Title:
Philosophy : sources, perspectives, and methodologies / Donald M. Borchert, editor.
Author:
Borchert, Donald M., 1934- editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich : Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Call Number:
BD21 .P4766 2016
Abstract:
This volume serves as a primer to the study of philosophy, discussing some of the challenges from various forms of skepticism that philosophers have faced when, in the footsteps of Socrates, they have tried to gain knowledge. The primer also provides a sample of the diverse philosophical traditions that have developed through the centuries in different parts of the world.
ISBN:
9780028662954
9780028663319
Series:
Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Philosophy
Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Philosophy.
Physical Description:
xiv, 442 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Contents:
What is philosophy? / What is knowledge? / The challenge of skepticism / Can skepticism be defeated: Descartes? / Can skepticism be defeated: Hume? / Can skepticism be defeated: Kant? / The new face of skepticism: postmodernism / Can postmodernist skepticism be defeated? / Three kinds of knowledge
Showcasing interdisciplinary lenses: Plato's dialogues / Showcasing interdisciplinary lenses: novels [Darkness at noon ; The plague] / Showcasing interdisciplinary lenses: film
African philosophical traditions / Buddhist philosophical traditions / Confucian philosophical traditions / Daoist philosophical traditions / Indian philosophical traditions / Islamic philosophical traditions
Environmental ethics / Medical ethics / Philosophy of education / Philosophy of feminism / Philosophy of mind / Philosophy of religion / Philosophy of sex and love / Philosophy of sport / Philosophy of technology
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