Philosophy is a way of thinking about just about anything. It asks big questions from nature of reality to what beauty is. Using lively examples and thought experiments, this book provides an accessible introduction to a wide range of philosophical questions and invites the reader think about things in ways they may not have done before. Cartoons, comic strips and diagrams offer simple explanat…
Methodology of Research and Writing in philosophy derives from two separate but closely related considerations. One is the need to explore and communicate the very distinct character of research and writing in philosophy. The other consideration for the choice of focus is that humanity, as an ideal, depicts not only a specie, but perhaps more importantly, a quality, the regeneration and full re…
Philosophy, the “love of wisdom”, is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world – the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What is beauty? How should we live our lives? What am I?
Orang mengira ketika Anda ingin mengubah hidup, Anda perlu memikirkan hal-hal besar. Namun pakar kebiasaan terkenal kelas dunia James Clear telah menemukan sebuah cara lain. Ia tahu bahwa perubahan nyata berasal dari efek gabungan ratusan keputusan kecil—dari mengerjakan dua push-up sehari, bangun lima menit lebih awal, sampai menahan sebentar hasrat untuk menelepon. Ia menyebut semua tadi at…
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Compilation of conversations and discussions between Confucius ans 22 of his disciples, as well as a record of some of the events in his life
Science is often portrayed as an obscure, difficult discipline, governed by elite researchers and inaccessible to the general public. In this riveting, inspiring new book, preeminent astrophysicist Martin Rees overturns this view, urging improved communication between researchers and laypeople. In order to shape debates over health care, energy policy, space travel, and other vital issues, ordi…
When did language begin? How did early humans populate the globe? By looking closely at four of the most significant hominins ever discovered, the authors explain how Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman have influenced debates about the nature of the earliest members of the family Hominidae.
When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined. A phenomenal worldwi…
Plato was a mathematician and philosopher in Ancient Greece. Traveling much in his younger life around the classical world at the age of forty he returned to Athens and founded the earliest known school of higher learning in the Western world, laying the foundations for philosophy and science. With thirty-six dialogues and thirteen letters that is accredited to Plato. He has had a far reaching …
It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In the office or at study we are 'mind workers', with superfluous bodies. In the gym we stretch, run and lift, but our minds are idle. Damon Young challenges this idea, revealing how fitness can develop our bodies and minds as one. Exploring exercises and sports with the help of ancient …
Mathematics is inescapable. Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, mathematics plays a role. From searching for love to donating a kidney, the mathematics governing our world is far-reaching and fascinating. Using interesting anecdotes, simple analogies and easy explanations, 'Man vs Maths' will distill the complexities of some of the most absorbing mathematics of modern …
rnThe Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. It's a story with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabonds. At the heart of it all are the ideas and obsessions that have captured great thinkers fr…