Nothing So Absurd: An Invitation to PhilosophyBroadview Press, 2.09.2003 г. - 196 страници Written in clear, non-technical language, Nothing So Absurd is a succinct and accessible introduction to topics in the history of Western philosophy. In seven concise chapters, the author introduces the reader to the central topics within the discipline. In some cases (such as metaphysics and epistemology) he adopts a historical approach, while in others (such as ethics and philosophy of religion) the focus is as much on contemporary issues as it is on historical developments. In each area, he presents material of great intrinsic interest in a fashion that also provides a sense of the broad sweep of the discipline. This book provides a fair-minded exposition of a wide-range of viewpoints throughout, and dwells, in its final chapter, on the virtues of philosophical realism, thus presenting the reader with the opportunity to engage with a direct philosophical argument. A guide to further reading will assist readers new to philosophy. |
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... issue?” Finally, I had to be alert to the kinds of interests, concerns and questions that participants were likely to have about the material under discussion. I do not advance detailed, original arguments on every topic in every ...
... issue, but in general philosophy is not about being dogmatic, nor is it about uncritically accepting just any claim or claims. Nor, for that matter, is it about raising doubts simply for the sake of raising doubts. Like Introduction ...
... issues that comprise philosophy. To the extent that philosophy deals with such questions, it is different from other academic subjects in a variety of ways. Most subjects begin with some basic concepts and ideas and build upon them to ...
... issues which preoccupied Plato may be overstated, but his point is well taken. The German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889—1976) also argued that the very notion of philosophy is thoroughly Greek in nature. If this is right, it would ...
... issues per se to the analysis of the linguistic and logical means by which we formulate our questions, has taken philosophy to new levels of complexity and technical sophistication, as we shall see in Chapter Three. For some, philosophy ...
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1 | |
The Nature of Existence | 17 |
Language Reason and Truth | 44 |
Knowledge and Doubt | 69 |
Values and Virtues | 98 |
Space Time Change and the Infinite | 125 |
God Evil and the Meanings of Life | 150 |
SEVEN Some Metaphysical Musings | 176 |
Further Reading | 188 |
Index | 192 |