God of Critical Thinking; Selected Topics in Western Philosophical Thought

Author: Fang Zhaohui
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is based on the author's many years of teaching as a public elective course for the entire university at Tsinghua University. It is particularly an introductory work on Western philosophy for young readers from non-philosophy backgrounds. Its main feature is to explain Western thought in response to some deeply rooted thinking habits of Chinese people, opening up a unique perspective for understanding Western thought from a broad comparative cultural viewpoint. The author excels at selecting a series of small sparks of thought, starting from vivid, life-related cases to fully demonstrate the intrinsic charm of Western philosophy. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the various misconceptions Chinese people have had in understanding Western philosophical thought for a long time, which has a shocking effect on most Chinese readers. The language of the book is lively and engaging, with in-depth yet accessible analysis, and vivid charts, enabling readers to gain a relatively comprehensive and thorough understanding of the essence of Western philosophical thought over two thousand years in a short time. The entire book follows the thread of intellectual trends, selecting representative figures from three different historical periods of ancient Greece, modern, and contemporary Western philosophy, primarily focusing on the issues in the ontological and metaphysical debates within Western philosophy to elucidate the unique dialectical characteristics of Western philosophy that differ from ancient Chinese academic thought.