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Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Seventh Edition, demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit?
Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--''Basic Questions'' and ''For Further Thought''--and numerous illustrations.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
* An expanded chapter (25) on postmodernism featuring a new section on Michel Foucault and a more extensive discussion of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty
* A new chapter (26) that expands the previous edition's treatment of physical realism and the mind
* Profiles of Marcus Aurelius and Peter Singer
* A new translation of selections from Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
* A revised Instructor's Manual and Test Bank on CD is available to adopters
* An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/melchert provides student resources
Also available to serve your course needs: The seventh editions of The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes and The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine
Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Seventh Edition, demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit?
Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--''Basic Questions'' and ''For Further Thought''--and numerous illustrations.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
* An expanded chapter (25) on postmodernism featuring a new section on Michel Foucault and a more extensive discussion of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty
* A new chapter (26) that expands the previous edition's treatment of physical realism and the mind
* Profiles of Marcus Aurelius and Peter Singer
* A new translation of selections from Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
* A revised Instructor's Manual and Test Bank on CD is available to adopters
* An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/melchert provides student resources
Also available to serve your course needs: The seventh editions of The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes and The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine
Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Seventh Edition, demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit?
Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--''Basic Questions'' and ''For Further Thought''--and numerous illustrations.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
* An expanded chapter (25) on postmodernism featuring a new section on Michel Foucault and a more extensive discussion of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty
* A new chapter (26) that expands the previous edition's treatment of physical realism and the mind
* Profiles of Marcus Aurelius and Peter Singer
* A new translation of selections from Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
* A revised Instructor's Manual and Test Bank on CD is available to adopters
* An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/melchert provides student resources
Also available to serve your course needs: The seventh editions of The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes and The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine
