How philosophy works: the concepts visually explained

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Demystifying the key ideas of the world's greatest philosophers, and exploring all of the most important branches of thought, including philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and feminist philosophy in a uniquely visual way, this resource is the perfect introduction to the subject.

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Full title :How philosophy works : the concepts visually explained / consultant editor Marcus Weeks.

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Publication Date:©2019
Edition:First American edition

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Publisher(s):DK Publishing
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:255 pages : : color illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781465482228, 1465482229
oclc:on1066058883
LC Classification:B74
Dewey Decimal:100

Foundations. The source of everything ; Cosmic origins ; Sacred geometry ; All is flux ; All is one ; Zeno's paradoxes ; Elements and forces ; Immortal seeds ; Atomic theory ; Examining ideas ; Platonic realms ; Plato's allegory of the cave ; One world only ; Form is function ; An earth-centered cosmos ; Purposes in nature ; Scholastic philosophy ; Transubstantiation ; Occam's razor ; The scientific revolution ; Doubting the world ; Mind and body ; The body as machine ; the one substance ; The blank slate ; An infinity of minds ; Facts and ideas ; Shaping the world with the mind ; Kinds of truth ; Reality as a process ; The end of history ; Class conflict in history ; Useful truths ; The value of truth ; Ideas as tools -- Analytic philosophy. What does a word mean? ; Russell's theory of descriptions ; Picturing the world ; Meaning and observation ; Dispensing with metaphysics ; A private language is impossible ; Wittgenstein's language-games ; Science and falsification ; The nature of scientific truth ; Words as actions ; Scientific revolutions ; Points of view ; Feminist epistemology -- Continental philosophy. Objects in the mind ; Phenomenology ; Time consciousness ; What is it …

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History Nonfiction Philosophie -- Histoire Philosophie -- Miscellanées Philosophie -- Ouvrages illustrés Philosophy Philosophy -- History Philosophy -- Miscellanea Philosophy -- Pictorial works Pictorial works Trivia and miscellanea