It's time for an introduction to philosophy textbook that you can relate to and enjoy reading! THE BIG QUESTIONS: A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, International Edition tackles the tough issues and helps you form your own opinions about course topics while presenting the best philosophical selections available.

It's time for an introduction to philosophy textbook that you can relate to and enjoy reading! THE BIG QUESTIONS: A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, International Edition tackles the tough issues and helps you form your own opinions about course topics while presenting the best philosophical selections available.

罗伯特•所罗门（1942—2007），世界著名哲学家和哲学教师，尤精于尼采、存在主义哲学和情感理论的研究，特别擅长用日常生活中的例子来解释大哲学家复杂的思想，同时又不失其严格性。他生前是美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的“Quincy Lee百年纪念” 讲席教授和杰出授课教授。他在密歇根大学获得博士学位，曾在普林斯顿大学、匹兹堡大学和加州大学执教。他出版过四十多本著作。 凯思林•希金斯（Kathleen M. Higgins），美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的哲学教授，耶鲁大学哲学博士，曾在奥克兰大学、加州大学河滨分校和得克萨斯大学任教，是所罗门的妻子。她也出版、编写或与人合编了很多著作。

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is ...(展开全部)

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet: learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that ph...(展开全部)

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is ...(展开全部)

How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet: learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that ph...(展开全部)

Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social me...(展开全部)

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. This very short introduction emphasizes the diversity of Indian thought, and is structured around six schools which have achieved classic status. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand ...(展开全部)

This is a book about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins with the finding of the new papyrus fragment of Empedocles' poem, and uses the story of its discovery and interpretation to highlight the way our understanding of early philosophers is marked by their pres...(展开全部)