William F. Lawhead

The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach, 3/e 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 Lawheads innovative and unique pedagogy which delivers philosophical concepts through more digestible chunks. This revised edition includes even greater enhanced pedagogy, updated coverage of the argument for God, terrorism and political theory, updated exercises, readings and more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 658
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 209mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1461g
• ISBN-13: 9780072963557
• ISBN-10: 0072963557
• Artikelnr.: 21543288

Inhaltsangabe

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 4.6 Rethinking the Western Tradition: Asian Religions From The Upanishads From The Buddha
Selected Teachings From Herman Hesse
Siddhartha 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 of Political Philosophy 6.1 The Justification of Government From Robert Paul Wolff
In Defense of Anarchism From Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan From John Locke
An Essay Concerning the True Original
Extent and End of Civil Government From The Declaration of Independence (July 4
1776) 6.2 The Question of Justice From Plato
Republic From Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica From John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism From John Rawls
A Theory of Justice From Susan Moller Okin
Justice
Gender
and the Family 6.3 The Individual and the State From John Stuart Mill
On Liberty From Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Communist Manifesto 6.4 Civil Disobedience From Plato
Crito From Mohandas Gandhi
Young India From Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail CHAPTER 7: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life From Leo Tolstoy
My Confession From Hazel E. Barnes
An Existentialist Ethics APPENDIX: Reasoning Effectively: What to Do and What Not to Do Credits Index