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The Philosopher's Toolkit: a compendium of philosophical concepts and methods

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Philosophy can be an extremely technical and complex affair, one whose terminology and procedures are often intimidating to the beginner and demanding even for the professional. Like that of surgery, the art of philosophy requires mastering a body of knowledge as well as acquiring precision and skill with a set of instruments or tools. The Philosopher's Toolkit may be thought of as a collection of just such tools. Unlike those of a surgeon or a master woodworker, however, the instruments presented by this text are conceptual - tools that can be used to enter, analyse, criticise, and evaluate philosophical concepts, arguments, visions, and theories. The Toolkit can be used in a variety of ways. It can be read cover to cover by those looking for instruction on the essentials of philosophical reflection. Or it can be used as a course book on basic philosophical method or critical thinking. It can also be used as a reference book to which general readers and more advanced philosophers can turn in order to find quick and clear accounts of the key concepts and methods of philosophy. The book is assembled so that there is a natural, logical order from start to finish, but one can also start wherever one likes, just as one might play any song on a record album first. The aim of the book, in other words, is to act as a conceptual toolbox from which all those from neophytes to master artisans can draw instruments that would otherwise be distributed over a diverse set of texts and require long periods of study to acquire

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

online

Penerbit

Hoboken, New Jersey, United St : Wiley-Blackwell., 2010

Deskripsi Fisik

300 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781405190183

Klasifikasi

NONE

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

electronic

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Second

Subjek

Philosophy
Reasoning
Methodology

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