Best Introduction To Philosophy - April 2024

The Norton Introduction to Philosophy (Second Edition)

Philosophy made accessible for introductory students. The Second Edition of this path-breaking collection gives students all the tools they need to understand and engage with major philosophical issues. Students are presented with clear yet thorough topic introductions, historical context, reading guides for challenging selections, and exclusive commissioned essays written by leading contemporary philosophers specifically for undergraduates. The Second Edition features a NEW co-author, a NEW focus on diversity within the field, and NEW readings and topics relevant to students’ lives.

• ASIN: 0393624420
• ASIN: 0393624420
• ISBN: 0393624420
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings

Introduce your students to philosophy with the most widely used, trusted, and comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary readings available.Easy to use for both students and instructors, Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings incorporates boldfaced key terms (listed after each reading and defined in the glossary), a "Logical Toolkit," and a guide to writing philosophy papers.The seventh edition features eleven new readings, including eight by contemporary women philosophers, bringing the total number of essays by women to twelve. It is a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0190200235
• ASIN: 0190200235
• ISBN: 0190200235
• Brand: Perry John
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom, and college students will certainly admire this Bible-informed introductory level textbook’s fun approach to an often heady subject. The Love of Wisdom is made distinct in its engaging style that includes humor and copious popular culture illustrations to heighten reader interest and clarify important concepts. The book even addresses two key topics often omitted by other texts: political philosophy and aesthetics (beauty and the arts). Students and teachers can also make great use of the study questions for each chapter, a glossary of terms, an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805447709
• ASIN: 0805447709
• ISBN: 0805447709
• Manufacturer: B&H Academic

Ethical Choices: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with Cases

Ideal for students with little or no background in philosophy, Ethical Choices: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy with Cases, Second Edition, provides a concise, balanced, and highly accessible introduction to ethics. Featuring an especially lucid and engaging writing style, the text surveys a wide range of ethical theories and perspectives including consequentialist ethics, deontological ethics, natural and virtue ethics, the ethics of care, and ethics and religion.Each chapter includes compelling case studies that are carefully matched with the theoretical material. Many of these cases add... [Read More]

• ASIN: 019046450X
• ASIN: 019046450X
• ISBN: 019046450X
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy

Solomon and Higgins's engaging text covers philosophy's central ideas in an accessible, approachable manner. You'll explore timeless "big questions" about the self, God, justice, and other meaningful topics, gaining the context you need for an understanding of the foundational issues, as well as the confidence to establish your own informed positions on these "big questions." Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

• ASIN: 1133610641
• ASIN: 1133610641
• ISBN: 1133610641
• Brand: Brand: Cengage Learning
• Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

Living Philosophy: A Historical Introduction to Philosophical Ideas

Living Philosophy, Second Edition, is a historically organized, introductory hybrid text/reader that guides students through the story of philosophical thought from the Pre-Socratics to the present, providing cultural and intellectual background and explaining why key issues and arguments remain important and relevant today. Women philosophers are well represented throughout the text. They include Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir, Hélène Cixous, Martha Nussbaum, Alison Jaggar, Annette Baier, Virginia Held, and many more. Non-Western philosophers are also included: Avicenna, Averroës,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0190628707
• ASIN: 0190628707
• ISBN: 0190628707
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought (Adams 101)

Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions!Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and figures of philosophy into tedious discourse that even Plato would reject. Philosophy 101 cuts out the boring details and exhausting philosophical methodology, and instead, gives you a lesson in philosophy that keeps you engaged as you explore the fascinating history of human thought and inquisition.From Aristotle and Heidegger to free will and metaphysics, Philosophy 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining philosophical tidbits, illustrations, and thou... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440567670
• UPC: 045079567672
• ASIN: 1440567670
• ISBN: 9781440567674
• Brand: Adams Media
• Manufacturer: Adams Media

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

The third edition of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion provides a critical examination of some fundamental questions posed by religious belief: What does belief in God amount to? Can God's existence be proved? Is there life after death?Brian Davies considers these questions and many others, sometimes offering provocative answers of his own, but more often giving readers room to each independent conclusions. He explains how a range of thinkers have approached the subject -- including Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant -- and also discusses how contemporary author no... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199263477
• UPC: 000199263477
• ASIN: 0199263477
• ISBN: 9780199263479
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy

This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable and perhaps is most important, it ranges over of rich set of competing options. It also, with admirable self-consciousness, presents a number of daring attempts to relate those options to philosophical figures and movements from the West. I recommend it very highly.--L... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603844686
• ASIN: 1603844686
• ISBN: 1603844686
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy

Philosophy like you've never seen it beforeThe latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable primer, Kevin Cannon—one of the talented illustrators behind Evolution and The Stuff of Life—and the philosopher Michael F. Patton introduce the wisecracking Greek Heraclitus, who hops in a canoe with us as we navigate the great debates of Western thought. As we make our way down the winding river of philosophy, we meet the pre-Socratics, who ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00XTW2CI4
• ASIN: B00XTW2CI4
• Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Seventh Edition, demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit? Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanation... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199999651
• ASIN: 0199999651
• ISBN: 0199999651
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy

THE BIG QUESTIONS, 10th Edition, covers philosophy's central ideas in an accessible, approachable manner. You'll explore timeless "big questions" about the self, God, justice, and other meaningful topics, gaining the context you need for an understanding of the foundational issues, as well as the confidence to establish your own informed positions on these "big questions." This edition is now also available with MindTap Philosophy, a system of tools and apps -- from note taking to flashcards -- that help you understand course concepts, achieve better grades, and set the groundwork for your fut... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1305955447
• ASIN: 1305955447
• ISBN: 1305955447
• Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (First Edition)

Stimulate independent thought with this brief introduction to ethics. Rather than telling students what to think about moral issues, this NEW text teaches students how to think for themselves. Using real-world examples and vivid illustrations drawn from other disciplines, it challenges preconceived notions about morality and demonstrates why ethics matters. A companion volume, Readings in Moral Philosophy, provides primary selections that amplify issues discussed in the text and extends them to problems in applied ethics.

• ASIN: 0393923592
• ASIN: 0393923592
• ISBN: 0393923592
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

An Introduction to Africana Philosophy (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy)

In this undergraduate textbook Lewis R. Gordon offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with the emergence of an Africana (i.e. African diasporic) consciousness in the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages. He argues that much of modern thought emerged out of early conflicts between Islam and Christianity that culminated in the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, and from the subsequent expansion of racism, enslavement, and colonialism which in their turn stimulated reflections on reason, liberation, and the meaning of being human. His book takes... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0521675464
• ASIN: 0521675464
• ISBN: 0521675464
• Brand: Brand: Cambridge University Press
• Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

Ethics (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy. It gets students to struggle with the big questions of morality while it also relates these questions to practical issues, especially racism, global warming, moral education, and abortion. Providing a practical method for thinking about moral issues―a method based largely on the golden rule―it is written simply and clearly throughout. College students who are new to philosophy or who have already taken an introductory-level course will benefit from its use. Key Features: Serves... [Read More]

• ASIN: 081537867X
• ASIN: 081537867X
• ISBN: 081537867X
• Manufacturer: Routledge

An Introduction to Philosophy - eBook

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation

• UPC: 331614412
• Rating: 3.0

Approaching Philosophy of Religion : An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods and Debates

Encountering philosophy of religion for the first time, we are like explorers arriving on an uncharted coastline. This introduction from Anthony Thiselton is divided into three parts, first mapping the main approaches, then introducing us

• UPC: 276953457

Think : A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

The author of the bestselling "Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy" offers a coherent, non-intimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western

• UPC: 22625853
• Rating: 3.6

Way to Wisdom : An Introduction to Philosophy

2015 Reprint of 1951 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an

• UPC: 53273629
• Rating: 5.0

Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

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• UPC: 2269434
• Rating: 4.0

The Great Conversation : A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

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• UPC: 993342680

Think : A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

An introduction to philosophy explores basic themes and the work of major

• UPC: 679827
• Rating: 3.6

What Does It All Mean? : A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

Discusses knowledge, the mind-body problem, meaning, free will, ethics, justice, and

• UPC: 508957
• Rating: 3.714

Introduction to Maat Philosophy

INTRODUCTION TO MAAT PHILOSOPHY: Spiritual Enlightenment Through the Path of Virtue Known as Karma Yoga in India, the teachings of MAAT for living virtuously and with orderly wisdom are explained and the student is to

• UPC: 40396352

Christian Philosophy : A Systematic and Narrative Introduction

This third book in a series of successful textbooks offers a comprehensive narrative of philosophical thought from a Christian

• UPC: 23257406
• Rating: 4.5

1964 Introduction to The Study of Logics by Hugo Bergman Hebrew Philosophy Best

• UPC: 312550406415
• Category: Other Judaism Collectibles
• Price: 19 USD

An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better

• UPC: 283362454418
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 45 USD

Good Reasons for Better Arguments Introduction to the Skills and Values of Crit

• UPC: 183836068009
• Category: Non-Fiction Books
• Price: 86 AUD

What Is the Best Life? : An Introduction to Ethics by Brad Art

• UPC: 143148911702
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 3 USD