Andrew Lawless

Plato's Sun

An Introduction to Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

In Plato's Sun, Andrew Lawless takes on the challenge of creating an introductory text for philosophy, arguing that such a work has to take into account of the strangeness of the field and divulge it, rather than suppress it beneath traditional certainties and authoritative pronouncements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780802038098
• ISBN-10: 0802038093
• Artikelnr.: 13759063

Autorenporträt

By Andrew Lawless

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. What Is Philosophy?
2. Metaphysics: The Search for the God's-Eye View
3. Wittgenstein's Ladder: The Modern Reaction to Metaphysics
4. Epistemology: The Ghost in the Metaphysical Machine
5. Logic and Its Place in the Universe
6. Ethics: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
7. Philosophy and Language: The House of Being
Appendix 1: The Twelve-Coin Puzzle and the paradox of the Heap
Appendix 2: Ethics and the 'Other'