Adam Morton

Philosophy in Practice

An Introduction to the Main Questions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy in Practice is a completely new kind of introductory textbook, focusing on philosophy as an activity, rather than a doctrine. At its heart is a stimulating sequence of exercises, activities, and examples that lead the student directly into philosophical thinking and arguing. The book is divided into three parts, concentrating on issues of reason, experience, and reality. Each is covered in a way that makes clear both the key connections between metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, and the main trends in the history of philosophy. It provides the ideal general introduction to philosophy. This second edition has been extensively revised. There are new discussions of the philosophy of religion, freedom, The Matrix, and the epistemology of the Internet. In addition, a companion website includes an online teacher's guide with resources for students, suggestions for teaching with the book, plus tests and essay topics: www.blackwellpublishing.com/pip

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 175mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 943g
• ISBN-13: 9781405116176
• ISBN-10: 140511617X
• Artikelnr.: 21933387

Autorenporträt

Adam Morton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. He has previously taught at Princeton University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Bristol. His publications include Frames of Mind (1980), Disasters and Dilemmas (Blackwell, 1991), The Importance of being Understood: Folk Psychology as Ethics (2002), A Guide Through the Theory of Knowledge (third edition, Blackwell, 2003), and On Evil (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Thanks.
Note to Teachers.
The Contract.
Part I: The Lure of Certainty:.
1. Certainty and Doubt.
2. Sources of Conviction.
3. Rationalism.
4. Rationalism versus Relativism in Morals.
5. Induction and Deduction.
6. The Retreat from Certainty.
Postcard History of Philosophy I.
Part II: Life in an Uncertain World: .
7. Utilitarianism.
8. Kantian Ethics.
9. Empiricism.
10. Beyond Empiricism.
11. Objectivity.
Postcard History of Philosophy II.
Part III: Reality: .
12. Materialism and Dualism.
13. Morality for Naturalists.
14. Deep Illusions.
15. Realism.
Postcard History of Philosophy III.
Definitions.
Index.

Rezensionen

"This second edition of Morton's Philosophy in Practice isthe best introductory textbook on the market. Morton's approach toteaching takes into account what we have learned about learning andcritical thinking over the past twenty years, and the textemphasizes doing philosophy as an integral part of learningit. If you want an introductory textbook which makes it possible toteach philosophy as a verb to undergraduates, one that makespossible real conversation with beginners, this is it." MichaelSilberstein, Elizabethtown College

"I find it hard to imagine that one could get very far into thisengaging book without wanting to think through, for oneself, thecore issues of philosophy. Fortunately, Adam Morton has alsoprovided the basic resources one would need to deal responsiblywith those great issues." Gareth B. Matthews, University ofMassachusetts-Amherst, author of Socratic Perplexity and theNature of Philosophy