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Pathways in Philosophy: An Introductory Guide with Readings

Pathways in Philosophy: An Introductory Guide with Readings

Jacquette, Dale

Paperback

PhilosophyLinguistics

ISBN10: 0195131312
ISBN13: 9780195131314
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 18 2003
Pages: 574
Weight: 2.17
Height: 1.08 Width: 7.62 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
Pathways in Philosophy is a unique introductory text that features both a historical and a topical approach to the central problems in the field--questions regarding existence, knowledge, and moral and political value. Organized into two parts, Metaphysics and Epistemology and Ethics and Political Philosophy, the text addresses these problems by providing a guided tour through ten classic philosophical readings. Offering detailed critical commentary, Jacquette carefully explains and analyzes seminal works by Plato, Aristotle, Ockham, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, Moore, and Rawls. He applies the pathways metaphor to the various intersecting and overlapping lines of thought represented by this selection of authors, drawing surprising connections between their ideas. This approach enables students to appreciate the relationships between what may otherwise appear to be disparate strands of thought in great works of philosophy and in different traditions of philosophical thought. By following the historical and philosophical narrative in each chapter, students learn how to interpret and critically evaluate difficult philosophical writings in their historical contexts--how to identify concepts, questions, definitions, arguments, and major components of philosophical reasoning in a systematic way.

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