Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery - Hardcover

Minton, Arthur J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070424322 ISBN 13: 9780070424326

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College, 1990

Synopsis

This collection of readings in philosophy was assembled after an extensive survey of teachers across the country indicated a widespread dissatisfaciton with traditional texts, as well as with more recent texts which emphasize "relevance." A great many instructors indicated the need for a text that speaks to the beginning student without sacrificing the hard-won insights of the past. The fundamental questions of philosophy are "relevant" in the highest sense of that much-abused word, for the simple fact is that most great philosphers theorized to solve some pressing moral and intellectual concern. From Plato to Marx, the history of the world has moved from the pressure of their pens. Since the task of philosophy is to examine life, to tear down the comfortable barriers of dogma which prevent us from growth, the teacher of philosophy must always keep a finger on the pulse of immediate experience. But at the same time, philosophy bulds where it destorys, and this constructive task demands that the connection between first principles and the world of the here and now be made explicit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0070424322
• ISBN 13: 9780070424326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 521