Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosopy (2nd Ed.)

Bowie, G. Lee, Meredith W. Michaels, and Robert C. Solomon

ISBN 10: 0155923897 / ISBN 13: 9780155923898

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch College Publishers, Fort Worth, TX, 1992

About this Item

xiv, 809 pp. This is a reading copy only. The cover edges are scuffed, and the book is cocked. The covers are slightly soiled. The binding is secure, and the text is clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosopy (2nd Ed.)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch College Publishers, Fort Worth, TX
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155923897
• ISBN 13: 9780155923898
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Second Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Bringing philosophy into conversation with other intellectual traditions and activities, Twenty Questions introduces beginning philosophy students to classic philosophical texts both old and new. The essays chosen in the fourth edition reflect a full range of human perspectives and voices so that students may benefit from philosophical reflections of thinkers outside the discipline.

About the Author

G. Lee Bowie received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stanford University and has taught at University of Michigan, University of Mass, Amherst College, and Hampshire College. Currently he is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College.

Meredith W. Michaels received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. She has taught at Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and is currently a Lecturer/Research Associate at Smith College.

Robert C. Solomon (1942-2007) was internationally renowned as a teacher and lecturer in philosophy. He was Quincy Lee Centennial Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and over the course of his career taught at numerous institutions, including Princeton University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Auckland, and the University of California, in addition to the University of Texas. He authored more than 40 books, including INTRODUCING PHILOSOPHY, A SHORT HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, THE PASSIONS, IN THE SPIRIT OF HEGEL, ABOUT LOVE, ABOVE THE BOTTOM LINE, Fourth Edition (with Clancy Martin), ETHICS AND EXCELLENCE, THE JOY OF PHILOSOPHY, and TRUE TO OUR FEELINGS, and he was co-editor of TWENTY QUESTIONS, Fifth Edition (with Lee Bowie and Meredith Michaels), and SINCE SOCRATES (with Clancy Martin).