Voices of Wisdom With Infotrak: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader
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ISBN: 0534535720 / Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, January 2000
With well-chosen classic and contemporary readings from diverse traditions, this market-leading text provides an outstandingly balanced introduction to philosophy that fosters student understanding of the world and their place in it.
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"Does philosophy bake bread?" asks the introduction to this reader first published in 1992, which contains Bertrand Russell's 1912 essay on the value of philosophy. A dozen chapters feature lovers of wisdom from the classical Greek, Christian, and Jewish philosophers to the Buddha, scientist Richard Dawkins of "selfish gene" fame, and feminist Mary Daly pondering the mega issues of ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. Includes suggestions for further reading/viewing, reading questions, a glossary, and pronunciation guide for non-Western terms, but no author bios or index. Kessler is at California State U., Bakersfield. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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