Philosophy for Beginners
Philosophy for Beginners

Author: Richard Osborne

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1934389021

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Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is the world made of? What is a man? What is knowledge? What is good and evil? - Philosophy For Beginners traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how Western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years.

Philosophy for Beginners
Philosophy for Beginners

Author: Rachel Firth

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1801313814

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Philosophy is a way of thinking about just about anything. It asks big questions, such as "how can I be good?" or "what makes something beautiful?" Using lively examples, humorous illustrations and simple thought experiments, this book opens up the world of philosophy to children and adults with enquiring minds.

Political Philosophy
Political Philosophy

Author: Adam Swift

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0745652379

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Bringing political philosophy out of the ivory tower and within the reach of all, this book provides us with the tools to cut through the complexity of modern politics.

Reading Philosophy
Reading Philosophy

Author: Samuel Guttenplan

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780631234388

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This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings. Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy. Each chapter focusses on a core philosophical topic, and contains an introduction to the topic, 2 classic readings and interactive commentaries on the readings. An introductory book which doesn't merely tell the reader about the subject, but requires them to engage philosophically with the text. A pedagogical resource developed in the classroom by the authors at the University of London.

Nietzsche For Beginners
Nietzsche For Beginners

Author: Marc Sautet

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2007-08-21

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1939994179

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Not only does Nietzsche For Beginners delve into the scandalous life and considerable works of Friedrich Nietzsche, it also give a clear picture of the puzzling time in which he lived. We meet the luminaries of the day – Richard Wagner, Bismarck, Freud, and Darwin – and see their influences on his work. We also receive introductions to some of the great minds that preceded and shaped his writing. Luther, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Kant. Sautet clarifies the individual philosophers and their contributions, making the book an important introduction to philosophy. Nietzche’s famous ménage à trois, his theories of Superman, of the Antichrist of nihilism, and Zarathustra, and his posthumous and misinformed use by the Nazis make for a fascinating read.

Philosophy
Philosophy

Author: Peter Cave

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1780741162

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Philosophy, the “love of wisdom”, is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world – the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of questions: How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What is beauty? How should we live our lives? What am I? In this exhilarating tour, Peter Cave navigates all the main topics of philosophy with verve and clarity. Using witty and whimsical examples, including stoical sofas and Reg, the “regular” human, who just happens to carry his brain in a rucksack, Cave provides a welcome antidote to the dry textbook while covering everything from political philosophy to points of logic. Interspersed with helpful textboxes and underlining the enduring relevance of philosophy to us all, there is no better introduction for the aspiring sage.

The Practice of Philosophy
The Practice of Philosophy

Author: Jay F. Rosenberg

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132308489

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Based on the author's nearly 30 years' of teaching introductory philosophy -- and his observations of where beginning readers run into difficulty -- this compact "primer" gives readers the basic tools they need to explore philosophical reading and writing for the first time. Provides insights and strategies for helping readers get started with reading, thinking about, and discussing philosophical concepts and writing short philosophical essays about what they've been reading and thinking; includes a new chapter that illustrates techniques for probing beneath the expository surface of a given question to uncover the inevitable structure of presuppositions and problems underlying it.

A Beginner's Guide to Philosophy
A Beginner's Guide to Philosophy

Author: Dominique Janicaud

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Published: 2009-01-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781605980010

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General Adult. A primer on western philosophy by the late French philosopher and University of Nice professor covers a wide range of thinkers and topics from Plato and Aristotle to the existence of God and the question of freedom.

Philosophy
Philosophy

Author: Jenny Teichman

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1999-11-22

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780631213215

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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.