This popular text has now been revised to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the growing number of people interested in all the main philosophical traditions of the world.

Introduces all the main philosophical systems of the world, from ancient times to the present day.

Now includes new sections on Indian and Persian thought and on feminist and environmental philosophy.

The preface and bibliography have also been updated.

Written by a highly successful textbook author.

David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham and Director of the Durham Institute of Comparative Ethics'. He is the author of a number of books, including Metaphor (1986) and Existentialism (1990, second edition 1999). He is also editor of A Companion to Aesthetics (1992), and four volumes in the series Philosophy: The Classic Readings – Aesthetics (1997), Ethics (1997), Epistemology (1999) and Metaphysics (2000). These titles are all published by Blackwell Publishing. Read less

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Blackwell
• Publication Date: June 11, 2003
• Pages: 580
• ISBN13: 9780631232605
• Item Weight: 1160 grams
• Original Price: 1195.0 INR
• Edition: 2nd
• Binding: Hardcover