Description
Product ID: | 9781509554584 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Being Philosophical |
Subtitle: | An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods |
Authors: | Author: Stephen Hetherington |
Page Count: | 276 |
Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy, History of ideas, History of ideas |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Being Philosophical guides readers through the perplexing initial moments of meeting philosophy by taking them inside philosophical thinking as an activity. In a beginner-friendly voice, Stephen Hetherington elucidates how intellectual ‘tools’ from a diversity of traditions, East and West, can enable us to start doing philosophy – that is, to think ‘from scratch’ in a philosophical way. He explores many classical topics and issues that have preoccupied philosophers from Plato, early Buddhists and Confucius to Karl Marx and beyond – selves, souls, identity, will, knowing and reasoning, acting morally, and more – and presents possible methods for responding to different theories. Inviting and conversational, Being Philosophical is the book needed by every new philosophy student – or anyone wondering whether they might want to explore the world of philosophy. |
Imprint Name: | Polity Press |
Publisher Name: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2024-04-26 |