توضیحاتی در مورد کتاب :
کتابی عالی برای خوانندگان جوانی که به دنبال کشف برخی از بزرگترین سؤالات زندگی هستند.
هزاران سال پیش، فیلسوفان باستان چند سؤال مهم مطرح کردند: "واقعی چیست؟"، "منظور وجود من چیست؟"، "چرا در جهان شر وجود دارد؟" و "چه چیزی می توانم بدانم؟" این سؤالات باعث ایجاد بحث های پرشور در مورد وجود ما و نحوه درک ما از جهان اطراف شده است.
در این مقدمه جذاب و قابل دسترس به فلسفه، خوانندگان 11 ساله با انواع ایده های فلسفی از طریق آموزه های افلاطون، کنفوسیوس، سیمون دوبووار و بسیاری دیگر آشنا می شوند.
تصاویر پر جنب و جوش و خواننده پسند، تاریخ ایده ها و تفکر را زنده می کند و موضوعاتی را برای تأمل و بحث فراهم می کند. با بیوگرافی تأثیرگذارترین فیلسوفان از سراسر جهان، خوانندگان جوان سوالاتی را که برای توسعه مطالعات علمی، تفکر منطقی، باورهای دینی، آزادی در جامعه و بسیاری موارد دیگر اساسی بوده است، بررسی خواهند کرد. آزمایشهای فکری در سرتاسر به ارتباط خوانندگان با نظریههای ارائهشده کمک میکند تا بتوانند آنها را در زندگی خود به کار ببرند.
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Contents
About this book
Philosophy through the ages
REALITY AND EXISTENCE
What is everything made of?
How is the world organized?
Aristotle
What is real?
Materialism versus idealism
What are space and time?
What am I?
What is the point of my existence?
Simone de Beauvoir
KNOWLEDGE
What can we know?
Skepticism
What is knowledge?
Plato
Where does knowledge come from?
John Locke
Rationalism versus empiricism
Are there limits to knowledge?
Immanuel Kant
Is knowledge always based on facts?
THE MIND
What is a mind?
How do the mind and the body interact?
René Descartes
Mind–body dualism versus physicalism
Ibn Sīnā
Can I know that you’re thinking?
Could a machine ever think?
LOGIC AND LANGUAGE
What is truth?
What makes a good argument?
What is a fallacy?
What is a paradox?
Is language logical?
Ludwig Wittgenstein
How is language used?
SCIENCE
Does science have a method?
Are scientific laws facts?
David Hume
How does science progress?
Is science objective?
Mary Warnock
RIGHT AND WRONG
What is a good life?
Siddhārtha Gautama
What is a good act?
John Stuart Mill
Are moral values facts?
Do I have free will?
Determinism versus free will
Do moral values change?
Why is ethics relevant?
RELIGION
Does God exist?
Thomas Aquinas
What is the nature of God?
Why does evil exist?
Can reason and faith be united?
SOCIETY
Why do societies form?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who should have power?
How should rulers behave?
Confucius
What is individual freedom?
How can societies be changed?
Karl Marx
How can we ensure equality?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Feminist philosophy
BEAUTY AND ART
What is beauty?
What is art?
Should art ever be censored?
Philosophers on beauty and art
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
توضیحاتی در مورد کتاب به زبان اصلی :
The perfect book for young readers looking to explore some of life's biggest questions.
Thousands of years ago, ancient philosophers asked some important questions: "What is real?", "What is the point of my existence?", "Why is there evil in the world?", and "What can I know?" These questions have gone on to spark passionate debates about our existence and how we understand the world around us.
In this engaging and accessible introduction to philosophy, readers aged 11+ will be introduced to a variety of philosophical ideas through the teachings of Plato, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir, and many more.
Vibrant, reader-friendly illustrations bring the history of ideas and thinking to life, and provide topics for reflection and debate. With biographies of the most influential philosophers from around the world, young readers will explore the questions that have been fundamental to the development of scientific study, logical thinking, religious beliefs, freedom in society, and much more. Thought experiments peppered throughout will help to connect readers with the theories presented so they can apply them to their own lives.