Invitation to philosophy

Author(s)

• Hollis, Martin

Bibliographic Information

Invitation to philosophy

Martin Hollis

（Invitation series）

Blackwell, 1997

2nd ed

Note

Originally published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1985

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the revised and updated edition of this classic introductory text, Martin Hollis leads his readers through the age-old philosophical questions of free choice and human nature, appearance and reality, reason and experience.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Wonder, Paradox and Vision. 2. Reasoning. Proof. Evidence. Scientific Method. 3. The Cave. 4. Ants, Spiders and Bees. 5. The Web of Belief. 6. The Elusive "I". 7. The Ring of Gyges. 8. The Common Good. 9. Robots, Apes and Angels. Further Reading. Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA33158762
• ISBN:
  • 0631206647
• LCCN: 97007778
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 180 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD21
  • DC21 : 100
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philosophy -- Introductions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00353037