Highly praised by reviewers for its clarity and rich exposition, this history of philosophy text illustrates
philosophy as a process and not just a collection of opinions or conclusions. Lawhead helps students retrace the
philosopher's intellectual journey rather than simply giving a report of the results so that the students see how
the problems arose. Thus the philosopher's problem becomes a puzzle which the student has to face. Lawhead uses
metaphors, analogies, vivid images, concrete examples, common experiences, and diagrams to bring the abstract issues
down to earth and show the practical implications and contemporary relevance of positions.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
The Contemporary Period.
29. The Twentieth-Century Cultural Context: Science, Language, and Experience.
30. Pragmatism: The Unity of Thought and Action.
31. Process Philosophy: Bergson and Whitehead.
32 Analytic Philosophy and the Linguistic Turn.
33. Phemenology and Existentialism.
34. Recent Issues in Philosophy.
