03128nam a22004455i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001500172072001700187072002300204072001500227100009100242245013000333250001800463264008200481300006200563336002600625337002600651338003600677347002400713505041300737520113001150650003102280650004202311650003602353650003302389710003402422773002602456776003602482776003602518776003602554856004602590912001402636912001502650999001702665978-981-97-4002-4DE-He21320251030112619.0cr nn 008mamaa240708s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197400249978-981-97-4002-47 a10.1007/978-981-97-4002-42doi 4aB800.2-804 7aHPCD2bicssc 7aPHI0160002bisacsh 7aQDH2thema1 aGan, Peter Chong-Beng.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98020712aA Miscellany of Modern Musingsh[electronic resource] :bReflections from Modern Western Thinkers /cby Peter Chong-Beng Gan.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aIX, 126 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: René Descartes -- Chapter 3: John Locke -- Chapter 4: Blaise Pascal -- Chapter 5: Mary Astell -- Chapter 6: Benedict Spinoza -- Chapter 7: David Hume -- Chapter 8: Immanuel Kant -- Chapter 9: Georg W.F. Hegel -- Chapter 10: Søren Kierkegaard -- Chapter 11: John Stuart Mill -- Chapter 12: Friedrich Nietzsche -- Chapter 13: Leo Tolstoy -- Chapter 14: Albert Einstein.  aThe book starts off by giving a quick overview of the main phases within the history of philosophy in the Western tradition. It then homes in on the “modern” phase and proceeds to select key thinkers that represent that slice from the rich intellectual heritage of the West. The main chapters have these thinkers’ names as heading. The work is meant to be expository and discursive, suited to introduce the neophyte in philosophy to some of the big questions asked by philosophers and their methods of addressing these questions as well as their unique proposed answers. The coverage is selective rather than extensive; and hence, only a small portion of the philosopher’s corpus of writings will be hand-picked and considered. Peter Chong-Beng Gan’s interest in philosophy encompasses several fields, but his favourite is philosophy of religion. Apart from research and writing, teaching a philosophy class with enthusiastic students ever eager to engage their teacher and challenge him and their classmates with difficult and mind-blowing questions never fails to affirm him in why he’s doing what he’s doing. 0aPhilosophy, Modern.966190 0aPolitical sciencexPhilosophy.95758814aEarly Modern Philosophy.97439324aPolitical Philosophy.9669642 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981974001708iPrinted edition:z978981974003108iPrinted edition:z978981974004840uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4002-4  aZDB-2-REP  aZDB-2-SXPR  c61435d61435