Nigel Warburton

Philosophy

The Basics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Philosophy: The Basics deservedly remains the most recommended introduction to philosophy on the market. Warburton is patient, accurate and, above all, clear. There is no better short introduction to philosophy.' - Stephen Law, author of The Philosophy Gym

Philosophy: The Basics gently eases the reader into the world of philosophy. Each chapter considers a key area of philosophy, explaining and exploring the basic ideas and themes including:
Can you prove God exists?How do we know right from wrong?What are the limits of free speech?Do you know how science works?Is your mind different from your body?Can you define art?How should we treat non-human animals?
For the fifth edition of this best-selling book, Nigel Warburton has added an entirely new chapter on animals, revised others and brought the further reading sections up to date. If you've ever asked 'what is philosophy?', or wondered whether the world is really the way you think it is, this is the book for you.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y124947
• 5. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780415693165
• ISBN-10: 0415693160
• Artikelnr.: 35421320

Autorenporträt

Nigel Warburton is freelance philosopher. He is author of several books for Routledge including Philosophy: The Classics, Philosophy: Basic Readings, Thinking from A-Z, and The Basics of Essay Writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. God 2. Right and Wrong 3. Animals 4. Politics 5. Appearance and Reality 6. Science 7. Mind 8. Art Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Plato The Republic
2. Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
3. Boethius The Consolations of Philosophy
4. Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince
5. René Descartes Meditations
6. Baruch de Spinoza Ethics
7. Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
8. John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
9. John Locke Second Treatise on Civil Government
10. David Hume An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
11. David Hume Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
12. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract
13. Immanuel Kant The Critique of Pure Reason
14. Immanuel Kant The Groundwork to the Metaphysic of Morals
15. Schopenhauer The World as Will and Idea
16. John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism
17. John Stuart Mill On Liberty
18. Soren Kierkegaard Either/Or
19. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels The German Ideology, Part One
20. Friederich Nietzsche On the Genealogy of Morality
21. A.J. Ayer Language, Truth and Logic
22. Jean-Paul Sartre Being and Nothingness
23. John Rawls A Theory of Justice
24. Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
Index (including key concepts)

Rezensionen

'A highly accessible introduction.' - Network

'A highly accessible introduction.' - Network