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100 1  Moore, Michael|q(Michael A. D.) 
245 10 Philosophy :|b50 essential ideas /|cMichael Moore. 
264  1 London :|bSirius,|c2022. 
300    208 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Introduction -- The Chief Good or Purpose for Mankind -- 
       Determinism and Free Will -- Zeno's Paradoxes: The 
       Impossibility of Motion and Change -- Reality as One or 
       Many -- The Role of Pleasure in Human Life -- Protagoras' 
       'Man is the Mesure' -- Sorites Paradox -- The Sceptical 
       Ouotlook -- Plato's Allegory of the Cave -- Plato's Forms 
       -- Epicurus' Swerve -- Epicurus on the Fear of Death -- 
       The Four Causes -- Aristotle's Categories -- The Stoic 
       Elimination of Emotion -- The Idea of the Divine -- The 
       Possibility of Miracles -- Design in the Natural Universe 
       -- Good and Evil -- The Nature of Knowledge -- The 
       Existence of an Immortal Soul -- Truth and Falsehood -- 
       Nietzsche's Superman -- Kierkegaard's Three Stages on 
       Life's Way -- Acting for the Greatest Utility -- Acting in
       Line with Duty -- Acting in Accordance with Virtue -- 
       Artistic Judgement and Value -- The Philosophy of Time -- 
       Descartes' Cogito Ergo Sum -- Thomas Hobbes' State of 
       Nature -- George Berkeley's Percepi est Esse -- David 
       Hume's Casual Inference -- Marx's Historical Materialism -
       - John Rawls' Veil of Ignorance -- Gettier Problems -- 
       Thomas Kuhn's Concept of Revolutions -- John Searle's 
       Chinese Room -- David Chalmer's Philosophical Zombies -- 
       Robert Nozick's Experience Machine -- Thomas Nagel's 
       Experience as a Bat -- Hegel's Thesis, Antithesis and 
       Synthesis -- Newcomb's Paradox -- Logical Positivism -- 
       The World as a Computer Simulation -- The Riddle of 
       Personal Identitiy -- The Generation of Human Rights -- 
       Thought Experiments -- Language and Though -- Index -- 
       Picture Credits. 
520    "What is truh?  How can I lead an ethical life?  Do I have
       free will?  Throughout history, the world's great thinkers
       have sought to answer the most profound questions about 
       our universe and have created compelling new ways of 
       thinking.  In this beautifully illustrated book, Michael 
       Moore introduces you to the fascinating world of 
       philosophy and its greatest practitioners.  Ranging from 
       epistemology to existentialism and featuring ideas from 
       philosophersas varied as Plato, Immanuel Kant, and Søren 
       Kierkegaard, this essential guide will bring you up to 
       speed on the core themes and theories of this great 
       subject,"--page [4] of cover. 
650  0 Philosophy. 
650  0 Philosophy|xHistory. 
650  7 Philosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01060777 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
994    C0|bCKE 
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