Classic Philosophical Questions
Pearson New International Edition
Paperback Engels 2013 14e druk 9781292026817Samenvatting
Classic and Contemporary Primary Source Readings. Classic Philosophical Questions has presented decades of students with the most compelling classic and contemporary primary source readings on the most enduring and abiding questions in philosophy.
Classic Philosophical Questions is a longstanding and highly respected anthology of basic readings in philosophy, taken from ancient, modern, and contemporary sources. Issues are treated in a fundamentally open manner with arguments pro and con for the various positions covered. All selections are taken from primary sources, with introductions and study guides to facilitate reading for the beginning student.
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1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: Socrates and the Nature of Philosophy
Part 2: Philosophy of Religion
Part 3: Ethics
Part 4: Knowledge
Part 5: Metaphysics
Part 6: Social and Political Philosophy
Part 7: Aesthetics
Part 8: Philosophy and the Good Life
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part 1: Socrates and the Nature of Philosophy
What is Philosophy?
The Euthyphro: Defining Philosophical Terms
The Apology: Socrates’ Trial and Defense
The Crito: Socrates’ Refusal to Escape
The Phaedo: Virtue and Socrates’ View of Death
Part 2: Philosophy of Religion
Can We Prove That God Exists?
St. Anselm: The Ontological Argument
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Cosmological Argument
William Paley: The Teleological Argument
Blaise Pascal: It is Better to Believe in God’s Existence Than to Deny it.
Does the Idea of a Good God Exclude Evil?
Boethius: God Can Allow Some Evil.
David Hume: A Good God Would Exclude Evil.
John Hick: Evil, Human Freedom and Moral Development
Part 3: Ethics
Are Ethics Relative?
Ruth Benedict: Ethics Are Relative
W. T. Stace: Ethics Are Not Relative
Are Humans Always Selfish?
Humans Are Always Selfish: Glaucon’s Challenge to Socrates
James Rachels: Humans Are Not Always Selfish
Which is Basic in Ethics: Happiness or Obligation?
Aristotle: Happiness Is Living Virtuously
Jeremy Bentham: Happiness Is Seeking the Greatest Pleasure for the Greatest Number of People
Immanuel Kant: Duty Is Prior to Happiness
Friedrich Nietzsche: Happiness Is Having Power
Jean-Paul Sartre: Existentialist Ethics
Virginia Held: Feminist Ethics Are Different
Part 4: Knowledge
What is Knowledge?
Plato: Knowledge Is “Warranted True Belief”
What Method is Best For Acquiring Knowledge?
Charles Sanders Peirce: Four Approaches to Philosophy
How Do We Acquire Knowledge?
René Descartes: Knowledge Is Not Ultimately Sense Knowledge
John Locke: Knowledge is Ultimately Sensed
Immanuel Kant: Knowledge Is Both Rational and Empirical.
How Is Truth Established?
Bertrand Russell: Truth Is Established By Correspondence
Brand Blanshard: Truth Means Coherence
William James: Truth Is Established by Pragmatic Means
Can We Know the Nature of Causal Relations?
David Hume: Cause Means Regular Association
David Hume: There Are No Possible Grounds for Induction
Part 5: Metaphysics
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Parmenides: Being Is Uncaused
Lao-Tzu: Non-Being Is the Source of Being
Is Reality General Or Particular?
Plato: Universals Are Real
David Hume: Particulars Are Real
Of What Does Reality Consist?
René Descartes: Reality Consists of Mind and Matter
Paul Churchland: Reality Consists of Matter
George Berkeley: Reality Consists of Ideas
John Dewey: Reality Consists of Mental and Physical Qualities
Are Humans Free?
Holbach: Humans Are Determined
John Stuart Mill: Determinism and Freedom Are Compatible
Richard Taylor: Humans Are Free
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