About Philosophy - Hardcover

Wolff, Robert Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0137442513 ISBN 13: 9780137442515

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1997

Synopsis

This classic text introduces the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writing of leading thinkers.Presenting philosophy as an activity whose guiding principle is reason and whose goal is critical self-understanding, this book explains in a clear, uncluttered manner not only what the great philosophers said, but why they said it. The book also includes discussions of Alternative Philosophies throughout the book where appropriate. Each chapter concludes with a Contemporary Application that relates the philosophy to important issues of current concern. The seventh edition of About Philosophy has been revised to include presentation of topics related to Medical Ethics; new Contemporary Applications; and a strengthening of feminist theory throughout the book.

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The book is brand new and will be dispatched from UK.

Synopsis:

Seven sections on contemporary applications of philosophy are written to be used in conjunction with videotapes provided by ABC News and Prentice Hall. Includes a special section on how to write a philosophy paper. This new edition text includes an extended section on biomedical ethics. Material on black philosophy that was previously isolated to a

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0137442513
• ISBN 13: 9780137442515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480