Philosophy
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Series: Very Short Introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780192854216
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Philosophy
Description: "How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know?" "This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for." "Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity from another planet: learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime: thinkers such as Plato, Buddhist writers, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Hegel, Darwin, Mill, and de Beauvoir were responding to real needs and events - much of their work shapes our lives today, and many of their concerns are still ours."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations
pagenum: ix; label: 1
title: Philosophy
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: What should I do?
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: How do we know?
pagenum: 24; label: 4
title: What am I?
pagenum: 35; label: 5
title: Some themes
pagenum: 45; label: 6
title: Of 'isms'
pagenum: 61; label: 7
title: Some more high spots
pagenum: 74; label: 8
title: What's in it for whom?
pagenum: 100; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 119; title: Index
pagenum: 127