Philosophy : history and readings /
Offers an accessible historical survey of philosophical ideas and primary source readings. The title gives an organized introduction to philosophy, which communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy.
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New York :
McGraw-Hill,
©2012.
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| Edition: | 8th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part One. Ancient Greek philosophy
- Socrates's predecessors
- The sophists and Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Part Two. Hellenistic and medieval philosophy
- Classical philosophy after Aristotle
- Augustine
- Philosophy in the early middle ages
- Aquinas and his late medieval successors
- Part Three. Early modern philosophy
- Philosophy during the Renaissance
- Rationalism on the continent
- Empiricism in Britain
- Enlightenment philosophy
- Part Four. Late modern and nineteenth century philosophy
- Kant
- German idealism
- Utilitarianism and positivism
- Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche
- Part Five. Twentieth century and contemporary philosophy
- Pragmatism and process philosophy
- Analytic philosophy
- Phenomenology and existentialism
- Recent philosophy
- Appendix. Classical Eastern philosophy : Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism (from selected primary texts).