Thinking it Through
An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
Published on 8. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-19-513458-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book that will help readers make sense of the big issues in philosophy: Mind, Knowledge, Language, Science, Morality, Politics, Law and Metaphysics. The book aims to allow readers with no previous exposure to professional philosophy to gain an understanding of the approaches and the positions current in the field and to prepare them to read further.
Reviews / Votes
Organisation is this book's strong suit. Arranged around eight central concepts - mind, knowledge, language, science, morality, politics, law and metaphysics - this is as clear a horizon as anyone making le tour could wish. * Times Higher Education Supplement * For a lay reader setting out to navigate the depths of contemporary philosophy, it would be hard to find a better guide than Kwame Anthony Appiah ... a sophisticated and lucid guide to philosophy as it is currently studied in American universities ... Mr Appiah succeeds in letting the difficulties of the subject present themselves clearly. * Adam Kirsch, The Sun, New York *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate philosophy students
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-513458-2 (9780195134582)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
03/2003
1st Edition
Oxford University Press, USA
€83.29
Available for download
Person
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Content
Introduction ; 1. Mind ; 2. Knowledge ; 3. Language and Logic ; 4. Science ; 5. Morality ; 6. Politics ; 7. Law ; 8. Metaphysics ; 9.Philosophy ; Notes ; Index