Very Short Introductions: Philosophy by Edward Craig Read by Maurice West 3 CDs ISBN: 9-62634-344-3 Duration : 3:33:50 Sample

Rate : 44100 Hz Channels : 2 Avg. Bitrate : 68 kbps Codec Profile : MP3 VBR V5 Tool : LAME3.97 How ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via re adings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emph asizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and i s done. This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that p hilosophy is not an activity born from another planet learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that p hilosophy is no mere intellectual pastime thinkers such as Plato, Buddhist write rs, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Hegel, Mill and de Beauvoir were responding to real needs and events V much of their work shapes our lives today and many of their c oncerns are still ours.

Reviews: Review from The Guardian If, like learning Italian or playing the piano, philosophy is something youve been meaning to study for years but never got round to, this has to be the way to st art. Be warned. As simply as Craig writes, getting to grips with the five aggreg ates of Buddhism or the Socratic interpretation of ethical consequentialism is n ot easy. Never think that you have got a philosopher sorted out just because you c an say what -ism he represents, Craig advises. Where this often baffling but agree ably challenging introduction succeeds is in encouraging you to find out more ab out Plato, Descartes, Hume, Nietzsche et al for yourself. Touching briefly, for instance, on the Hegelian phenomenon, he tells us that it inspired two significa nt opposition movements V existentialism, spearheaded by Kierkegaard in Denmark, and in Britain the analytical school of Moore, Russell and Wittgenstein. It took h eavyweights with an alternative on offer to take peoples minds off Hegel, and even then the effect was only partial, local and temporary, he writes almost in passin g, before launching into heavy-duty Hegelian metaphysics. It left me itching to know exactly what Kierkegaard, Russell and Wittgenstein had against the poor fel low and why peoples minds had to be taken off him.

Review from AudioFile Magazine Professor Craig, who teaches philosophy at Cambridge, gives the listener a livel y and personal introduction to philosophy. Using an informal style, the author p

resents philosophy as a means of understanding ourselves, our world and how it w orks, and how we should interact with it. Using examples from numerous philosoph ers and other intellectuals, he shows us how each of them addresses these concer ns in different ways. Maurice West does well in performing this work. He has a s omewhat staccato delivery that is quite lively for such an academic subject. He reads as one who enjoys the discussion and the discovery of the concepts present ed. 9 mp3 files =============================================================================== =================== 100 101 p3 105 110 201 205 212 301 310 _ Philosophy V A Very Short Introduction _ Edward Craig.mp3 _ Ch 01 _ Anyone reading this book is to some extent a philosopher already.m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What Should I Do.mp3 How Do We Know.mp3 What am I.mp3 Some Themes.mp3 Of 'isms'.mp3 Some More High Spots.mp3 What is In It for Whom.mp3

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