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This Is Philosophy: An Introduction

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ISBN: 978-1-118-32780-7

December 2012

Wiley-Blackwell

296 pages

Description

This is Philosophy: An Introduction offers an engagingly written introduction to philosophical concepts that include ethics, the existence of God, free will, personal identity, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. 

  • Conveys the excitement and importance of philosophy while explaining difficult concepts clearly for the average undergraduate
  • Represents a student-friendly yet knowledgeable guide to the questions, problems, and great thinkers of philosophy
  • Extensive online student and instructor resources. Features chapter-by-chapter links to supplemental materials and freely available online primary sources, a glossary, student comprehension self-assessment exercises, and more.
  • Instructors can also access a 175-question test bank and answer key, 40 PowerPoint lectures  Available at                                                                                                                                   https://www.wiley.com/en-us/thisisphilosophy/thisisphilosophyanintroduction 
About the Author

Steven D. Hales is Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He has been a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and is a past winner of Bloomsburg University’s Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Hales’s books include Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy, A Companion to Relativism, and Beer & Philosophy.