An introduction to philosophy that combines readings and exercises with fictive narratives starring traditional figures in the history of the field.
Discover how our big social, political and ethical ideas are formed with The Philosophy Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format.
A compact and straightforward guide to the skills needed to study philosophy - reading, listening, discussing and writing - aimed at anyone coming to the subject for the first time or just looking to improve their performance.
This book (1) looks at Jesus as a complete human being (as well as divine), therefore also as a philosopher; (2) looks at philosophy as Jesus' pre-modern contemporaries did, as a wisdom, a world-view, and a way of life rather than as a ...
By the time you finish reading this book, you will be able to answer questions like: • What is truth? • What can I really know? • How can I live a moral life? • Do I have free will?
James W. Norwood to Walter W. Lenoir, March 26, 1877, Lenoir Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, ... The most useful of these studies for the refashioning of memory in the postwar South are W. Fitzhugh Brundage, ed., ...
New edition of the Meditations with introductions by John Cottingham and Bernard Williams.
This book, with contributions from such exciting and influential contemporary philosophers as Simon Blackburn, Michael Friedman, Simon Critchley and Manuel DeLanda, offers us a fascinating picture of the character and methods of philosophy; ...
Translated into English for the first time, under the supervision of Dr. Marias, the History of Philosophy presents a full, detailed, lucid history of Western thought from the pre-Socratics to...
A chronological survey of the evolution of Western philosophy provides historical analysis of the thought of key figures and schools and explores the broad influence of Jewish, Islamic, and Asian philosophy, the importance of women ...
This volume offers fourteen original chapters that address these issues, each written by a team that includes at least one philosopher and one neuroscientist who integrate disciplinary perspectives and reflect the latest research in both ...