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Philosophy & this actual world : an introduction to practical philosophical inquiry / Martin Benjamin.

By: Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2003.Description: xiii, 223 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780742513990
  • 074251398X (alk. paper)
  • 0742513998 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Philosophy and this actual world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 100 21
LOC classification:
  • B72 .B45 2003
Summary: Publisher description: ... Presupposing little or no formal background, Philosophy & This Actual World addresses general questions of knowledge, reality, mind, will, and ethics, as well as more specific questions about moral pluralism, assisted suicide, the nature of death, and life's meaning. At the same time, it incorporates the advances of academic philosophers like Wittgenstein, Rorty, Putnam, and Rawls, making it equally as valuable to the scholar as to the philosophically uninitiated.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks B72 .B45 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000710631

"An introduction to practical philosophical inquiry" -- Cover.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

Publisher description: ... Presupposing little or no formal background, Philosophy & This Actual World addresses general questions of knowledge, reality, mind, will, and ethics, as well as more specific questions about moral pluralism, assisted suicide, the nature of death, and life's meaning. At the same time, it incorporates the advances of academic philosophers like Wittgenstein, Rorty, Putnam, and Rawls, making it equally as valuable to the scholar as to the philosophically uninitiated.

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