Philosophy for Beginners

Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language?

Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it?

Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state?

Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic.

A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.