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Philosophy and Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy
By John Shand
362 pages
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Aimed at the beginning student, it presents the ideas of the major philosophers and their schools of thought in a readable and engaging way, highlighting the central points in each contributor's doctrines and offering a lucid discussion of the next-level details that both fills out the general themes and encourages the reader to pursue the arguments still further through a detailed guide to further reading.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction viii
- Chronology of Philosophers xi
- Chapter One - Presocratic Greek Philosophy 1
- Chapter Two - Greek Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle 21
- Chapter Three - Medieval Philosophy: Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham 52
- Chapter Four - Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz 74
- Chapter Five - Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume 114
- Chapter Six - Transcendental Idealism: Kant 157
- Chapter Seven - Later German Philosophy: Hegel, Nietzsche 176
- Chapter Eight - Analytical Philosophy: Russell, Wittgenstein 203
- Chapter Nine - Phenomenology and Existentialism: Husserl, Sartre 232
- Chapter Ten - Logical Positivism and Falsificationism: Ayer, Popper 259
- Chapter Eleven - Linguistic Philosophy: Wittgenstein 284
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction viii
- Chronology of Philosophers xi
- Chapter One - Presocratic Greek Philosophy 1
- Chapter Two - Greek Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle 21
- Chapter Three - Medieval Philosophy: Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham 52
- Chapter Four - Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz 74
- Chapter Five - Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume 114
- Chapter Six - Transcendental Idealism: Kant 157
- Chapter Seven - Later German Philosophy: Hegel, Nietzsche 176
- Chapter Eight - Analytical Philosophy: Russell, Wittgenstein 203
- Chapter Nine - Phenomenology and Existentialism: Husserl, Sartre 232
- Chapter Ten - Logical Positivism and Falsificationism: Ayer, Popper 259
- Chapter Eleven - Linguistic Philosophy: Wittgenstein 284
- Chapter Twelve - Recent Philosophy 305
- Bibliography 313
- Index 333
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