30-second philosophies : the 50 most thought-provoking philosophies, each explained in half a minute /
Title By: Loewer, Barry [Edited by] | Law, Stephen [Foreword by] | Baggini, Julian [Contributor] | Balog, Kati [Contributor] | Garvey, James [Contributor] | Loewer, Barry [Contributor] | Stangroom, Jeremy [Contributor] | Hissey, Ivan [Contributor]
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BookDescription: 160 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785782893; 9781435109575 (hardback); 1435109570Other title: Thirty-second philosophies.Subject(s): Philosophy -- History | PhilosophyDDC classification: 100 TH IR Online resources: Location Map
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 100 TH IR (Browse shelf) | Available | Jan 2019 | T0061369 |
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| 100 RA UL Ultimate questions : | 100 SI MP Simply philosophy : | 100 SO LI The little philosophy book / | 100 TH IR 30-second philosophies : | 100 WA PH Philosophy : | 100 WH AT What is this thing called philosophy? | 100 WI SI Simply philosophy / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.
Language & Logic -- Glossary -- Aristotle's syllogisms -- Russell's paradox & Frege's logicism -- profile: Aristotle -- Russell's theory of description -- Frege's puzzle -- Gödel's theorem -- Epimenides' liar paradox -- Eubulides' heap -- Science & Epistemology -- Glossary -- I think therefore I am -- Gettier's counter example -- profile: Karl Popper -- The brain in a vat -- Hume's problem of induction -- Goodman's gruesome riddle -- Popper's conjectures & refutations -- Kuhn's scientific revolutions -- Mind & Metaphysics -- Glossary -- Descartes mind-body problem -- Brentano's intentionality -- Fodor's language of thought -- Parfit's persons -- profile: René Descartes -- Chalmer's zombies -- Zeno's paradoxes -- Kant's left hand -- Theseus' ship -- Laplace's demon, determinism, & free will -- Ryle's ghost in the machine -- Ethics & Political Philosophy -- Glossary -- Aristotle's ethics -- States of nature and the social contract -- Kant's categorical imperative -- profile: Immanuel Kant -- Mill's utilitarianism -- Marx's historical materialism -- The trolley problem -- Religion -- Glossary -- Aquinas' five ways -- Anselm's ontological argument -- profile: Thomas Aquinas -- Epicurus' riddle -- Paley's watchmaker -- Pascal's wager -- Hume against miracles -- Grand Moments -- Glossary -- Socrates' method -- Plato's cave -- Aristotle's four causes -- Lucretius' atomism -- profile: Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Berkeley's idealism -- Kant's synthetic a priori -- Hegel's dialectic -- James' pragmatism -- Moore's common sense -- Wittgenstein's picture theory of language -- Continental Philosophy -- Glossary -- Nietzsche's Superman -- profile: Friedrich Nietzsche -- Derrida's deconstruction -- Heidegger's nothing -- Sartre's bad faith.