An engagingly clear and accessible introductory text with readings, Powerful Ideas guides students through a journey of exploration and self-discovery, critically examining profound and perennial questions such as ""Who am I and what am I doing here?"", ""How can I be sure?"", ""Is there a God?"", ""What should I do?"" and ""How should I live?"" Powerful Ideas: Is thematically organized and covers both analytic and Continental philosophical approaches Is based on the Socratic Method - one of the oldest and powerful ...
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An engagingly clear and accessible introductory text with readings, Powerful Ideas guides students through a journey of exploration and self-discovery, critically examining profound and perennial questions such as ""Who am I and what am I doing here?"", ""How can I be sure?"", ""Is there a God?"", ""What should I do?"" and ""How should I live?"" Powerful Ideas: Is thematically organized and covers both analytic and Continental philosophical approaches Is based on the Socratic Method - one of the oldest and powerful methods of teaching that develops critical thinking and involves giving students questions but not answers. Introduces students to metaphysics and epistemology, to different ways to make value judgements, and to fields often neglected in introductory textbooks such as aesthetics and Eastern religion. Integrates brief portraits of the men and women who proposed powerful ideas in ways to think more constructively about themselves and their place in the world.
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