Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide - Couverture souple

Teichman, Jenny; Evans, Katherine C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631171312 ISBN 13 : 9780631171317

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1991

Synopsis

This introduction to philosophy sets out to introduce the interested lay reader to the subject, and to provide the student or academic with a justification for studying it. The authors divide the subject into six fields - metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of science, logic and the philosophy of life. They begin with a definition of philosophy as the study of abstract, ultimate and general problems. They then guide the reader through several major philosphical topics such as existence, knowledge, freedom, God morality, politics, science, reason and human purpose.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

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.

In this new, revised and extended edition of the popular student text, Teichman and Evans introduce philosophy as it is studied in mainstream colleges and universities. Assuming no previous contact with philosophy, the authors guide the reader through the most central and important questions of philosophy, including the nature of existence, knowledge, freedom, feminism, God, morality, politics, science, reason, logic, and human purpose. This edition includes a new chapter on scepticism.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jenny Teichman is a Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge. She is the author of The Mind and the Soul (1974), Illegitimacy (1982), Pacifism and the Just War (1986), Philosophy and the Mind (1988), and Social Ethics: A Student′s Guide (Blackwell, 1996).

Katherine Evans, a graduate of Cambridge, is an attorney for an international telecommunications company and writes logical aptitude tests for law students.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631171312
• ISBN 13: 9780631171317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible