Rethinking our world

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Title:

Author:

Higgs, Philip, 1948-

ISBN:

9780702152016

Personal Author:

Higgs, Philip, 1948-

Publication Information:

Kenwyn : Juta, 2000.

Physical Description:

154 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Contents:

Thinking clearly and learning from experience: the beginning of our new world -- Asking questions: challenging what the world tells us -- How in the world can we give our lives meaning? -- What of an African world? -- Can we change our world? -- Rethinking a woman's world -- Who in the world am I? -- Is there a world that speaks to us? -- Where in the world are we going?

Subject Term:

Critical thinking.

Philosophy.

Added Author:

Smith, Jane, 1956-

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2001373635-d.html

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Summary

An introduction to critical thinking which outlines the basic tenets of each of the major philosophies, analysing the type of thinking it encourages, discussing its history and the major figures who influenced it. The major philosophies discussed include logic and post-empiricism; critical rationalism; critical theory; phenomenology; hermeneutics; systems theory; postmodernism; feminism and African philosophy.