A Brief Introduction to Modern Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Arthur Kenyon Rogers

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330077164 ISBN 13 : 9781330077160

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book is a study of the field of philosophy, one of the oldest academic disciplines, which seeks to answer the question of the meaning of life. The author explains the different approaches of philosophy, including dualism, pantheism, and theism. He then discusses the implications of these approaches for understanding the relationship between mind and matter, the nature of reality, and the existence of God. The author argues that philosophy is not just an abstract pursuit but has real -world implications for our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe, serving to clarify the values that are most important to us.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From the PREFACE.
The following pages have been written with a definite aim in view. This aim has been, in as untechnical a way as possible, and with as little presupposition of previous philosophical training, to show how the problems of philosophy, which are apt to seem to the student on his first introduction to them rather arbitrary and unintelligible, and with no very apparent relation to the concrete interests of life, in reality are not manufactured problems, but arise of necessity out of any attempt honestly to understand the world, and to appreciate the value which belongs to human experience. A book with this aim requires to be comparatively brief, and to confine itself to the essential and typical points of view, in order to avoid confusing the reader; it must come back continually to everyday beliefs and interests, and show the real meaning of philosophy in terms of these; and it must possess sufficient definiteness of treatment to convey a unified impression, and not to leave behind the feeling of having been engaged with a number of interesting, but not very closely connected, problems. There are several excellent and well-known introductions to philosophy, but none of them, I believe, exactly covers the ground just outlined. That there is room for another attempt I think teachers generally will admit, though I am far from being sure that I have been able to meet the need. While, however, I have tried to state the problems as simply as they will admit of being stated, I do not profess that philosophy has thereby been rendered easy. No one can be a philosopher who is not willing to think, and to think hard, on his own account; no book or teacher can perform the operation for him. Anyone who comes to the study must be presumed to have his powers more or less matured, and he must expect to be obliged to use them to the uttermost. Nevertheless, philosophy has evolved for itself a technicality in standpoint and phraseology which certainly admits of simplification, and many of the more or less artificial difficulties confronting the beginner, which grow out of this, may be removed without any real loss. Perhaps an excuse should be made for the positive character of the conclusions which are here set forth. I certainly do not wish to appear dogmatic, or to claim for my opinions any greater value than they possess....

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330077164
• ISBN 13: 9781330077160
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 389
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