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100 1 $aMelchert, Norman.
245 14 $aThe great conversation :$ba historical introduction to philosophy /$cNorman Melchert Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University.
250 $aSEVENTH edition.
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aBefore philosophy : myth in Hesiod and Homer -- Philosophy before Socrates -- The Sophists : rhetoric and relativism in Athens -- Socrates : to know oneself -- The trial and death of Socrates -- Plato : knowing the real and the good -- Aristotle : the reality of the world -- Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics : happiness for the many -- Jews and Christians : sin, salvation, and love -- Augustine : God and the soul -- Anselm and Aquinas : existence and essence in God and the world -- Moving from medieval to modern -- René Descartes : doubting our way to certainty -- Hobbes, Locke, and Berkeley : materialism and the beginnings of empiricism -- David Hume : unmasking the pretensions of reason -- Immanuel Kant : rehabilitating reason (within strict limits) -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel : taking history seriously -- Kierkegaard and Marx ; two ways to "correct" Hegel -- The utilitarians : moral rules and the happiness of all (including women) -- Friedrich Nietzsche : the value of existence -- The Pragmatists : thought and action -- Ludwig Wittgenstein : linguistic analysis and ordinary language -- Martin Heidegger : the meaning of being -- Simone de Beauvoir : existentialist, feminist -- Postmodernism : Derrida, Foucault, and Rorty -- Physical realism and the mind : Quine, Dennett, Searle, Nagel, Jackson, and Chalmers.
520 $a"Ideal for courses in ancient philosophy or ancient and medieval philosophy, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes, Seventh Edition, covers the same material as the first half (chapters 1-13) of author Norman Melchert's longer volume, The Great Conversation.
520 $aIdeal for courses in modern philosophy or modern and contemporary philosophy, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine, Seventh Edition, covers the same material as the second half (chapters 12-26) of author Norman Melchert's longer volume. Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, it demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit?
520 $aAuthor Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--"Basic Questions" and "For Further Thought"--and numerous illustrations.
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