Zusatztext 'Simon Blackburn's lucidly elegant essay is a guide to the most central concerns of philosophy... A beautifully clear account of the chief arguments in each debate. Blackburn is an accomplished philosopher, which makes this a valuable little book.' Sunday Times, 7.11.99 Informationen zum Autor Simon Blackburn is the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1969 to 1990. His books for OUP are Spreading the Word (1984), Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (hbk 1994, pbk 1996), and Ruling Passions (1998). He edited the journal Mind from 1984 to 1990. Klappentext The author of the bestselling "Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy" offers a coherent, non-intimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Zusammenfassung This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who thinks there are big questions lurking out there, but does not know how to approach them. Written by the author of the bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: Setting the Scene 1: Descartes's Demon PART TWO: Beginning to Think about Ourselves 2: Consciousness, Zombies, and Permutants 3: Freedom, Determinism, Fate 4: The Conscious Self PART THREE: Beginning to Think about the Way Things Are 5: Good God? 6: Wrestling with Idealism 7: Why do Things Keep on Keeping On? 8: The Arts of Intellectual Hygiene PART FOUR: Beginning to Think About What to Do 9: Behaving Well 10: Pulling Together

Autorentext

Simon Blackburn is the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1969 to 1990. His books for OUP are Spreading the Word (1984), Essays in Quasi-Realism (1993), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (hbk 1994, pbk 1996), and Ruling Passions (1998). He edited the journal Mind from 1984 to 1990.

Klappentext

The author of the bestselling "Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy" offers a coherent, non-intimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy.

Zusammenfassung
This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who thinks there are big questions lurking out there, but does not know how to approach them. Written by the author of the bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important.

Inhalt

• PART ONE: Setting the Scene

• 1: Descartes's Demon

• PART TWO: Beginning to Think about Ourselves

• 2: Consciousness, Zombies, and Permutants

• 3: Freedom, Determinism, Fate

• 4: The Conscious Self

• PART THREE: Beginning to Think about the Way Things Are

• 5: Good God?

• 6: Wrestling with Idealism

• 7: Why do Things Keep on Keeping On?

• 8: The Arts of Intellectual Hygiene

• PART FOUR: Beginning to Think About What to Do

• 9: Behaving Well

• 10: Pulling Together