoicism, and its application to present-day issues and problems. The essays in this volume speak to anyone intending to start or to deepen a thoughtful Stoic life in the modern world.
