Invitation to Philosophy
Invitation Series
2. Auflage August 1997
192 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-20664-4
John Wiley & Sons
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.
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.
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.
"A wonderful introduction to the subject for both the general
reader and the beginning student, and will be read with profit and
pleasure by those more seasoned in the discipline." Time Higher
Education Supplement (of the first edition)
"This book is witty, wide-ranging, punchy, and engrossing. It
could not fail to ignite the thoughts of those with even the
faintest philosophical spark in them." Journal of Applied
Philosophy (of the first edition)
reader and the beginning student, and will be read with profit and
pleasure by those more seasoned in the discipline." Time Higher
Education Supplement (of the first edition)
"This book is witty, wide-ranging, punchy, and engrossing. It
could not fail to ignite the thoughts of those with even the
faintest philosophical spark in them." Journal of Applied
Philosophy (of the first edition)
Martin Hollis is Professor at the School of Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia. He is author of numerous publications including Models of Man (1977), Philosophy of Social Science (1994) and Reason in Action (1996).
