What is philosophy and how do we practice it? This book by Soren Overgaard provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to meta-philosophy, the branch of philosophy that investigates these questions. It is intended for students and practitioners of philosophy, as well as for interested readers who want to understand what philosophy is, how they can approach it, and why it is relevant.
Description
This clear and accessible introduction covers a variety of philosophical methods and approaches, including the differences between analytic and continental philosophy, and offers insight into both pure and applied philosophy. The book helps readers develop a broad perspective on what philosophical thinking involves and encourages reflection on the practice of philosophy.
Product information
- Author: Soren Overgaard (University of Copenhagen)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Binding: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 2013-03-07
- Number of pages: 250
- ISBN: 9780521175982
- Subject: Philosophy
- BISAC: PHILOSOPHY / General
About the author
Soren Overgaard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Among other things, he wrote Husserl and Heidegger on Being in the World (2004) and Wittgenstein and Other Minds (2007), and he was co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology (2011).