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02923aam a2200493 i 4500 001 2079C37C392311EBB66DCF4331ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201208010038 008 200311t20202020nyua j 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0744029120 020 $a 9780744029123 020 $a 074402000X 020 $a 9780744020007 020 $a 0241412994 020 $a 9780241412992 035 $a (OCoLC)1130710118 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JTD $d PX0 $d OQX $d OI6 $d NZAUC $d JTH $d POR $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a BD 082 04 $a 100 $2 23 100 1 $a Fletcher, Robert, $d 1983- $e author. 245 00 $a Philosophy : $b a visual encyclopedia / $c written by Dr. Robert Fletcher, Dr. Paola Romero, Marianne Talbot, Nigel Warburton, Dr. Amna Whiston. 246 1 $i At head of title: $a DK 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b DK Publishing, $c 2020. 300 $a 208 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 28 cm 504 $a Includes index. 520 $a Thousands of years ago, ancient philosophers asked some important questions: "What is real?", "What is the point of my existence?", "Why is there evil in the world?", and "What can I know?" These questions have gone on to spark passionate debates about our existence and how we understand the world around us. In this engaging and accessible introduction to philosophy, readers aged 11+ will be introduced to a variety of philosophical ideas through the teachings of Plato, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir, and many more. Vibrant, reader-friendly illustrations bring the history of ideas and thinking to life, and provide topics for reflection and debate. With biographies of the most influential philosophers from around the world, young readers will explore the questions that have been fundamental to the development of scientific study, logical thinking, religious beliefs, freedom in society, and much more. Thought experiments peppered throughout will help to connect readers with the theories presented so they can apply them to their own lives. 505 0 $a Reality and existence -- Knowledge -- The mind -- Logic and language -- Science -- Right and wrong -- Religion -- Society -- Beauty and art. 650 0 $a Philosophy $v Juvenile literature. 655 7 $a Encyclopedias. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Romero, Paola, $e author. 700 1 $a Talbot, Marianne, $e author. 700 1 $a Warburton, Nigel, $d 1962- $e author. 700 1 $a Whiston, Amna $c (Philosophy tutor), $e author. 710 2 $a DK Publishing, Inc., $e publisher. 941 $a 6 952 $l UBPC631 $d 20231228012752.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012015521.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722063953.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20210227010626.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20210130011421.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201208011448.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2079C37C392311EBB66DCF4331ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search