Everyday Examples
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Everyday Examples

An Introduction to Philosophy

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Everyday Examples

An Introduction to Philosophy

About this book

"Free will: mental energy that poofs into existence from scratch?" In pairing key ideas from the history of philosophy with examples from everyday life and culture, David Cunning produces a clear, incisive and engaging introduction to philosophy. Everyday Examples explores historical philosophy and the contemporary theory scene and includes ideas from both the analytic and continental traditions. This broad sweep of topics provides a synoptic overview of philosophy as a discipline and philosophizing as an activity. With examples drawn from everything from The Matrix and Sesame Street to sleepwalking, driving, dancing, playing a sport and observing animals, students are pointed to ways in which they can be a philosopher outside the classroom in the everyday world. As well as providing entertaining and relatable examples from everyday life, this book will be especially useful in the classroom, it is accessible and discussion-oriented, so that students can get first-hand practice at actually 'doing' philosophy. This accessibility does not come at the expense of rigour but, rather, provides a 'way in' to thinking about the major issues, figures and moments in the history of philosophy. The chapters are divided into brief sustainable nuggets so that students can get a definite handle on each issue and also be the expert for the day on a given section.There are suggested study questions at the end of each chapter that bring out the force of each side of the many different issues. An indispensable tool for those approaching philosophy for the first time.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781472574633
eBook ISBN
9781472574657
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophical Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PREFATORY REMARKS
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. CHAPTER ONE The nature and existence of the external world
  10. CHAPTER TWO Morality and value
  11. CHAPTER THREE Material minds: A no-brainer?
  12. CHAPTER FOUR The meaning of life
  13. CHAPTER FIVE Uncaused eternal mind versus uncaused eternal matter
  14. CHAPTER SIX Free will: Mental energy that appears to poof into existence from scratch
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN Agency, authority, and difference
  16. CHAPTER EIGHT The individual and society
  17. References
  18. Index