The Field Of Philosophy: An Introduction To The Study Of Philosophy - Softcover

Leighton, Joseph Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1163249424 ISBN 13: 9781163249420

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

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""The Field of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Study of Philosophy"" by Joseph Alexander Leighton is a comprehensive guide to the study of philosophy. The book provides an overview of the history of philosophy, the major schools of thought, and the key philosophical concepts and debates. It also explores the different branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.The author begins by introducing the reader to the nature of philosophy and its role in human thought and inquiry. He then delves into the history of philosophy, tracing its development from ancient Greece to modern times. Along the way, he discusses the contributions of key philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, and Nietzsche.The book also covers the major schools of thought in philosophy, including rationalism, empiricism, existentialism, and pragmatism. It explores the key concepts and debates within each school, providing a clear and accessible introduction to these complex ideas.In addition, ""The Field of Philosophy"" examines the different branches of philosophy in detail. It explores metaphysics, which deals with questions about the nature of reality, epistemology, which deals with questions about knowledge and belief, ethics, which deals with questions about right and wrong, and aesthetics, which deals with questions about beauty and art.Overall, ""The Field of Philosophy"" is an excellent introduction to the study of philosophy. It is a clear and accessible guide that will be valuable to students, scholars, and anyone interested in exploring the fundamental questions of human existence.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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For some years past I have experimented and pondered as to the best method of giving an introductorycourse which might really introduce beginners to the basic problems and theories of philosophy and quicken them to some appreciation of the role played by philosophy in the whole movement of civilization, while, at the same time, giving them at least an inkling of the work of the greatest thinkers and arousing in them a desire to go to the sources. A course in the entire History of European Philosophy, if seriously given, is beyond the reach of many beginners in the subject. Only the exceptional student can make much out of it. The others are bewildered by the rapid succession of theories not easily distinguishable and become confused as to the fundamental issues and standpoints. They are likely to carry away from the course the feeling that philosophy has no close relation to culture and everyday experience and that it is a bewildering mass of speculations shot out of the blue .T heH istory of Philosophy should be a second course. On the other hand a purely topical and systematic introduction fails to bring the student in cantact with the great historical doctrines in other than the scrappiest fashion. Moreover, the miscellaneous and varied characters of the intellectual backgrounds of students who elect a first course in philosophy make it imperative to supply something in the way of a common background and also, at the risk of being dogmatic, to indicate the main directions in which solutions of the chief problems of philosophy may be sought.
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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1163249424
• ISBN 13: 9781163249420
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 486
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