Philosophy Made Simple - 2nd Edition by Richard H Popkin & Avrum Stroll (Paperback)

About the Book

Revised and updated, this bestselling reference is a step-by-step guide through this sometimes abstract discipline. The philosophers/authors make their subject matter lively and comprehensible as they delve into such areas as Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Logic.

Book Synopsis

For almost four decades, Made Simple books have set the standard for continuing education and home study. In answer to the changing needsof today's marketplace, the Made Simple series for the '90s presents a thoroughly up-to-the-minute portfolio of skills, information, and experience, with revised and updated editions of bestselling titles, plus a whole range of new subjects from personal finance to office management to desktop publishing.

B & W illustrations throughout

About the Author

Richard H. Popkin was a prominent philosopher and professor who specialized in the history of enlightenment philosophy and early modern antidogmatism. Among his honors, Popkin was awarded the Nicholas Murray Butler Medal by Columbia University and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the president emeritus and founding editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Avrum Stroll was a distinguished philosopher and a noted scholar in the fields of epistemology, the philosophy of language, and twentieth-century analytic philosophy.