THE BASICS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY, Eugene Kelly

Provides an easy-to-understand guide to the major concepts of Western philosophy The Basics of Western Philosophy is an introductory work for students and the general reader. It is divided into two parts. The first discusses the process of philosophical discourse. Chapter one concerns the spirit of inquiry typical of philosophy as revealed in a discussion of some of its greatest practitioners. Chapter two presents elementary techniques of logical analysis that is part of academic philosophy. Chapter three is a sketch of the history of philosophy from its earliest beginnings among the ancient Greeks to the current day. This history is coordinated with a discussion of historical developments of the major periods of Western history that influenced the thoughts of the philosophers living at that time. Part two considers the major problems of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophical anthropology. Each chapter in this work focuses upon a set of philosophical concepts that are central to a specific idea in philosophy, while offering insights into philosophical questions relevant to the central problem.

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