Tracing the history of philosophy from ancient Greece to the Postmodern world, this introductory textbook introduces students to Western thought while also highlighting the contributions of marginalized people, groups, and non-Western traditions.
The Path of Philosophy characterizes the discipline of philosophy as a never-ending quest, driven both by wondrous curiosity and by a distressing realization that ultimate truth always evades our grasp. Threads running through the text demonstrate how philosophy is distinct from, and yet interrelated with, religion, science, and art. The second edition includes a new chapter on Postmodern philosophy to introduce students to key debates in twenty-first century thought.
Written in a lively, accessible style, and featuring original, eye-catching artwork, this book offers a clear introduction to the essential concepts, themes, and debates in philosophy, while also emphasizing its relationship to other disciplines, practices, and to our everyday lives.
- 545 pages
- English
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History & Theory of PhilosophyTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- ChapterĀ 1 Myth, Science, Philosophy, and the Presocratics
- ChapterĀ 2 Socrates
- ChapterĀ 3 Plato
- ChapterĀ 4 Aristotle
- ChapterĀ 5 The Hellenistic Philosophers
- ChapterĀ 6 Medieval Philosophy
- ChapterĀ 7 Renļ»æĆ©ļ»æ Descartes and the Transition from Medieval to Modern Thinking
- ChapterĀ 8 David Hume
- ChapterĀ 9 Kantās Transcendental Idealism
- ChapterĀ 10 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and the Manifestations of Geist
- ChapterĀ 11 Happiness, Suffering, and Pessimism in Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Mill
- ChapterĀ 12 Anglo-American Philosophy
- ChapterĀ 13 Existentialism and the Return to Being
- ChapterĀ 14 Philosophy in the Postmodern Age
- Concluding Remarks on the Nature of Philosophy
- NOTES
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- About the Illustrator
- Art Credits
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