{"product_id":"reading-philosophy-selected-texts-with-a-method-for-beginners-9781119094678","title":"Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003eA key introductory philosophy textbook  making use of an innovative  interactive technique for reading philosophical texts Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners  Second Edition  provides a unique approach to reading philosophy  requiring students to engage with material as they read. It contains carefully selected texts  commentaries on those texts  and questions for the reader to think about as they read. It serves as starting points for both classroom discussion and independent study. The texts cover a wide range of topics drawn from diverse areas of philosophical investigation  ranging over ethics  metaphysics  epistemology  philosophy of mind  aesthetics  and political philosophy. This edition has been updated and expanded. New chapters discuss the moral significance of friendship and love  the subjective nature of consciousness and the ways that science might explore conscious experience. And there are new texts and commentary in chapters on doubt  self and moral dilemmas. Guides readers through the experience of active  engaged philosophical reading Presents significant texts  contextualized for newcomers to philosophy Includes writings by philosophers from antiquity to the late 20th-century Contains commentary that provides the context and background necessary for discussion and argument Prompts readers to think through specific questions and to reach their own conclusions This book is an ideal resource for beginning students in philosophy  as well as for anyone wishing to engage with the subject on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666301673525,"sku":"ByrdShop_1119094674","price":48.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781119094678.jpg?v=1782427703","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/reading-philosophy-selected-texts-with-a-method-for-beginners-9781119094678","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}