The Philosopher's Toolkit provides all the intellectual equipment necessary to engage with and participate in philosophical argument, reading and reflection. Each of its 87 entries explains how to use an important concept or argumentative technique accurately and effectively.Beginning with the basics of argumentation, the book moves on to deal with tools for assessment and criticism, as well as the limits of argumentation and some of the radical critiques of standard philosophical methodology. Written in an engaging style, the entries are brought to life with vivid and colourful examples and are accompanied by suggestions for further reading. This ingenious compendium of the methods and techniques of philosophy can be used in a variety of ways; as an introduction to the essentials of philosophical reflection, as a comprehensive course on philosophical method, or as a reference book to which readers can turn to find quick and clear accounts of key concepts and methods. The Philosopher's Toolkit is essential reading for anyone who wants to philosophise well.

硃利安• 巴吉尼

● 《哲學傢雜誌》共同創辦人、主編，英國知名哲學普及暢銷圖書作傢。

● 哲學博士，定期為《衛報》《獨立報》《泰晤士報》《金融時報》《新政治傢》等報刊撰稿，並且固定在英國廣播公司第四電颱上發聲。

● 《衛報》稱：“他擁有一顆清明的心智，這讓他在哲學普及書籍的領域中格外傑齣。” 他的書總是能切中當代人的思想和倫理睏惑，以生動的故事或語言作為思想實驗場景，為人們提供多種哲學選擇的可能性。他的書總是能打破傳統的思維框架，另闢險峰。

彼得•福斯

● 美國特蘭西瓦尼亞大學哲學係傑齣教授。

● 常為《哲學傢雜誌》撰稿，與硃利安•巴吉尼曾閤著過《倫理學工具箱》（The Ethics Toolkit），另著有《英國哲學傢》（British Philosophers）。

● 研究領域涉及懷疑主義、倫理學、宗教哲學及哲學史等。