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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Lawless is a professor in the Department of Humanities at Vanier College. Klappentext In Plato's Sun, Andrew Lawless takes on the challenge of creating an introductory text for philosophy, arguing that such a work has to take into account of the strangeness of the field and divulge it, rather than suppress it beneath traditional certainties and authoritative pronouncements. Zusammenfassung In Plato's Sun! Andrew Lawless takes on the challenge of creating an introductory text for philosophy! arguing that such a work has to take into account of the strangeness of the field and divulge it! rather than suppress it beneath traditional certainties and authoritative pronouncements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements What Is Philosophy?Metaphysics: The Search for the God's-Eye ViewWittgenstein's Ladder: The Modern Reaction to MetaphysicsEpistemology: The Ghost in the Metaphysical MachineLogic and Its Place in the UniverseEthics: The Good, the Bad and the BeautifulPhilosophy and Language: The House of Being Appendix 1: The Twelve-Coin Puzzle and the paradox of the Heap Appendix 2: Ethics and the 'Other'
