"The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach", is a text/reader which enhances comprehension of philosophical study by allowing the reader to ponder, explore and actively participate in the learning process. Philosophy becomes a personal journey to students through Bill Lawhead's innovative and unique pedagogy which delivers philosophical concepts through more digestible chunks.
| ISBN | 007338657X | | Pages | 720 | | ISBN13 | 9780073386577
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education - Europe | | Weight (grammes) | 1496 | | Imprint | McGraw Hill Higher Education | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Previous ISBN | 9780072963557 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 2008 | | Height (mm) | 259 | | Library of Congress | 2007056421 | | Width (mm) | 208 | | DEWEY | 100 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to the Philosophical Journey: Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There? 1.0 Overview of the Journey 1.1 Socrates and the Search for Wisdom From Plato, Apology From Plato, Republic 1.2 Plato's Allegory of the Cave From Plato, Republic 1.3 Argument and Evidence: How Do I Decide What to Believe? CHAPTER 2: The Search for Knowledge 2.0 Overview of the Problem of Knowledge 2.1 Skepticism From Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy From Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy 2.2 Rationalism From Plato, Phaedo From Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy 2.3 Empiricism From John Locke, An Essay concerning Human Understanding From George Berkeley, A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge From David Hume, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding From David Hume, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding From David Hume, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding From David Hume, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding From David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature 2.4 Kantian Constructivism From Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason From Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason 2.5 Epistemological Relativism From Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil 2.6 Rethinking the Western Tradition: Pragmatism From William James, Pragmatism's Conception of Truth 2.7 Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Epistemology From Ann Garry and Marilyn Pearsall, Women, Knowledge, and Reality CHAPTER 3: The Search for Ultimate Reality 3.0 Overview of Metaphysics 3.1 Overview: The Mind-Body Problem From Hugh Elliot, Tantalus 3.2 Dualism From Rene Descartes, Discourse on the Method From Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy From Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy 3.3 Physicalism From Jeffrey Olen, Persons and Their World 3.4 Functionalism and Artificial Intelligence From Jerry Fodor, The Mind-Body Problem From Marvin Minsky, Why People Think Computers Can't 3.5 Overview: Freedom and Determinism 3.6 Hard Determinism From B.F. Skinner, Walden Two From Samuel Butler, Erewhon From Clarence Darrow, The Leopold and Loeb Trial 3.7 Libertarianism From Richard Taylor, Metaphysics From Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness 3.8 Compatibilism From Walter T. Stace, Religion and the Modern Mind CHAPTER 4: The Search for God 4.0 Overview of Philosophy of Religion From Peter Kreeft, Does God Exist? 4.1 The Cosmological Argument for God From Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica From Richard Taylor, Metaphysics 4.2 The Design Argument for God From William Paley, Natural Theology From David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Human Religion 4.3 The Ontological Argument for God From St. Anselm, Proslogium 4.4 Pragmatic and Subjective Justifications of Religious Belief From Blaise Pascal, Thoughts From William James, The Will to Believe From Soren Kierkegaard, Selections 4.5 The Problem of Evil: Atheistic and Theistic Responses From Albert Camus, The Plague From John Hick, Evil and the God of Love From C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain CHAPTER 5: The Search for Ethical Values 5.0 Overview of Ethics From Plato, Republic 5.1 Ethical Relativism versus Objectivism From Herodotus, The Histories From Ruth Benedict, Anthropology and the Abnormal From James Rachels, The Challenge of Cultural Relativism 5.2 Ethical Egoism From W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage From Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness 5.3 Utilitarianism From Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation From John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism From Alistair Norcross, Comparing Harms: Headaches and Human Lives 5.4 Kantian Ethics From Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals 5.5 Virtue Ethics From Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics From Confucius, The Analects From Janet Smith, Moral Character and Abortion 5.6 Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Ethics From Carol Gilligan, In a Different Voice From Marilyn Friedman, Liberating Care CHAPTER 6: The Search for the Just Society 6.0 Overview o
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