(Original PDF) Living Philosophy 2nd by Lewis Vaughn

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199985502
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199985500
• Author: Lewis Vaughn

Living Philosophy, a historically organized, introductory hybrid text/reader, guides students through the story of philosophical thought from the Pre-Socratics to the present, providing cultural and intellectual background and explaining why key issues and arguments remain important and relevant today. Featuring an exceptionally clear and accessible writing style, this unique volume brings philosophy to life with well-chosen excerpts from philosophers’ works, abundant in-text learning aids, and compelling color photos and illustrations.

table of contents:

CHAPTER 1 Why Philosopist
CHAPTER 2 The Pre-Socratics and the Sophists
CHAPTER 3 Socrates: An Examined Life
CHAPTER 4 Plato: The Really Real
CHAPTER 5 Aristotle: Reason and Nature
CHAPTER 6 Eastern Thought
CHAPTER 7 The Hellenistic Era
CHAPTER 8 The Medieval Period
CHAPTER 9 Descartes: Doubt and Certainty
CHAPTER 10 From Hobbes to Hume
CHAPTER 11 Kant’s Revolution
CHAPTER 12 John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism
CHAPTER 13 Hegel and Marx
CHAPTER 14 Existentialism
CHAPTER 15 The Pragmatists: Peirce and James
CHAPTER 16 Feminist Philosophers
CHAPTER 17 The Contemporary Period
CHAPTER 18 The Meaning of Life

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