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Philosophy and Philosophers : An Introduction to Western Philosophy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317488156
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophy and PhilosophersDDC classification:
  • 190
LOC classification:
  • B72 .S49 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Presocratic Greek Philosophy -- 2 Greek Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle -- 3 Medieval Philosophy: Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham -- 4 Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz -- 5 Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume -- 6 Transcendental Idealism: Kant -- 7 Later German Philosophy: Hegel, Nietzsche -- 8 Analytical Philosophy: Russell, Wittgenstein -- 9 Phenomenology and Existentialism: Husserl, Sartre -- 10 Logical Positivism and Falsificationism: Ayer, Popper -- 11 Linguistic Philosophy: Wittgenstein -- 12 Recent Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Chronology of Philosophers -- Index.
Summary: A survey of the Western tradition in metaphysics and epistemology. It presents the ideas of the major philosophers and their schools of thought in a readable and engaging way, highlighting the central points in each contributor's doctrines and offering a lucid discussion.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Presocratic Greek Philosophy -- 2 Greek Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle -- 3 Medieval Philosophy: Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham -- 4 Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz -- 5 Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume -- 6 Transcendental Idealism: Kant -- 7 Later German Philosophy: Hegel, Nietzsche -- 8 Analytical Philosophy: Russell, Wittgenstein -- 9 Phenomenology and Existentialism: Husserl, Sartre -- 10 Logical Positivism and Falsificationism: Ayer, Popper -- 11 Linguistic Philosophy: Wittgenstein -- 12 Recent Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Chronology of Philosophers -- Index.

A survey of the Western tradition in metaphysics and epistemology. It presents the ideas of the major philosophers and their schools of thought in a readable and engaging way, highlighting the central points in each contributor's doctrines and offering a lucid discussion.

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