Philosophy: The Classic Readings

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4586-2
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 1408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 1868 g

Philosophy: The Classic Readings provides a comprehensive, single-volume collection of the greatest works of philosophy from ancient to modern times.
* Draws on both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions
* Arranged chronologically within parts on Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Political Philosophy
* Features original readings from more than a hundred of the world's great philosophers - from Lao Tzu, Confucius, the Buddha, Plato, Zamkara, Aquinas, al-Ghazli, Kant, and Kierkegaard, to Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, Arendt, and Quine and many others
* Provides an extensive Timeline of Philosophy for situating historical figures and lines of thought

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, David E.

Fosl, Peter S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Ethics.

2. Epistemology.

3. Metaphysics.

4. Philosophy of Religion.

5. Political Philosophy

Über Autor(innen)

Cooper, David E.
David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Durham University. His many books include World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction (1996, 2002); Existentialism: A Reconstruction (1990, 1999); and The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery (2002).

Fosl, Peter S.
Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University. Recipient of the 2006 Acorn Award for Kentucky's outstanding university professor of the year, Fosl is co-author with Julian Baggini of The Ethics Toolkit (2007) and The Philosopher's Toolkit (2003).He is also co-editor of the Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes on British Philosophers (2002).