A Cross Cultural Introduction to Bioethics is an introductory text book in bioethics aimed at highschool level students. Broad topics covered include: Environmental Ethics, Genetics, Medical Ethics, Reproduction Neurosciences and Social Ethics. Within each of these topics are pages that introduce and explain the issues involved. For example there will be a page introducing vegetarianism […]
Category: Introductions to philosophy (specific)
Very Short Introductions (series).
Title: Very Short Introductions (series) . Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Oxford University Press. Format: Paperback (Between 130-180 pages.) Area and topic: General series: Sciences/ Arts, Humanities. Philosophy books: History of philosophy and ideas. Core areas/ branches/ sub-disciplines of philosophy. Intended audience/ reading level: General/accessible. Purchasing and information: http://www.oup.co.uk/general/vsi/about. amazon.com. fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: Each […]
Understanding Movements in Modern Thought (series).
Title: Understanding Movements in Modern Thought (series). Editor/s: Reynolds, Jack. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Mcgill-Queens University Press. Format: Paperback (Between 150-250 pages). Area and topic: History of philosophy and ideas. Intended audience/ reading level Tertiary/lower. Purchasing and information: mqup.mcgill.ca/book_list.php?series=64&thumbnails amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: Written for undergraduates meeting the subject for the first time, […]
Thinking in Action (series)
Title: Thinking in Action (series). Editor/s: Kearney, Richard. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Routledge. Format: Paperback. (Titles average at 150 pages) Area and topic: Philosophy and daily life/culture/experience. Intended audience/ reading level: General/medium (some titles are easier reads than others). Purchasing and information: routledge.com/books/series/thinking_in_action amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: The ‘Thinking in Action’ series is […]
The Routledge Philosophers (series).
Title: The Routledge Philosophers: (Series). Editor/s: Leiter, Brian. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Routledge. Format: Paperback. (Between 250 – 350 pages.) Area and topic: History of philosophy and ideas. Intended audience/ reading level: Tertiary/lower. Purchasing and information: routledge.com/philosophy/search/ amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: Each volume in the ‘Routledge Philosophers’ series presents a general introduction and […]
Reading Philosophy (series).
Title: Reading Philosophy (series). Editor/s: Each volume has its own editor/s Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Wiley. Format: Paperback. (Between 250 – 350 pages.) Area and topic: History of philosophy and ideas. Core areas/branches/ sub-disciplines of philosophy. Student text book. Intended audience/ reading level: Tertiary/lower. Purchasing and information: www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Sectio/id-404050.html amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: ‘Reading […]
Philosophy: The Classics
Title: Philosophy: The Classics. Author/s: Warburton, Nigel. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Routledge (2nd edition: 2001). Format: Hardcover (272 pages). ISBN: 10: 9780415239974, 13: 978-0415239974. Area and topic: History of philosophy and ideas. Intended audience/ reading level: Tertiary/lower and upper. Purchasing and information: 1) amazon.com 2) fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: ‘Philosophy the Classics’ is an […]
Philosophy for Everyone (series).
Title: Philosophy for Everyone (series). Editor/s: Allhoff, Fritz. In addition, each title has its own editor. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Wiley-Blackwell. Format: Paperback (Between 220-300 pages) Area and topic: Popular philosophy. Philosophy and daily life/culture/experience. Intended audience/ reading level: General/medium Purchasing and information: http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-405212.html amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: The aim of this series is […]
How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age.
Title: How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age. Author/s: Schick, Jr. Theodore and Vaughn, Lewis. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (2010). Format: Paperback (352 pages). ISBN: ISBN-10: 007353577X, ISBN-13: 978-0073535777. Area and topic: Popular philosophy. Philosophy and daily life/culture/experience. Philosophical skills and methodology. Applied critical thinking. Epistemology. Philosophy […]
Continuum’s Reader’s Guides (series.)
Title: Continuum’s Reader’s Guides (series). Editor/s: Campbell, Sarah. Material type: Book. Publisher/date: Continuum (Philosophy). Format: Paperback. (Between 150 to 400 pages, most are around 200.) Area and topic: History of philosophy/ideas. Intended audience/ reading level: Tertiary/ lower to middle. Purchasing and information: continuumphilosophy.typepad.com/continuum_philosophy/readers-guides.html amazon.com fishpond.co.nz Unique and/or salient feature/s: Each title in the ‘Continuum’s Reader’s […]