Canon and Its Critics: A Multi-Perspective Introduction to Philosophy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076740503X ISBN 13: 9780767405034

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

This volume presents an anthology that acknowledges changes in the frontiers and boundaries of philosophy, while remaining in touch with the parameters and methods of traditional philosophy.

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From the Publisher

The text introduces students to central figures important to a liberal arts education such as Plato, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche.
Included is a wide array of authors who challenge the tradition, but in doing so are dependent on, or in dialogue with, Western philosophical tradition.
The 'canon' and 'critic' model makes it easy to include articles and topics of great interest to students.
Featured is a flexible format of 21 chapters, each grouped around a central theme or question that philosophers have asked or are currently asking.
Ample pedagogical help includes Reading Questions prior to the articles, Discussion Questions after the articles, Additional Reading Suggestions for each article, and a Glossary of important terms, phrases, and common foreign phrases.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076740503X
• ISBN 13: 9780767405034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 601
• Editor: Furman Todd M., Avila Mitchell