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Reading Philosophy
Samuel Guttenplan
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Description for Reading Philosophy
Hardcover. This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings. * Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 706.
This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings.
This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings.
- Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy.
- Each chapter focusses on a core philosophical topic, and contains an introduction to the topic, 2 classic readings and interactive commentaries on the readings.
- An introductory book which doesn't merely tell the reader about the subject, but requires them to engage philosophically with the text.
- A pedagogical resource developed in the classroom ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Reading Philosophy
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631234371
SKU
V9780631234371
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Ref
99-50
About Samuel Guttenplan
Samuel Guttenplan is a Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of The Languages of Logic (2nd edn, Blackwell, 1997), editor of A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind (Blackwell, 1994) and executive editor of the journal Mind & Language. Jennifer Hornsby taught philosophy at Oxford from 1978 to 1994, when she moved ... Read more
Reviews for Reading Philosophy
"Reading Philosophy is an excellent introduction to philosophy, especially as it is practiced in the analytic tradition. I know of no other text which introduces students to the practice of philosophy as this one does." Roger P. Ebertz, University of Dubuque "The book is very well done, with an attractive combination of breadth and depth. Too often, introductory ... Read more