{"product_id":"9781119094678","title":"Reading Philosophy : Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners by Jennifer Hornsby","description":"A key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative,?interactive?technique for reading philosophical texts? Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edition,?provides?a unique approach to reading philosophy, requiring?students?to engage with material as they read.?It contains carefully selected?texts, commentaries on those texts, and questions for the reader to think about as they read. It serves as starting points for?both?classroom discussion and independent study. The texts cover a?wide range of topics drawn from?diverse?areas of philosophical?investigation, ranging over ethics, metaphysics,?epistemology,?philosophy of mind, aesthetics,?and?political philosophy.? This edition has been updated and expanded. New chapters?discuss?the moral significance of friendship and love, the subjective nature of consciousness?and?the ways that science might explore conscious experience. And there are new texts and commentary in chapters on doubt, self and moral dilemmas.    Guides readers through the experience of active, engaged philosophical reading?Presents significant texts, contextualized for newcomers to philosophy?Includes?writings by?philosophers?from antiquity to the?late 20th-century?Contains commentary that provides?the context and background?necessary?for discussion and argument?Prompts readers to think through specific questions?and?to reach their own conclusions? This book?is an ideal resource for beginning students in philosophy, as well as for anyone wishing to engage with the subject on their own.? ?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296533131637,"sku":"9781119094678","price":28.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781119094678.jpg?v=1762771730","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781119094678","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}