About Philosophy - Hardcover

Wolff, Robert Paul; Bales, R. Eugene

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ISBN 10: 0131916068 ISBN 13: 9780131916067

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2005

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For undergraduate Introduction to Philosophy courses. The most widely-adopted introduction to philosophy text for more than two decades, this classic text introduces the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writing of leading thinkers.

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The most widely-adopted introduction to philosophy text for almost two decades, this classic text introduces the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writings of leading thinkers.

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This classic introduction to philosophy explores the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writing of leading thinkers. Contemporary Applications sections in each chapter show how classic philosophy connects to contemporary issues. Each chapter begins with a biography of a great philosopher, combines simple, clear explanations with short selections from classic texts, and focuses on WHAT the great philosophers said, and WHY they said it. Theory of Knowledge. Philosophy of Science. Ethical Theory. The Ethical Dimensions of Medicine. Social and Political Philosophy. Philosophy of Art. Philosophy of Religion. For anyone interested in Philosophy.

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