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| Title: | Rethinking Our World
: 2nd Edition |
| Author: | Philip Higgs & Jane Smith |
| ISBN: | 0702172553 : 9780702172557 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 150 |
| Weight: | .278 Kg. |
| Published: | Juta Publishing (Academic) - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 17 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Social groups & communities: PHILOSOPHY |
"Rethinking our World" will be invaluable to undergraduate students and to a more general readership seeking an understanding of the major philosophies. Philip Higgs and Jane Smith outline the basic tenets of each philosophy, analyse the type of thinking it encourages, and discuss its history and the major figures who influenced it. This text is an accessible and interactive introduction to critical thinking and covers the following major philosophies: logic and post-empiricism; critical rationalism; critical theory; phenomenology; hermeneutics; systems theory; postmodernism; feminism; African philosophy.
Introduction; Thinking clearly and learning from experience: the beginning of our new world; Asking questions: challenging what the world tells us; How in the world can we give our lives meaning?; What of an African world?; Can we change our world?; Rethinking a woman's world; Who in the world am 1?; Is there a world that speaks to us?; Where in the world are we going?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
