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Philosophy General

Rethinking Our World

by (author) Philip Higgs & Dr Jane Smith

Publisher
Juta Academic
Initial publish date
Jan 2000
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780702172557
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780702152016
    Publish Date
    Jan 2000
    List Price
    $37.95

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Rethinking our World will be invaluable to undergraduate students and to a more general readership seeking an understanding of the major philosophies. Philip Higgs and Jane Smith outline the basic tenets of each philosophy, analyse the type of thinking it encourages, and discuss its history and the major figures who influenced it. This text is an accessible and interactive introduction to critical thinking and covers the following major philosophies:
? logic and post-empiricism
? critical rationalism
? critical theory
? phenomenology
? hermeneutics
? systems theory
? postmodernism
? feminism
? African philosophy

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