by Stephen Law · Gründ · tapa dura · ISBN 9782700018875
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«La Philosophie» is Stephen Law's philosophy manual, published by Gründ in hardback (352 pages, in French).
The work presents the essential figures of philosophy, from Aristotle to Zeno, and their influence on current thought. It offers tools to exercise critical thinking and build arguments, addresses enigmas such as the origin of the universe, and covers the Western tradition and Eastern currents, with their branches and key concepts.
French version of «Philosophy: History, Ideas, Theories, Who's Who, How to Think» (2007), part of the Eyewitness Companions series and published in the Le Spécialiste collection.
For readers seeking a first approach to the history of philosophy and its great thinkers, with the support of illustrations.
Stephen Law is an English philosopher. He is currently Director of the Certificate of Higher Education and Director of Philosophy at The Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. Law was previously Reader in Philosophy and Head of Department of Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, until its closure in June 2018. He also edits the philosophical journal Think, which is sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and published by the Cambridge University Press. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and in 2008 became the provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK. In 2023 he became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
