{"product_id":"reading-philosophy-selected-texts-with-a-method-for-beginners-9781119094678","title":"Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative, interactive technique for reading philosophical texts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edition, \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique approach to reading philosophy, requiring students to engage with material as they read. It contains carefully selected texts, commentaries on those texts, and questions for the reader to think about as they read. It serves as starting points for both classroom discussion and independent study. The texts cover a wide range of topics drawn from diverse areas of philosophical investigation, ranging over ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and political philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition has been updated and expanded. New chapters discuss the moral significance of friendship and love, the subjective nature of consciousness and the ways that science might explore conscious experience. And there are new texts and commentary in chapters on doubt, self and moral dilemmas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuides readers through the experience of active, engaged philosophical reading \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents significant texts, contextualized for newcomers to philosophy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes writings by philosophers from antiquity to the late 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains commentary that provides the context and background necessary for discussion and argument \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrompts readers to think through specific questions and to reach their own conclusions \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal resource for beginning students in philosophy, as well as for anyone wishing to engage with the subject on their own. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Guttenplan, Jennifer Hornsby, Christopher Janaway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119094678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Guttenplan\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, retiring after nearly 35 years in Birkbeck's philosophy department. Professor Guttenplan was the founding Executive Editor of the interdisciplinary journal \u003ci\u003eMind \u0026amp; Languagein\u003c\/i\u003e 1986 and he served in that capacity for five and then sixteen years from 2000, continuing now as an Editor. His research interests include the philosophies of mind, language, philosophical logic, and ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Hornsby\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, of the British Academy, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Janaway\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is general editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer, and has published widely in the history of philosophy, particularly on Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, and in aesthetics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Schwenkler\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnscombe's 'Intention' A Guide\u003c\/i\u003e. Professor Schwenkler's research is in the philosophy of mind and action, ethics, epistemology, and cognitive science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40714398630003,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":59.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_59bb9fa8-afdb-4b2d-84ed-0ffd22cab9ee.jpg?v=1676647547","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/reading-philosophy-selected-texts-with-a-method-for-beginners-9781119094678","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}