Being Philosophical: An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods - Hardcover

Hetherington, Stephen

 
9781509554577: Being Philosophical: An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1509554572 ISBN 13: 9781509554577
Publisher: Polity, 2024

Synopsis

Being Philosophical guides readers through the perplexing initial moments of meeting philosophy by taking them inside philosophical thinking as an activity.

In a beginner-friendly voice, Stephen Hetherington elucidates how intellectual ‘tools’ from a diversity of traditions, East and West, can enable us to start doing philosophy – that is, to think ‘from scratch’ in a philosophical way. He explores many classical topics and issues that have preoccupied philosophers from Plato, early Buddhists and Confucius to Karl Marx and beyond – selves, souls, identity, will, knowing and reasoning, acting morally, and more – and presents possible methods for responding to different theories.

Inviting and conversational, Being Philosophical is the book needed by every new philosophy student – or anyone wondering whether they might want to explore the world of philosophy.

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About the Author

Stephen Hetherington is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales.

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Publisher
Polity
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1509554572
ISBN 13 
9781509554577
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
276

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