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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative, interactive technique for reading philosophical texts\u003c/b\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edition, \u003c/i\u003eprovides a unique approach to reading philosophy, requiring students to engage with material as they read. It contains carefully selected texts, commentaries on those texts, and questions for the reader to think about as she reads. It serves as starting points for both classroom discussion and independent study. The texts cover a wide range of topics drawn from diverse areas of philosophical investigation, ranging over ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and political philosophy. \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition has been updated and expanded. New chapters discuss the moral significance of friendship and love, the subjective nature of consciousness and the ways that science might explore conscious experience. And there are new texts and commentary in chapters on doubt, self and moral dilemmas.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuides readers through the experience of active, engaged philosophical reading \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents significant texts, contextualized for newcomers to philosophy \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes writings by philosophers from antiquity to the late 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c/sup\u003e-century \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains commentary that provides the context and background necessary for discussion and argument \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrompts readers to think through specific questions and to reach their own conclusions \u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c/i\u003eis an ideal resource for beginning students in philosophy, as well as for anyone wishing to engage with the subject on their own. \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e |
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