The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy: The basic concepts of the greatest thinkers of all time-made easy! - Softcover

Shouler, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598696106 ISBN 13: 9781598696103

Verlag: Adams, 2008

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Complex ideas explained in everyday language!

Is there life after death? Are euthanasia, suicide, or stem cell research ethical acts? Does the use of performance enhancers in sports constitute cheating?

These are the types of philosophical questions people face today. Philosophy is not a dead set of doctrines--it's a living body of knowledge that you can use to guide behavior and problem solving. In a lively, easy-to-follow approach, The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy introduces you to the major thinkers and the problems they've pondered over the last 2,600 years.

In plain English, author Kenneth Shouler, Ph.D. explains all of the great philosophies--and provides contemporary examples to put them in perspective. He delves into the minds of such philosophers as:

• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Augustine and Aquinas
• Spinoza and Descartes
• Locke and Hume
• Mill and Nietzsche
• Russell and Sartre

If you're ready to broaden your outlook on life, this is the book for you. Endlessly fascinating--and always clear and concise--it's the perfect introduction for budding philosophers!

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Kenneth Shouler earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the City University of New York. He has taught philosophy since 1981 and is currently an associate professor at St. John's University in Jamaica, New York. After being a senior editor at Total Sports Publishing from 1996-2002, he founded Wordsworth Writing and Editing. He has written dozens of newspapers and magazines articles since 1986 and is the author of several books.

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• Verlag: Adams
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1598696106
• ISBN 13: 9781598696103
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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