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CLASSIC PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS, 11TH EDITION By James A. Gould & Robert J.
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Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
0131407414
ISBN-13
9780131407411
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Publication Name
Classic Philosophical Questions
Language
English
Subject
General
Publication Year
2003
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.5 in
Item Weight
27.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
11
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2003-042885
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
100
Table Of Content
I. PLATO AND THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES. What is Philosophy? 1. Euthyphro: Defining Philosophical Terms. 2. The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito: The Trial, Immortality, and Death of Socrates. II. THE VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY. What Is the Value of Philosophy? 3. Russell: The Value of Philosophy. III. PHILOSOPHICAL METHODOLOGIES. What Is the Best Approach to Philosophy? 4. Peirce: Four Approaches to Philosophy. 5. Feigl: The Scientific Approach. IV. KNOWLEDGE. What Is Knowledge? 6. Plato: Knowledge Is 'Warranted, True Belief.'How Do We Acquire Knowledge? 7. Descartes: Knowledge Is Not Ultimately Sense Knowledge. 8. Locke: Knowledge is Ultimately Sensed. 9. Kant: Knowledge Is Both Rational and Empirical.How Is Truth Established? 10. Russell: Truth Is Established by Correspondence.11. Bradley: Truth Is Established by Coherence.12. James: Truth Is Established on Pragmatic Grounds.Can We Know the Nature of Causal Relations? 13. Hume: Cause Means Regular Association.14. Hume: There Are No Possible Grounds for Induction. V. METAPHYSICS. Of What Does Reality Consist? 15. Descartes: Reality Consists of Mind and Matter.16. Taylor: Reality Consists of Matter.17. Berkeley: Reality Consists of Ideas.18. Heidegger: The Nature of Being.Is Reality General or Particular? 19. Plato: Universals Are Real.20. Hume: Particulars Are Real.Do Humans Have an Identical Self? 21. Locke: Human Beings Have an Identical Self.22. Hume: Human Beings Have No Identical Self. VI. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. Can We Prove God Exists? 23. St. Anselm: The Ontological Argument.24. St. Thomas Aquinas: The Cosmological Argument.25. Paley: The Teleological Argument.26. Pascal: It Is Better to Believe in God's Existence Than to Deny It.27. Kierkegaard: Faith, Not Logic, Is the Basis of Belief.Does the Idea of a Good God Exclude Evil? 28. Hume: A Good God Would Exclude Evil.29. Hick: God Can Allow Some Evil. VII. ETHICS. Are Humans Free? 30. Holbach: Humans Are Determined.31. James: Humans Are Free.Are Ethics Relative? 32. Benedict: Ethics Are Relative.33. Stace: Ethics Are Not Relative.Are Humans Always Selfish? 34. Humans Are Always Selfish: Glaucon's Challenge to Socrates.35. Rachels: Humans Are Not Always Selfish.Which Is Basic in Ethics: Happiness or Obligation? 36. Aristotle: Happiness Is Living Virtuously.37. Bentham: Happiness Is Seeking the Greatest Pleasure for the Greatest Number of People.38. Kant: Duty Is Prior to Happiness.39. Nietzsche: Happiness Is Having Power.40. Sartre: Existentialist Ethics.41. Tong: Feminist Ethics Are Different. VIII. SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY. The Abortion Issue. 42. English: Most Abortions Are Moral.The Pornography Issue. 43. Ward: Should Pornography Be Censored?The Homosexuality Issue. 44. Gould: Is Homosexuality Unnatural or Immoral? IX. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. What Is Freedom? 45. Dostoevski: Freedom and Authority.46. Mill: Freedom Is Independence from the Majority's Tyranny.47. King: Freedom and Racial Prejudice.48. Light: Race and Public Policy.49. Nussbaum: Women, Justice, and Freedom.Which Government Is Best? 50. Hobbes: Monarchy Is Best.51. Locke: Liberal Democracy Is Best.52. Marx: Communism and Nonalienated Labor Is Best.53. Dewey: Social Democracy Is Best. X. AESTHETICS. Are Artistic Judgments Subjective? 54. Ducasse: Tastes Cannot Be Disputed.55. Beardsley: Tastes Can Be Disputed.What Is the Function of Art? 56. Aristotle: Art Purges the Emotions.57. Collingwood: Magic or Amusement? XI. THE MEANING OF LIFE. What Gives Life Meaning? 58. Tolstoy: Faith Provides Life's Meaning.59. Camus: Each Person Determines His or Her Life's Meaning.Glossary.
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
For undergraduate introductory courses in Philosophy. A proven classic, this collection of classic and contemporary readings stimulates students' interest in philosophy through an innovative and appropriate "sides of the argument" presentation, representing positions on each of the fundamental philosophical principles. Using debate and argument as a vehicle, the eleventh edition of Classic Philosophical Questions simultaneously teaches students the fundamentals of philosophy while demonstrating that philosophy is a discourse that has spanned centuries., First published over thirty years ago, Classic Philosophical Questions has presented decades of students with the most compelling classic and contemporary readings on the most enduring and abiding questions in philosophy. The anthology, topically arranged, uses debate and argument as vehicles to teach students the fundamentals of philosophy while also demonstrating that philosophy is a discourse spanning centuries. James A. Gould and Robert J. Mulvaney continue to provide students with interesting, intriguing essays from major philosophers in a distinctive presentation, often involving a pro/con format, to ensure that both the apparent and subtle points of argument are both meaningful and clear. Features of this new edition: bull; bull;Sections on epistemology and metaphysics introduced earlier in this edition bull;New readings from Martha Nussbaum and Martin Luther King, Jr. bull;Concise, student-friendly introductions to each philosopher and reading bull;Helpful study and reflection questions focus students' reading and improve comprehension
LC Classification Number
BD21.C594 2004
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