Introducing Philosophy

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-631-20041-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Written specifically with beginning undergraduates with little or no previous knowledge of the subject in mind, this is a distinctive and thoughtful introduction to the main problems of philosophy structured around a philosophical argument which is clearly and carefully developed throughout the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, D. Z.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Philosophers' Doubts.

2. Minds and the External World.

3. Primary and Secondary Qualities.

4. Mind, Brain and Self.

5. The Self and Others.

6. Criteria and Forms of Life.

7. Moral Possibilities.

8. Differences and Dilemmas.

9. Political Obligation.

10. Aesthetic Values.

11. Believing in God.

12. Behaviour, Explanation and Criticism.

13. Interrupting the Conversations of Mankind.

Further Reading.

Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

D Z Phillips is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Danworth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate School, California. He has published widely in the philosophy of religion and ethics with some of his more recent books including From Fantasy to Faith (1991), Interventions in Ethics (1992), and Wittgenstein and Religion (1993). He is also editor of the Blackwell journal Philosophical Investigatins.