This edition also features five new readings and a separate section on existential issues.
This is Philosophy: An Introduction offers an engagingly written introduction to philosophical concepts that include ethics, the existence of God, free will, personal identity, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
THIS IS PHILOSOPHY “The second edition of This is Philosophy improves upon an excellent first edition.
Roger Scruton is one of the most widely respected philosophers of our time, and this book is considered by many to be the best philosophical primer since Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy.
This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
What is Philosophy? is an introductory text showing how ideas provided the mainspring of western culture through its arguments and interactive nature.
Provides the tools new students need to tackle philosophical arguments themselves Clearly presents and explains contemporary issues and current debates Covers the key areas of philosophy, including perception, epistemology, metaphysics, the ...
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How should we behave towards each other? Do computers think? Introducing Philosophy is a comprehensive graphic guide to the thinking of all the significant philosophers of the Western world from Heraclitus to Derrida.
This is the only contemporary text to cover both epistemology and philosophy of mind at an introductory level.