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A Little History of Philosophy / Nigel Warburton

By: Series: A little history ofPublisher: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2025Copyright date: ©2011Description: viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300283266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 190
Contents:
The Man Who Asked Questions -- True Happiness -- We Know Nothing The Garden Path -- Learning Not to Care -- Who Is Pulling Our Strings? -- The Consolation of Philosophy -- The Perfect Island -- The Fox and the Lion -- Nasty, Brutish, and Short -- Could You Be Dreaming? -- Place Your Bets -- The Lens Grinder -- The Prince and the Cobbler -- The Elephant in the Room -- The Best of All Possible Worlds? -- The Imaginary Watchmaker -- Born Free --Rose-Tinted Reality -- What if Everyone Did That? -- Practical Bliss --The Owl of Minerva -- Glimpses of Reality -- Space to Grow -- Unintelligent Design -- Life�s Sacrifices -- Workers of the World Unite -- So What? -- The Death of God -- Thoughts in Disguise -- Is the Present King of France Bald? -- Boo!/Hooray! -- The Anguish of Freedom -- Bewitched by Language -- The Man Who Didn�t Ask Questions -- Learning from Mistakes -- The Runaway Train and the Unwanted Violinist -- Fairness through Ignorance -- Can Computers Think? -- A Modern Gadfly -- Index.
Summary: Presents an introduction to the ideas of major Western philosophers, including Aristotle, Augustine, John Locke, and Karl Marx.
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Includes index.

The Man Who Asked Questions -- True Happiness -- We Know Nothing The Garden Path -- Learning Not to Care -- Who Is Pulling Our Strings? -- The Consolation of Philosophy -- The Perfect Island -- The Fox and the Lion -- Nasty, Brutish, and Short -- Could You Be Dreaming? -- Place Your Bets -- The Lens Grinder -- The Prince and the Cobbler -- The Elephant in the Room -- The Best of All Possible Worlds? -- The Imaginary Watchmaker -- Born Free --Rose-Tinted Reality -- What if Everyone Did That? -- Practical Bliss --The Owl of Minerva -- Glimpses of Reality -- Space to Grow -- Unintelligent Design -- Life�s Sacrifices -- Workers of the World Unite -- So What? -- The Death of God -- Thoughts in Disguise -- Is the Present King of France Bald? -- Boo!/Hooray! -- The Anguish of Freedom -- Bewitched by Language -- The Man Who Didn�t Ask Questions -- Learning from Mistakes -- The Runaway Train and the Unwanted Violinist -- Fairness through Ignorance -- Can Computers Think? -- A Modern Gadfly -- Index.

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

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