Does life have any meaning for you? Is it possible to create meaning? What do you think life is about? Do you think life is worth living? These questions, taken from the text of Rethinking Our World, challenge the reader to look critically and creatively at many of society's traditional beliefs. They encourage readers to look at their world differently by asking questions about change, identity and direction. The following major philosophies are covered on an introductory and interactive level: Logical empiricism and empiricism; Critical rationalism; Critical theory; Existentialism; Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Systems theory; Postmodernism; Feminism; African philosophy; Ken Wilber's Holon theory. The authors outline the major figures and basic principles of each philosophy, then analyse the type of thinking each approach encourages. They go on to challenge readers to examine ways in which the different approaches can be used to understand the world.
- ISBN10 1485103983
- ISBN13 9781485103981
- Publish Date 30 June 2015 (first published 22 May 2001)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country ZA
- Publisher Juta & Company Ltd
- Imprint Juta Legal and Academic Publishers
- Edition 4th ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 146
- Language English