Global History Of Philosophy

Author : Julian Baggini
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783782291

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How the World Thinks by Julian Baggini Pdf

*SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'There to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separately in China, India and Ancient Greece at more or less the same time. These early philosophies have had a profound impact on the development of distinctive cultures in different parts of the world. What we call 'philosophy' in the West is not even half the story. Julian Baggini sets out to expand our horizons in How the World Thinks, exploring the philosophies of Japan, India, China and the Muslim world, as well as the lesser-known oral traditions of Africa and Australia's first peoples. Interviewing thinkers from around the globe, Baggini asks questions such as: why is the West is more individualistic than the East? What makes secularism a less powerful force in the Islamic world than in Europe? And how has China resisted pressures for greater political freedom? Offering deep insights into how different regions operate, and paying as much attention to commonalities as to differences, Baggini shows that by gaining greater knowledge of how others think we take the first step to a greater understanding of ourselves.

Author : John C. Plott,James Michael Dolin
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 812080550X

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Global History of Philosophy by John C. Plott,James Michael Dolin Pdf

Author : Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791436837

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A Comparative History of World Philosophy by Ben-Ami Scharfstein Pdf

Breaks through the cultural barriers between Western, Indian, and Chinese philosophy and demonstrates that despite considerable differences between these three great philosophical traditions, there are fundamental resemblances in their abstract principles.

Author : A. C. Grayling
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780241980866

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The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling Pdf

AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES 'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has been no comprehensive history of this great intellectual journey since 1945. Intelligible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, A. C. Grayling covers with characteristic clarity and elegance subjects like epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, logic, and the philosophy of mind, as well as the history of debates in these areas, through the ideas of celebrated philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. The History of Philosophy takes the reader on a journey from the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates. Through Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the Renaissance and Enlightenment. On to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, then the philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world. And finally, into philosophy today.

Author : John C. Plott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:612134750

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Global History of Philosophy by John C. Plott Pdf

Author : Nigel Warburton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300177541

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A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton Pdf

Presents an introduction to the ideas of major Western philosophers, including Aristotle, Augustine, John Locke, and Karl Marx.

Author : Jostein Gaarder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466804272

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Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder Pdf

One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.

Author : Edward Grant,Professor Emeritus Edward Grant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521869317

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A History of Natural Philosophy by Edward Grant,Professor Emeritus Edward Grant Pdf

This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.

Author : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465592736

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The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Pdf

Author : Justin E. H. Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691178462

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The Philosopher by Justin E. H. Smith Pdf

How the role of the philosopher has changed over time and across cultures—and what it reveals about philosophy today What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions—ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new way of looking at the history of philosophy by bringing to life six kinds of figures who have occupied the role of philosopher in a wide range of societies around the world over the millennia—the Natural Philosopher, the Sage, the Gadfly, the Ascetic, the Mandarin, and the Courtier. The result is at once an unconventional introduction to the global history of philosophy and an original exploration of what philosophy has been—and perhaps could be again. By uncovering forgotten or neglected philosophical job descriptions, the book reveals that philosophy is a universal activity, much broader—and more gender inclusive—than we normally think today. In doing so, The Philosopher challenges us to reconsider our idea of what philosophers can do and what counts as philosophy.

Author : Brian Duignan Senior Editor, Religion and Philosophy
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615301454

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Modern Philosophy by Brian Duignan Senior Editor, Religion and Philosophy Pdf

Presents the history of modern philosophy and includes profiles of notable philosophers, discussing the writings of the Renaissance, Rationalism, Enlightenment, and Empiricism.

Author : Julian Baggini
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691211206

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The Great Guide by Julian Baggini Pdf

Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. In this enthralling book, Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate near the Scottish border to Paris, where, as an older man, he was warmly embraced by French society. Baggini shows how Hume put his philosophy into practice in a life that blended reason and passion, study and leisure, and relaxation and enjoyment. The Great Guide includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. This book shows how life is far richer with Hume as your guide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780711253094

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Historica Philosophicae by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lee Braver
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810123809

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A Thing of This World by Lee Braver Pdf

Combining conceptual rigour and clarity of prose with historical erudition, this book shows how one of the standard issues of analytic philosophy, realism and anti-realism, has also been at the heart of continental philosophy.

Author : Anthony Kenny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199546374

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Philosophy in the Modern World by Anthony Kenny Pdf

Here is the concluding volume of Sir Anthony Kenny's monumental four-volume history of philosophy, the first major single-author narrative history to appear for several decades.Here Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the end of the millennium. Alongside extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries have seen some of the mostintriguing and original developments in philosophical thinking, which have transformed our understanding of ourselves and our world. In the first part of the book, Kenny offers a lively narrative introducing the major thinkers in their historical context. Among those we meet are the great figures ofcontinental European philosophy, from Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche to Heidegger, Sartre, and Derrida; the Pragmatists such as C.S. Pierce and William James; Marx, Darwin, and Freud, the non-philosophers; and Wittgenstein and Russell, friends and colleagues who set the agenda for analyticphilosophy in the twentieth century. Kenny then proceeds to guide the reader lucidly through the nine main areas of philosophical work in the period, offering a serious engagement with ideas and arguments about logic, language, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, politics, and theexistence of God.