Free eBooks Idiot's Guides: Philosophy, Fourth Edition Available To Downloads
A newly visual approach, this updated edition will include infographics, photos, and pull quotes to help reinforce learning of the subject of philosophy. Beginning with the pre-Socratics and Eastern philosophers, all of the major schools of thought are covered. Content includes religious philosophy, Renaissance humanism, enlightenment philosophers, idealism, existentialism, post-structuralism and post-modernism, and more.
Series: Idiot's Guides
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Alpha; 4 edition (April 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 161564444X
ISBN-13: 978-1615644445
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches
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"Philosophy" Fourth Edition, 2014by Jay Stevenson, Ph.D.ISBN 978-1-61564-444-5 paperback So many of the books that introduce people to Philosophy are written in a confusing mannerthat I was not filled with high expectations when I first picked up the Jay Stevenson book. However, as I thumbed through the Index at the back, and began reading some of the author'sdiscourse on his subjects, I found that Dr. Stevenson really has his thumb on the pulse of relevantphilosophical concepts. Dr. Stevenson quickly and expeditiously enumerates the distinctions betweenthe Philosophical Dualism and the Philosophical Monism which predominate so much of modern dialogues. It pleased me to see that the author did not get "bogged down" is a fruitless attempt toacquaint a beginner with a multitude of "---isms". Dr. Stevenson articulated the major thoughtsand the most critical ideas that originated with the Greek traditions and is able to trace the most criticalideas without "swamping" readers with complex verbiage. (That happens so much with introductions to philosophy.) Most philosophers will admit frankly that the problem with Philosophy, is that to begin discussing ANYTHING,you have to begin with some understanding of EVERYTHING. I would propose that this is not the fault ofphilosophers and their scholarship. It just shows how difficult it is to launch into explanations for Abstract Concepts,in any reasonable expectation that we as ordinary people are going to get.
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