A Continental Guide to Philosophy Paperback ? January 31, 2022
Macready, John Douglas
ISBN 10: 1474486789 ISBN 13: 9781474486781
Published by Edinburgh University Press, 2022
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What is real? How can we know what is real? How might we live authentically These 3 fundamental questions cover the traditional and interrelated philosophical branches of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Here they are explored through readings of 3 pairs of authors and texts: Plato's Sophist and René Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy (What is real?), David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Immanuel Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (How can we know what is real?), and Friedrich Nietzsche's essay "Schopenhauer as Educator" and Hannah Arendt's essay "Labor, Work, and Action." (How might we live authentically?). Each chapter introduces basic philosophical problems, concepts and methods of philosophical inquiry, orienting readers to key philosophical texts and making those texts transparent, so that they can answer the three questions for themselves.
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John Douglas Macready is Professor of Philosophy at Collin College in Plano, Texas. His work focuses on critical issues in ethics and social and political philosophy. He is the author of Hannah Arendt and the Fragility of Human Dignity.
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Title: A Continental Guide to Philosophy Paperback ...
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New