World Philosophy: An Exploration in Words and Images presents the whole range of issues with which the great philosophers of both East and West have been concerned. It explores the nature of reality and our understanding of it; the principles that lie behind what we can know and say about art, science, religion and ethics. The book probes the purpose of education, the meaning of history and the place of law and politics. It examines language, logic and the nature of the mind.
This book also seeks to go beyond other introductions of philosophy, by using a wide range of images to suggest the historical or cultural context of the ideas being explored, and also to give visual expression to the arguments and insights themselves, allowing the interplay of word and image to deepen the reader's appreciation of these key ideas.
About the Author
David Applebaum, Consultant Editor, is Professor of Philosophy at State University, New York and editor of Parabola magazine. Following degrees in Philosophy at Williams College and the University of Oxford, he took his Ph.D. at Harvard. His many books include, The Heart of Delay; Disruption; The Stop and Everyday Spirits, as well as Real Philosophy (with Jacob Needleman), published by Penguin Arkana, and The Vision of Hume and The Vision of Kant, by Vega Books. David lives in New Paltz, New York.
Mel Thompson, General Editor, is a freelance writer and editor, specializing in religion , philosophy and ethics. He has degrees in Divinity and Philosophy of Religion and a Ph.D from King's College, London. He is author of over 25 books, including Ethical Theory; Religion and Science; The Philosophy of Religion; Eastern Philosophy; The Philosophy of Science and The Philosophy of Mind. Mel lives in Little Badow, Essex, England.
The other contributors have been chosen for their particularly experience in teaching and writing in the branches of philosophy they introduce in this book.
