Each chapter explains a major issue, and gives the reader a self-contained guide through the problems that philosophers have studied. Simon Blackburn begins by putting forward a convincing case for the study of philosophy and goes on to give the reader a sense of how the great historical figures such as Plato, Hume, Kant, and Descartes have approached its central themes. Written by the author of the bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important.
It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them. This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. What am I? What is consciousness? What is the difference between past and future? Does the world presuppose a creator? Do we always act out of self-interest?
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