The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

Baggini, Julian; Fosl, Peter S.

ISBN 10: 1405190183 / ISBN 13: 9781405190183

Editore: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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• Titolo: The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods
• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1405190183
• ISBN 13: 9781405190183
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Riassunto

The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflection

• Features significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from methods in the history of philosophy
• This edition has a broad, pluralistic approach--appealing to readers in both continental philosophy and the history of philosophy, as well as analytic philosophy
• Explains difficult concepts in an easily accessible manner, and addresses the use and application of these concepts
• Proven useful to philosophy students at both beginning and advanced levels

Informazioni sugli autori

Julian Baggini (www.julianbaggini.com) is a freelance writer and co-founding editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine.

Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

Julian Baggini is Academic Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. He was the founding editor of The Philosophers' Magazine and has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos, and Counterpoint. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over 20 books, including How The World Thinks, The Virtues of the Table, The Ego Trick, Freedom Regained, and The Edge of Reason.

Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy and chair of PPE at Transylvania University, Kentucky. He is author of Hume's Scepticism (2020), co-author of The Critical Thinking Toolkit (Wiley Blackwell, 2016) and The Ethics Toolkit (Wiley Blackwell, 2007), editor of The Big Lebowski and Philosophy (Wiley Blackwell, 2012), and co-editor of Philosophy: The Classic Readings (Wiley Blackwell, 2009). His work covers the history of scepticism, especially in the writings of David Hume, and the philosophical dimensions of popular culture.