Looking at Philosophy - 6th Edition

Informationen zum Autor Donald Palmer received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of California Berkeley and his Doctorate of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Navarra in Pamplona! Spain. He has published a number of philosophy books! including Looking at Philosophy! Does the Center Hold?! Why Its Hard to Be Good! and! more popularly! Kierkegaard for Beginners! Sartre for Beginners! and Structuralism and Post-Structuralism for Beginners. He has recently completed a manuscript on Don Quixote titled Philosophy and Madness in La Mancha. He taught for many years at the College of Marin in California and finished his teaching career at North Carolina State University. He and his wife divide their time among North Carolina! the San Francisco Bay Area! and the Lot Valley in Southwestern France. Klappentext Distilled from Donald Palmer's more than thirty years of teaching experience! this text exemplifies his very successful approach to teaching introductory philosophy. Through the use of humor and nearly 400 drawings! charts! and diagrams! serious philosophical topics come alive for the reader without compromising the importance of the subject matter. In the author's words! "This book takes philosophy seriously! but not gravely." Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following: . SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content. . Access to your instructor's homework assignments! quizzes! syllabus! notes! reminders! and other important files for the course. . Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement. . The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready! loose-leaf version includes free shipping. Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html Zusammenfassung Distilled from author's more than thirty years of teaching experience! this text exemplifies his very successful approach to teaching introductory philosophy. It includes nearly 400 drawings! charts! and diagrams! serious philosophical topics come alive for the reader without compromising the importance of the subject matter. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. THE PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS: SIXTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES B.C.E. Thales / Anaximander / Anaximenes / Pythagoras / Xenophanes / Heraclitus / Parmenides / Zeno / Empedocles / Anaxagoras / Leucippus and Democritus 2. THE ATHENIAN PERIOD: FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES B.C.E. The Sophists: Protagoras! Gorgias! Thrasymachus! Callicles and Critias / Socrates / Plato / Aristotle 3. THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIODS: FOURTH CENTURY B.C.E THROUGH FOURTH CENTURY C.E. Epicureanism / Stoicism / Skepticism / Neoplatonism 4. MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY: FIFTH THROUGH FIFTEENTH CENTURIES Saint Augustine / The Encyclopediasts / John Scotus Eriugena / Saint Anselm / Muslim and Jewish Philosophies: Averroës! Maimonides / The Problem of Faith and Reason / The Problem of the Universals / Saint Thomas Aquinas / William of Ockham / Renaissance Philosophers 5. CONTINENTAL RATIONALISM AND BRITISH EMPIRICISM: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Descartes / Spinoza / Leibniz / Hobbes / Locke / Berkeley / Hume / Kant 6. POST-KANTIAN BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Hegel / Schopenhauer / Kierk...

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• Autori: Donald Palmer
• Editore: External catalogues US
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.06.2012
• EAN: 9780078038266
• ISBN: 978-0-07-803826-6
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina