Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192854216

ISBN-10: 0192854216

ISBN-13: 9780192854216

Edition: 2002

Authors: Edward Craig

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How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English




Introduction



What should I do? Plato's Crito



How do we know? Hume's, Of Miracles



What am I? An unknown Buddhist on the Self: 'The Chariot' from The Questions of King Milinda



Some themes



Of 'isms'



Some more high spots -- a personal selection



What's in it for whom?


Bibliography