Philosophy For Beginners [Paperback]

USRichard Osborne is a philosopher and writer with special interests in Art, Technology and contemporary culture. He is the author of several worksincluding Art Theory For Beginners, Freud For Beginners, Introducing SociologyandMegawords, a cultural dictionary for the humanities. He has also written extensively on Philosophy and culture in a wide range of journals from Oslo to Osaka, including work on Art and the Mass Media. He has also writtenThe Universe, a history of scientific thinking of ideas of the Universe, which was published in the UK and America. His two most recent books arePhilosophy in Art(Zidane Press) 2006 andAES+F. Last Riot 2.  A study of the work of the celebrated Russian art group who have been exhibited in many countries.Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy??—easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is knowledge? What is good and evil?Philosophy For Beginnerstraces the answers given by western philosophy over the last 2,500 years.