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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, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of studying philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is studied.

Features
An original, interesting, and accessible addition to the VSI philosophy list
Provides a broad overview of the field, and guides the reader through specific examples
Teaches the reader how to read philosophy rather than just summarizing it
Includes Eastern philosophy and thinkers from the Continental tradition as well as from Anglo-American philosophy
Emphasizes the point of doing philosophy
Discusses how philosophy has been used in the interests of particular groups, such as the priesthood, women, animals, and political activists

Product Details
144 pages; numerous halftones

About the Author(s)
Edward Craig is Knightsbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, where he is also a Fellow of Churchill College. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg, and the University of Melbourne. His publications include The Mind of God and the Works of Man (OUP, 1987), Knowledge and the State of Nature (OUP, 1990), and he is general editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
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