Bøger af Robert M. Martin

Offers a practical guide to arguing and writing philosophically. Anecdotes, jokes, asides, digressions, oddments, and entertainments are included throughout, providing for an informal and opinionated introduction that doesn't shy away from the nuts and bolts of philosophical argument.

As this book richly and entertainingly demonstrates, philosophy is as much the search for the right questions as it is a search for the right answers. Robert M. Martin's popular collection of philosophical puzzles, paradoxes and anecdotes is expanded and updated in this third edition.

This accessible, short introduction to symbolic logic includes coverage of sentential and predicate logic, translations, truth tables, and derivations. Topics are explained in a conversational, easy-to-understand way for readers not familiar with mathematics or formal systems, and the author provides patient, reader-friendly explanations-even with the occasional bit of humour.

"Martin presents philosophy in a witty, lively, and engaged manner; the reader gets the rewarding sensation of a discipline in motion, an ongoing conversation between past, present, and future." -- Edrie Sobstyl, University of Texas at Dallas

How do you know what you know?Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Without knowledge, scientific enquiry is meaningless and we can't begin to analyse the world around us. What is knowledge? How do you know you are not dreaming? Should we trust our senses? Presuming no prior experience of philosophy, this book covers everything in the topic from scepticism and possible worlds to Kant's transcendentalism. Clear and readable, Epistemology: A Beginner's Guide is essential reading for students and aspiring thinkers.