TY - BOOK AU - Bassham,Gregory TI - The Philosophy Book: From the Vedas to the New Atheists : 250 Milestones in the History of Philosophy SN - 9781454918479 AV - B104 .B37 2016 U1 - 109.2 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. KW - Philosophers KW - Biography KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - History & Surveys KW - fast KW - Nonfiction KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-521) and index N2 - "Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of reality and this accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 milestones of the most important theories, events, and seminal publications in the field over the last 3,500 years. The brief, engaging entries cover a range of topics and cultures, from the Hindu Vedas and Plato's theory of forms to Ockham's razor, Pascal's wager, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, existentialism, feminism, Philosophical zombies, and the Triple Theory of Ethics. Beautifully illustrated and filled with unexpected insights, The Philosophy Book will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers"-- ER -