Being Philosophical: An Introduction to Philosophy and Its Methods

By: Hetherington, Stephen

Being Philosophical guides readers through the perplexing initial moments of meeting philosophy by taking them inside philosophical thinking as an activity.

In a beginner-friendly voice, Stephen Hetherington elucidates how intellectual 'tools' from a diversity of traditions, East and West, can enable us to start doing philosophy - that is, to think 'from scratch' in a philosophical way. He explores many classical topics and issues that have preoccupied philosophers from Plato, early Buddhists and Confucius to Karl Marx and beyond - selves, souls, identity, will, knowing and reasoning, acting morally, and more - and presents possible methods for responding to different theories.

Inviting and conversational, Being Philosophical is the book needed by every new philosophy student - or anyone wondering whether they might want to explore the world of philosophy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509554580
• ISBN13: 9781509554584
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"