Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 234 mm
An Introductory Anthology
Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-0-19-517762-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Written by the author of many very successful philosophy textbooks, including Classical of Western Philosophy (Hackett), the best-selling historically oriented introduction to philosophy anthology
Of all introductory anthologies, this one is the most acessible to readers, regardless of background
Includes contemporary readings chosen for their clarity and edited to make them easier to understand
Contains accessible historical selections, including the complete texts of four Platonic dialogues, as well as selected materials by Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, and Mill
Covers topics of contemporary interest, including abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, the existence of God, the meaning of life, freedom and determinism, privacy, and affirmative action
Includes an introduction to logic and scientific method, as well as guiding commentary by the editor
This most accessible introduction to philosophy anthology offers clear contemporary essays supplemented by historical sources, edited to enhance their appeal to all readers. Selections by leading contemporary philosophers on the major topics in philosophy (knowledge, mind, God, morality, etc.) are chosen for clarity and edited to make them more accessible to students. This edition also includes separate chapters on knowledge and mind, the latter of which has updated essays on the mind-body problem by Richard Taylor, Thomas Nagel, Gilbert Ryle, and an essay addressing artificial intelligence by John Searle. Also included are the complete texts with explanatory notes of Plato's Meno, Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, as well as material by Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, and Mill. The book also offers an introduction to logic and scientific method, and guiding commentary by the editor.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
I. Introduction
Monroe C. Beardsley and: What is Philosophy?
Elizabeth Lane Beardsley
HISTORICAL SOURCE
Plato: Defence of Socrates
II. Reasoning
Wesley C. Salmon: The Scope of Logic
Stephen F. Barker: Improving Your Thinking
Morris R. Cohen and Ernest Nagel: Fixing Belief
Steven M. Cahn, Patricia Kitcher, and George Sher: Testing Hypotheses
Ernest Nagel: Science and Common Sense
III. Knowledge and Self
Bertrand Russell: Appearance and Reality
D.Z. Phillips: What Can I Know?
Bertrand Russell: The Problem of Induction
Frederick L. Will: Will the Future Be Like the Past?
Steven M. Cahn: Free Will or Determinism?
W.T. Stace: Free Will and Determinism
Richard Taylor: Mind and Body
Thomas Nagel: Death
HISTORICAL SOURCES
Plato: Meno
René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
IV. God
Ernest Nagel: Does God Exist?
Richard Swinburne: Why God Allows Evil
Antony Flew and Basil Mitchell: Theology and Falsification
Monroe C. Beardsley and Elizabeth Lane Beardsley: Do Miracles Occur?
Richard Taylor: Faith
Michael Scriven: Faith and Reason
HISTORICAL SOURCES
Plato: Euthyphro
Saint Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae
René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
V. Morality
James Rachels: The Challenge of Cultural Relativisim
Tom Regan: How Not to Answer Moral Questions
Charles L. Stevenson: The Nature of Ethical Disagreement
Steven M. Cahn: A Supreme Moral Principle?
Joel Feinberg: Abortion
Virginia Held: Giving Birth
James Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia
Thomas D. Sullivan: Active and Passive Euthanasia: A Reply
Sidney Hook: Choosing Death
HISTORICAL SOURCES
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
Immanuel Kant: Foundation of the Metaphysics of Morals
John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism
VI. Society
John Dewey: Democracy
Michael Walzer: Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands
Charles Fried: Privacy
Burton Leiser: The Death Penalty
Hugo Adam Bedau: Capital Punishment
Steven M. Cahn: Two Concepts of Affirmative Action
James Rachels: Are Quotas Sometimes Justified?
Sidney Hook: What is a Liberal Education?
HISTORICAL SOURCES
Plato: Crito
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
VII. Conclusion
Richard Taylor: The Meaning of Life
Bertrand Russell: The Value of Philosophy
HISTORICAL SOURCE
Plato: Phaedo
Suggestions for Further Reading
Zielgruppe
This text is intended for use in Introduction to Philosophy courses, and general readers interested in philosophy.
