Western Philosophy: An Anthology (1996)

Western Philosophy: An Anthology provides the mostcomprehensive and authoritative survey of the Western philosophicaltradition from ancient Greece to the leading philosophers of today. Features substantial and carefully chosen excerpts from all thegreats of philosophy, arranged thematically andchronologically Readings are introduced and linked together by a lucidphilosophical commentary which guides the reader through the keyarguments Embraces all the major subfields of philosophy: theory ofknowledge and metaphysics, philosophy of mind, religion andscience, moral philosophy (theoretical and applied), politicaltheory, and aesthetics Updated edition now includes additional contemporary readingsin each section Augmented by two completely new sections on logic and language,and philosophy and the meaning of life