The voyage of discovery: A historical introduction to philosophy / William F. Lawhead
Publication details: Australia, Wadsworth: c 2002.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxxii,592 p. : ill. : 28 cmISBN:- 0534520227
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Content
PART I
THE ANCIENT PERIOD
1 The Greek cultural context; From poetry to philosophy
2 Greek philosophy before Socrates
3 The sophists and Socrates
4 Plato; The search for ultimate truth and reality
etc.
PART II
THE MIDDLE AGES
7 Cultural context; The development of Christianity thought
8 St. Augustine; Philosophy in the service of Faith
9 Early Medieval philosophy
10 Philosophy and theology in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
etc.
PART III
THE MODERN PERIOD
13 Cultural context; Renaissance,Reformation, and the rise of modern science
14 Early empiricists; Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes
15 Rene Descartes: Founder of modern philosophy
16 Benedict ( Baruch ) Spinoza: Rationalist and Mystic
etc.
PART IV
THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
29 The Twentieth-century cultural context; Science, Language and Experience
30 Pragmatism: The unity of thought and action
31 Process philosophy; Bergson and Whitehead
32 Analytic philosophy and the Linguistic turn
etc.
Includes index: p. 580-592
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