About Philosophy

For Introductory Philosophy Courses. An introductory philosophy text that covers all the major fields of philosophy in easy-to-read language, interspersed with short selections from the major philosophers. The text has been a best-selling leader in the field for more than thirty years. It is written by an internationally recognized author of more than twenty books. He is an important voice in social and political philosophy, Immanuel Kant's philosophy, and the philosophy of education.

ISBN 0205645186   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780205645183 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 873 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Published in Upper Saddle River Imprint Pearson Education (US)   Series title Myphilosophykit Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780131916067 Publication date 10 Jul 2008   Height (mm) 232 Library of Congress 2008019969   Width (mm) 191 DEWEY 100   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 448

About Philosophy, 10th Edition 1) What is Philosophy What Do Philosophers Do? -The Study of Human Nature -The Study of the Universe -Human Nature and the Universe The Limitations of the Western Philosophical Tradition Philosophy and the Philosopher Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 2) Theory of Knowledge Descartes' Method of Doubt Rationalism and Empiricism: Two Responses to Cartesian Doubt Leibniz and Rationalism Hume and Empiricism Kant's Resolution of the Rationalism/Empiricism Debate New Turns in Epistemology Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 3) Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind What Is Metaphysics? Hobbes' Materialism Free Will and Determinism The Mind and the Body Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 4) Philosophy of Science The Place of Science in the Modern World Francis Bacon and the Foundations of Scientific Method The Relation Between Theory and Observation Karl Popper and Falsifiability Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions Sciene as a Social Institution Voices Beyond Popper and Kuhn Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 5) Ethical Theory (Pt. I) - The Varieties of Ethical Theory Kant and the Commands of Duty Three Reasons to Think About Ethics Ethical Disagreement and the Categorical Imperative Utilitarianism and the Calculation of Pleasures and Pains Virtue Ethics The Feminist Critique of Ethical Theory Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 5) Ethical Theory (Pt. II) - The Ethical Dimensions of Medicine The Ethical Dimensions of Medical Decisions Withholdiing Food and Water The Buying and Selling of human Organs What Should the Doctor Tell the Patient? Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 6) Social and Political Philosophy Mill and Classical Laissez-Faire Liberalism The Socialist Attack on Capitalism Rousseau and the Theory of the Social Contract The Pluralist Theory of the State The Racial Critique of the Social Contract Theory of the State Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 7) Philosophy of Art Plato's Attack on the Poets Aristotle's Defense of the Poets Marcuse and the Uses of Negation Arthur C. Danto's Theory of Artistic Indentification Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application 8) Philosophy of Religion Kierkegaard's Encounter with Faiths Can We Prove That God Exists? William Paley: The Argument from Design St. Thomas Aquinas: The Cosmological Argument St. Anselm: The Ontological Argument The Problem of Evil Main Points/Questions for Discussion and Review/Contemporary Application

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