Philosophy : a very short introduction / Edward Craig.

By:

Craig, Edward

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 55Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.Description: 132 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780192854216 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Philosophy

DDC classification:

23 100 CRA 002231

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

1. Philosophy: A very short introduction 2. What should I do? Plato's Crito 3. How do we know? Hume's Of Miracles 4. What am I? An unknown Buddhist on the self: King Milinda's chariot 5. Some themes 6. Of 'isms' 7. Some more high spots: A personal selection 8. What's in it for whom? Bibliography: Where to go next.

Summary: "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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	100 CRA 002231 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	24/06/2024	002231

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) index.

1. Philosophy: A very short introduction
2. What should I do? Plato's Crito
3. How do we know? Hume's Of Miracles
4. What am I? An unknown Buddhist on the self: King Milinda's chariot
5. Some themes
6. Of 'isms'
7. Some more high spots: A personal selection
8. What's in it for whom?
Bibliography: Where to go next.

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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