num_pages: 224
description: What does it mean for someone to exist? What is truth? Are we free to choose to think or act? What is consciousness? Is human cloning justifiable? These are just some of the questions philosophers have attempted to answer, striking right at the heart of what it means to be human. Thisimportant new book shows that philosophy need not be dry or intimidating. Its highly original treatment, combining philosophical analysis, historical and biographical background and thought-provoking illustrations, simultaneously informs and stimulates the reader.Western An Illustrated Guide is structured thematically, in terms of major issues, with chapters on World, Mind and Body, Knowledge, Faith, Ethics and Aesthetics, and Society. Cutting across this organization by theme is a parallel organization that focuses on the great thinkers andtheir influence, as well as the schools or "-isms" to which they subscribed.A highly accessible introduction to the subject, founded upon impeccable academic scholarship, Western An Illustrated Guide offers life-changing perspectives on what really matters.
language: English
title: Western Philosophy: An Illustrated Guide
titlecomplete: Western Philosophy: An Illustrated Guide
genres: Nonfiction, History, Philosophy
ratings_count: 116
publisher: Oxford University Press