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Very Short Introductions #55: Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

by Edward Craig

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How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of studying philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is studied.
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About the Author

Edward Craig is Knightsbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, where he is also a Fellow of Churchill College. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg, and the University of Melbourne. His publications include The Mind of God and the Works of Man (OUP, 1987), Knowledge and the State of Nature (OUP, 1990), and he is general editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction


2. What should I do? Plato's Crito


3. How do we know? Hume's, Of Miracles


4. What am I? An unknown Buddhist on the Self: 'The Chariot' from The Questions of King Milinda


5. Some themes


6. Of 'isms'


7. Some more high spots — a personal selection


8. What's in it for whom?


Bibliography


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780192854216
Subtitle:
A Very Short Introduction
Author:
Craig, Edward
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
History, Criticism, Surveys
Subject:
Philosophy -- History.
Subject:
History & Surveys - General
Copyright:
2002
Series:
Very Short Introductions
Series Volume:
2255
Publication Date:
May 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
7.08x4.40x.38 in. .30 lbs.
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