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Introductions, Philosophy

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Table of Contents

Plato and the trial of socrates
What is philosophy?
Euthyphro : defining philosophical terms
The apology, Phaedo, and crito : the trial, immortality, and death of Socrates
The value of philosophy
What is the value of philosophy?
Russell : the value of philosophy
What is the best approach to philosophy?
Peirce : four approaches to philosophy
Feigl : the scientific approach
Philosophy of religion
Can we prove God exists?
St. Anselm : the ontological argument
St. Thomas Aquinas : critique of Anselm and the cosmological argument
Paley : the teleological argument
Pascal : it is better to believe in God's existence
Than to deny it
Kierkegaard : faith, not logic, is the basis of belief
Does the idea of a good God exclude evil?
Hume : a good God would exclude evil
Hick : God can allow some evil
Ethics
Are humans free?
Holbach : humans are determined
James : humans are free
Are ethics relative?
Benedict : ethics are relative
Stace : ethics are not relative
Are humans always selfish?
Humans are always selfish : Glaucon's challenge to Socrates
Rachels : humans are not always selfish
Which is basic in ethics : happiness or obligation?
Aristotle : happiness is living virtuously
Bentham : happiness is seeking the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people
Kant : duty is prior to happiness
Nietzsche : happiness is having power
Sartre : existentialist ethics
Held : feminist ethics are different
Knowledge
What is knowledge?
Plato : knowledge is "warranted, true belief"
How do we acquire knowledge?
Descartes : knowledge is not ultimately sense knowledge
Locke : knowledge is ultimately sensed
Kant : knowledge is both rational and empirical
How is truth established?
Russell : truth is established by correspondence
Bradley : truth is established by coherence
James : truth is established on pragmatic grounds
Can we know the nature of causal relations?
Hume : cause means regular association
Hume : there are no possible grounds for induction
Metaphysics
Parmenides : being is uncaused
Lao Tzu : non-being is the source of being
Is reality general or particular?
Plato : universals are real
Hume : particulars are real
Of what does reality consist?
Descartes : reality consists of mind and matter
Taylor : reality consists of matter
Berkeley : reality consists of ideas
Dewey : reality consists of mental and physical qualities
Do humans have an identical self?
Locke : human beings have an identical self
Hume : human beings have no identical self
Social and political philosophy
What is freedom?
Dostoevski : freedom and authority
Mill : freedom is independence from the majority's tyranny
King : freedom and racial prejudice
King : feminism in the new millennium
Which government is best?
Hobbes : monarchy is best
Locke : liberal democracy is best
Marx : communism and nonalienated labor is best
Tocqueville : the limitations of democracy
Popper : utopias lead to violence
Applied social and ethical problems
The abortion issue
English : are most abortionse moral
The pornography issue
Ward : should pornography be censored?
The homosexuality issue
Gould : is homosexuality unnatural or immoral?
The animal rights issue
Singer : do animals have rights?
Aesthetics
Are artistic judgments subjective?
Ducasse : tastes cannot be disputed
Beardsley : tastes can be disputed
What is the function of art?
Aristotle : art purges the emotions
Collingwood : magic or amusement?
The meaning of life
What gives life meaning?
Tolstoy : faith provides life's meaning
Camus : each person determines his or her life's meaning.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Genre
Introductions.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
100
Library of Congress
BD21 .C594 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3418279M
ISBN 10
0131949616
LCCN
2005034623
OCLC/WorldCat
62525074
Goodreads
174224

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