What can we know for certain about the world or ourselves? Can we prove the existence of God? How is the mind related to the body? What is justice? How should society be organised?
This book is an introduction to the way in which these and other questions have been explored by some of the greatest minds in the history of Western thought. From Plato to post-modernism, Anselm to Ayer, it examines the central themes in philosophy which have shaped the way in which we think about the world.
'Teach Yourself Philosophy' explains philosophical terms, such as epistemology, metaphysics or existentialism in a straightforward way, providing an accessible outline of Western thought for the student or general reader.
