Introducing Philosophy, 2nd Edition (Introducing...(Totem)) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Comprehensive guide to all of the significant philosophers of the Western World.

About the Author

Dave Robinson has taught philosophy for many years and is the author of numerous Introducing titles including the best-selling Ethics. He is now a part-time lecturer in Critical Studies and lives in Devon. Judy Groves is a painter, illustrator and designer who has worked on numerous Introducing titles. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Totem Books (April 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840460539
• ISBN-13: 978-1840460537
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,193,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect quick reference, January 19, 2005

By	thistle "loukz" (Florida) - See all my reviews

For a long time I have looked for a one-page reference that could show me all the major philosophers, a quick sound bite about what each of them believed, and which school of philosophy each of them belonged to. This book has that on the last page. The addition of this little gem to what is already a great reference material for a basic understanding of philosophy earns this book 5 stars. If you are like me and would like to know something about everything (not everything about something) this book will serve you well.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars philosophically clueless--until today, August 23, 2003

By A Customer

Passing through my daughter's college bookstore I came across "Introducing Philosophy." Since I knew my younger son had a summer assignment which involved studing classical and Renaissance authors, I thought this book would be a great foundation. I read the first 67 pages on the plane returning home from my daughter's university, and couldn't wait to read the rest of the book. I haven't finished it yet, because my son is reading it and he says it's "crystal clear" and is helping him with his assignment---SCORE!!!!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gives a good feel of the thinkers and issues, July 2, 2001

By	Chris (Washington state, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Introducing Philosophy (Foundations in Children's Ministry) (Paperback)

This book gives a good feel for the major Western philosophers ranging from the ancient Greeks to Descartes, Hume, Hegel and Kant to Nietzsche, Marx, Feuerbach, Dewey and Sartre and how they have investigated epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics and political forms. If you don't grasp everything completely don't worry; some of these fellows, particularly the post-modernists, need to be operated on by Ockham's razor.