Philosophy & this actual world : an introduction to practical philosophical inquiry / Martin Benjamin.

By:

Benjamin, Martin

Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2003.Description: xiii, 223 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780742513990
074251398X (alk. paper)
0742513998 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Other title:

Philosophy and this actual world

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DDC classification:

100 21

LOC classification:

B72 .B45 2003

Summary: Publisher description: ... Presupposing little or no formal background, Philosophy & This Actual World addresses general questions of knowledge, reality, mind, will, and ethics, as well as more specific questions about moral pluralism, assisted suicide, the nature of death, and life's meaning. At the same time, it incorporates the advances of academic philosophers like Wittgenstein, Rorty, Putnam, and Rawls, making it equally as valuable to the scholar as to the philosophically uninitiated.

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"An introduction to practical philosophical inquiry" -- Cover.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

Publisher description: ... Presupposing little or no formal background, Philosophy & This Actual World addresses general questions of knowledge, reality, mind, will, and ethics, as well as more specific questions about moral pluralism, assisted suicide, the nature of death, and life's meaning. At the same time, it incorporates the advances of academic philosophers like Wittgenstein, Rorty, Putnam, and Rawls, making it equally as valuable to the scholar as to the philosophically uninitiated.