Classic philosophical questions / edited by James A. Gould.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1998.Edition: 9th edDescription: xi, 685 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0023454814
  • 9780023454813
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BD 21 .C594 1998
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Pt. 1 Plato and the Trial of Socrates -- 1.Euthyphro -- 2.The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito -- Pt. 2 The Value of Philosophy -- 3.The Value of Philosophy / Russell -- Pt. 3 Philosophical Methodologies -- 4.Four Approaches to Philosophy / Peirce -- 5.The Scientific Approach / Feigl -- Pt. 4 Philosophy of Religion -- 6.The Ontological Argument / St. Anselm -- 7.The Cosmological Argument / St. Thomas Aquinas -- 8.The Teleological Argument / Paley -- 9.It Is Better to Believe in God's Existence than to Deny It / Pascal -- 10.God's Existence Cannot be Proved / Kierkegaard -- 11.A Good God Would Exclude Evil / Hume -- 12.God Can Allow Some Evil / Hick -- Pt. 5 Ethics -- 13.Man Is Determined / Holbach -- 14.Man Is Free / Taylor -- 15.Ethics Are Relative / Benedict -- 16.Ethics Are Not Relative / Stace -- 17.Humans Are Always Selfish / Plato -- 18.Humans Are Not Always Selfish / Rachels -- 19.Happiness Is Living Virtuously / Aristotle -- 20.Happiness Is to Do What Is Good for All People / Bentham -- 21.Duty Is Prior to Happiness / Kant -- 22.Happiness Is Having Power / Nietzsche -- 23.Existentialist Ethics / Sartre -- 24.Feminist Ethics are Different / Grimshaw -- Pt. 6 Knowledge -- 25.Knowledge Is Not Ultimately Sense Knowledge / Descartes -- 26.Knowledge Is Ultimately Sensed / Locke -- 27.Knowledge Is Both Rational and Empirical / Kant -- 28.Knowledge Is Ultimately Intuitive / Bergson -- 29.Only the Verifiable is Knowledge / Ayer -- 30.Humans Know Themselves by Their Consciousness / Locke -- 31.Humans Have No Identical Self / Hume -- 32.Truth Is Established by Correspondence / Russell -- 33.Truth Is Established by Coherence / Bradley -- 34.Truth Is Established on Pragmatic Grounds / James -- 35.Cause Means Regular Association / Hume -- 36.Causes and Becauses / Hanson -- 37.There Are No Possible Grounds for Induction / Hume -- Pt. 7 Metaphysics -- 38.Reality Consists of Matter / Taylor -- 39.Reality Consists of Ideas / Berkeley -- 40.Universals Are Real / Plato -- 41.Particulars are Real / Hume -- Pt. 8 Political Philosophy -- 42.Freedom Comes Through Authority / Dostoevski -- 43.Freedom Is Democracy and Free Speech Should Be Unlimited / Mill -- 44.Women Are Not Free / Bartky -- 45.The Abortion Issue: Abortion Is Immoral / Marquis -- 46.Most Abortions Are Moral / English -- 47.The Pornographic Issue: Pornography Is Immoral / Longino -- 48.Pornography's Critics Have Problems / Ward -- Pt. 9 Which Government Is Best? -- 49.Democracy Provides Good Government / Dewey -- 50.Democracy Can Have Serious Problems / de Toqueville -- 51.Communist Manifesto and Alienated Labor / Marx -- Pt. 10 Aesthetics -- 52.Tastes Cannot Be Disputed / Ducasse -- 53.Tastes Can Be Disputed / Beardsley -- 54.Magic or Amusement / Collingwood -- 55.Art Communicates Emotions / Tolstoy -- Pt. 11 The Meaning of Life -- 56.Faith Provides Life's Meaning / Tolstoy -- 57.Each Person Determines His Life's Meaning / Camus.
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Machine generated contents note: Pt. 1 Plato and the Trial of Socrates -- 1.Euthyphro -- 2.The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito -- Pt. 2 The Value of Philosophy -- 3.The Value of Philosophy / Russell -- Pt. 3 Philosophical Methodologies -- 4.Four Approaches to Philosophy / Peirce -- 5.The Scientific Approach / Feigl -- Pt. 4 Philosophy of Religion -- 6.The Ontological Argument / St. Anselm -- 7.The Cosmological Argument / St. Thomas Aquinas -- 8.The Teleological Argument / Paley -- 9.It Is Better to Believe in God's Existence than to Deny It / Pascal -- 10.God's Existence Cannot be Proved / Kierkegaard -- 11.A Good God Would Exclude Evil / Hume -- 12.God Can Allow Some Evil / Hick -- Pt. 5 Ethics -- 13.Man Is Determined / Holbach -- 14.Man Is Free / Taylor -- 15.Ethics Are Relative / Benedict -- 16.Ethics Are Not Relative / Stace -- 17.Humans Are Always Selfish / Plato -- 18.Humans Are Not Always Selfish / Rachels -- 19.Happiness Is Living Virtuously / Aristotle -- 20.Happiness Is to Do What Is Good for All People / Bentham -- 21.Duty Is Prior to Happiness / Kant -- 22.Happiness Is Having Power / Nietzsche -- 23.Existentialist Ethics / Sartre -- 24.Feminist Ethics are Different / Grimshaw -- Pt. 6 Knowledge -- 25.Knowledge Is Not Ultimately Sense Knowledge / Descartes -- 26.Knowledge Is Ultimately Sensed / Locke -- 27.Knowledge Is Both Rational and Empirical / Kant -- 28.Knowledge Is Ultimately Intuitive / Bergson -- 29.Only the Verifiable is Knowledge / Ayer -- 30.Humans Know Themselves by Their Consciousness / Locke -- 31.Humans Have No Identical Self / Hume -- 32.Truth Is Established by Correspondence / Russell -- 33.Truth Is Established by Coherence / Bradley -- 34.Truth Is Established on Pragmatic Grounds / James -- 35.Cause Means Regular Association / Hume -- 36.Causes and Becauses / Hanson -- 37.There Are No Possible Grounds for Induction / Hume -- Pt. 7 Metaphysics -- 38.Reality Consists of Matter / Taylor -- 39.Reality Consists of Ideas / Berkeley -- 40.Universals Are Real / Plato -- 41.Particulars are Real / Hume -- Pt. 8 Political Philosophy -- 42.Freedom Comes Through Authority / Dostoevski -- 43.Freedom Is Democracy and Free Speech Should Be Unlimited / Mill -- 44.Women Are Not Free / Bartky -- 45.The Abortion Issue: Abortion Is Immoral / Marquis -- 46.Most Abortions Are Moral / English -- 47.The Pornographic Issue: Pornography Is Immoral / Longino -- 48.Pornography's Critics Have Problems / Ward -- Pt. 9 Which Government Is Best? -- 49.Democracy Provides Good Government / Dewey -- 50.Democracy Can Have Serious Problems / de Toqueville -- 51.Communist Manifesto and Alienated Labor / Marx -- Pt. 10 Aesthetics -- 52.Tastes Cannot Be Disputed / Ducasse -- 53.Tastes Can Be Disputed / Beardsley -- 54.Magic or Amusement / Collingwood -- 55.Art Communicates Emotions / Tolstoy -- Pt. 11 The Meaning of Life -- 56.Faith Provides Life's Meaning / Tolstoy -- 57.Each Person Determines His Life's Meaning / Camus.

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