Titlebook: Mastering Philosophy; Anthony Harrison-Barbet Textbook 1990Latest edition Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990 Aristotle.metaphysics.philosop

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Introduction,ward answer. Indeed it would not be too much of an exaggeration to say, paradoxically, that the question is itself a philosophical one — in so far as different philosophers tend to have different conceptions as to the nature of their chosen discipline. Perhaps the best way of finding out what the va

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The Philosophy of Plato, his prejudices, and the presuppositions underlying his doctrines, we must have some appreciation of the main ideas of his predecessors — even if his own position develops through an explicit rejection of them. This is especially true of Plato, who sought to reconcile and systematize ideas which ove

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Knowledge,erstand himself and the universe from which he has so mysteriously emerged. Through myths, religion, natural science, or philosophy he has striven to acquire knowledge — about the nature, origin, and ‘purpose’ of the cosmos, the evolution of life, and of course himself and his behaviour. Indeed the

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Political Philosophy, consider a number of important philosophical issues arising out of an analysis of the political and social relationship that may obtain between individuals and societies. Think first of the problem of controlling behaviour. If we all acted with total selfishness, with no regard at all for the effec

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The Philosophy of Science,and in his use of scientific knowledge to improve the quality of life. All around us we find examples of its benefits: television, aeroplanes, new medicines to conquer disease, computers, synthetic materials for clothes and furnishings. There is of course a darker side. We may have reached the Moon

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The Philosophy of Art, belief in a religion or be consciously following the precepts of, say, Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism, you will probably agree that religion too is pervasive — even in societies where the prevailing orthodoxy is atheism. A similar observation can be made about the arts. One need not be a painte

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