Being Philosophical
eBook - ePub

Being Philosophical

An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Being Philosophical

An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Detailed Contents
  6. Preface and Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Who Are You?
  9. 2 Philosophical Reading and Writing
  10. 3 What Do You Know?
  11. 4 Philosophical Reasoning
  12. 5 How Should You Act?
  13. 6 Philosophical Viewing
  14. Index
  15. End User License Agreement