Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Craig, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192854216 ISBN 13: 9780192854216

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of studying philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is studied.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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Review:

Philosophy: Questions for Consideration and Discussion

If you wanted to avoid philosophy completely, what would you have to do?

Do you really have a right to your own opinion? Always, or only sometimes?

Are there limits to what the State can properly demand of its citizens?

Some people believe in miracles. Why?

What would happen if you decided not to believe anything without having a good reason for it?

About the Author:

Edward Craig is Knightsbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, where he is also a Fellow of Churchill College. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg, and the University of Melbourne. His publications include The Mind of God and the Works of Man (OUP, 1987), Knowledge and the State of Nature (OUP, 1990), and he is general editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0192854216
• ISBN 13: 9780192854216
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144