By Steven D. Hales

ISBN-10: 0470658827

ISBN-13: 9780470658826

This is Philosophy: An Introduction bargains an engagingly written creation to philosophical ideas that come with ethics, the lifestyles of God, loose will, own id, philosophy of brain, and epistemology. 

  • Conveys the thrill and value of philosophy whereas explaining tricky techniques basically for the common undergraduate
  • Represents a student-friendly but a professional advisor to the questions, difficulties, and nice thinkers of philosophy
  • Extensive on-line pupil and teacher resources. Features chapter-by-chapter hyperlinks to supplemental fabrics and freely to be had on-line basic assets, a thesaurus, pupil comprehension self-assessment routines, and more.
  • Instructors can also access a 175-question try out financial institution and resolution key, forty PowerPoint lectures  on hand at http://www.thisisphilosophy.com/intro-philosophy

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