Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys
| Author: | Edward Craig | ISBN: | 9780191500749 |
| Publisher: | OUP Oxford | Publication: | February 21, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Oxford Paperbacks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Craig |
| ISBN: | 9780191500749 |
| Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
| Publication: | February 21, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Oxford Paperbacks |
| Language: | English |
How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.
How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.
