Philosophy for Beginners

Informationen zum Autor Richard Osborne is a philosopher and writer with special interests in Art, Technology and contemporary culture. He is the author of several works including Philosophy For Beginners and Freud For Beginners . Richard Osborne currently teaches art theory and philosophy at the University of the Arts in London. His most recent book is Philosophy in Art (Zidane Press 2008) which examines the relationship between the two. Klappentext Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy --easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is knowledge? What is good and evil?"Philosophy For Beginners" traces the answers given by western philosophy over the last 2,500 years.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Edney, Richard Osborne, Richard (Richard Osborne) Osborne, Richard/ Edney Osborne
• Assisted by: Ralph Edney (Illustration), Ralph (Ralph Edney) Edney (Illustration)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2007
• EAN: 9781934389027
• ISBN: 978-1-934389-02-7
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: For Beginners; For Beginners; For Beginners (For Beginners)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works