Roots of Wisdom

Name: Roots of Wisdom
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ISBN: 9780495094852

ISBN-10: 0495094854

ISBN-13: 9780495094852

Edition: 5th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Helen Buss Mitchell

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ROOTS OF WISDOM invites you to explore many thought-provoking insights of critical philosophical inquiry. No other book offers such breadth of multicultural coverage coupled with the clear, concise, and approachable writing style that Mitchell offers. Women philosophers and non-Western philosophies are integrated throughout as they relate to the canon. Mitchell uses popular culture to illustrate timeless philosophical problems, using extremely accessible examples of cartoons, poetry, movies, and references to popular music that bring the issues of philosophy to life. This new edition further integrates the multicultural themes and non-Western perspectives with greater attention paid to the…

Book details

List price: $230.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



Preface



What is Everything Really Like?


Questions of Metaphysics


Historical Interlude A: A Worldwide Context for Western Philosophy



Why Philosophy? Is This All There Is?



Reality and Being


Is What You See What You Get? Historical Interlude B: Philosophy and Early Christianity



Human Nature


Who or What Are We, and What Are We Doing Here?



Philosophy and Ultimate Reality


Is Anyone in Charge?



How Am I to Understand the World?


Questions of Epistemology


Historical Interlude C: From the Medieval to the Modern World



Knowledge Sources


Do You See What I See?



Truth Tests


Do You Swear to Tell the Truth . . . ?



Aesthetic Experience


Is Truth Beauty and Beauty Truth?



By What Values Shall I Live in the World?


Questions of Axiology


Historical Interlude D: From the Modern to the Post Modern World



Political Philosophy


Is Big Brother Watching?



Social Philosophy


Am I My Brother's or Sister's Keeper?



Ethics


What Will It Be: Truth or Consequences?


Historical Interlude E: A Revolution in Philosophy?


Appendix


Glossary


Index