Solano Community College Library: Philosophy: Philosophy Books

Select Philosophy Books in SCC Library Collections

The list below is a is a selection of works providing an introduction to various fields philosophical inquiry and various global traditions of philosophy. The books selected are good starting points for these exploring these fields of philosophical inquiry including epistemology, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, ethics, and metaphysics.

Being Good by Simon Blackburn
ISBN: 9780192853776
Publication Date: 2003-04-17
An accessible introduction to ethics
A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
ISBN: 9780300152081
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
A useful volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life. Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live and this book raises them while looking at possible answers.
Philosophies of Happiness by Diana Lobel
ISBN: 9780231184106
Publication Date: 2017-11-14
What does it mean to be truly happy? In Philosophies of Happiness, Diana Lobel provides a rich spectrum of arguments for a theory of happiness as flourishing or well-being, offering a global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary perspective on how to create a vital, fulfilling, and significant life.
An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy by Karyn L. Lai
ISBN: 9780521846462
Publication Date: 2008-07-31
This comprehensive introductory textbook to early Chinese philosophy covers a range of philosophical traditions which arose during the Spring and Autumn (722-476 BCE) and Warring States (475-221 BCE) periods in China, including Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, and Legalism.
An Introduction to Africana Philosophy by Lewis R. Gordon
ISBN: 9780521858854
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
In this undergraduate textbook Lewis R. Gordon offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with the emergence of an Africana (i.e. African diasporic) consciousness in the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages.
An Introduction to Political Philosophy by Colin Bird
ISBN: 9780521836258
Publication Date: 2006-12-14
Providing a comprehensive introduction to political philosophy, this 2006 book combines discussion of historical and contemporary figures, together with numerous real-life examples. It ranges over an unusually broad range of topics in the field, including the just distribution of wealth, both within countries and globally; the nature and justification of political authority; the meaning and significance of freedom; arguments for and against democratic rule; the problem of war; and the grounds for toleration in public life.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art by Richard Eldridge
ISBN: 9780521801355
Publication Date: 2003-09-11
In this book Richard Eldridge presents a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art. Drawing on materials from classical and contemporary philosophy as well as from literary theory and art criticism, he explores the representational, expressive, and formal dimensions of art, and he argues that works of art present their subject matter in ways that are of enduring cognitive, moral, and social interest.
Epistemology by Robert Audi
ISBN: 9780415879224
Publication Date: 2010-08-23
Epistemology, or "the theory of knowledge," is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience
Philosophical Propositions by Jonathan Westphal
ISBN: 9780415170529
Publication Date: 1998-05-06
Philosophical Propositionsis a fresh, up to date, and reliable introduction to philosophical problems. It takes seriously the need for philosophy to deal with definitive and statable propositions, such as God, certainty, time, personal identity, the mind/body problem, free will and determinism, and the meaning of life.

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