Jeremy Stangroom’s Philosophy — Little Book of Big Ideas is useful summary text of a number of ideas and philosophers, with the selections made demonstrating a good range for a short book. As a part of a series, it’s following the trend of the others, with about one or two pages for each section, and while brief, has an interesting scope. The author launched The Philosophers’ Magazine with his colleague, Dr Julian Baggini in 1997 and now publishes the journal Think, on behalf of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

One particular feature of the book is the investigation of philosophical arguments, and while only a handful of these are unpacked, it doesn’t neglect the more recent thinkers Dewey, Piaget, Kohlberg and Chomsky. It’s a neat overview and certainly one I’d recommend as an introductory text.

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