Thomson Advantage Books: Philosophy
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(Sprache: Englisch)
This highly engaging text will not only help you explore and understand philosophy-it will also give you an appreciation of how philosophy is relevant to your day-to-day life as well as the larger social world. Author Manuel Velasquez combines clear prose...
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This highly engaging text will not only help you explore and understand philosophy-it will also give you an appreciation of how philosophy is relevant to your day-to-day life as well as the larger social world. Author Manuel Velasquez combines clear prose and primary source readings to take you on a meaningful exploration of a range of philosophical topics, such as human nature, feminist theory, diversity, and aesthetics. Plus, the text's carefully crafted built-in learning aids will help you succeed in your course.
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Table of Contents.PART I: INTRODUCTION.
1. The Nature of Philosophy
Introduction: What is Philosophy? The Traditional Divisions of Philosophy / An Example of Philosophy: Socrates / The Value of Philosophy / Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: The First Philosophers / Readings.
2. Human Nature.
Introduction: Why Study Human Nature? What is Human Nature? The Mind-Body Problem: How Do Mind and Body Relate? Is There an Enduring Self? Are We Independent and Self-Sufficient Individuals? Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Plato, Aristotle and Confucius / Readings
PART II: METAPHYSICS.
3. Reality and Being.
Introduction: What is Real? Reality: Material or Nonmaterial? Reality in Pragmatism / Reality and Logical Positivism / Antirealism: The New Idealists / Encountering Reality: Phenomenology and Existentialism / Is Freedom Real? Is Time Real? Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Hobbes and Berkeley / Readings
4. Philosophy and God.
Introduction: What is Religion? Does God Exist? Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Problem of Evil / Traditional Religious Belief and Experience / Nontraditional Religious Experience / Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Aquinas, Descartes, and Conway / Readings.
PART III: EPISTEMOLOGY.
5. The Sources of Knowledge.
Introduction: Why is Knowledge a Problem? Is Reason the Source of Our Knowledge? Can the Senses Account for all Our Knowledge? Kant: Does the Knowing Mind Shape the World? Does Science Give Us Knowledge? Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Hume / Readings.
6. Truth.
Introduction: Belief, Knowledge and Truth / What is Truth? Does Science Give Us Truth? Can Interpretations Be True? Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Kant.
Readings.
PART IV: VALUES.
7. Ethics.
Introduction: What is Ethics? Is Ethics Relative? Do Consequences Make an Action Right? Do Rules Define Morality? Is Ethics Based on Character? Can
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Ethics Resolve Moral Quandaries? Ethics and Moral Responsibility / Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Nietzsche and Wollstonecraft / Readings.
8. Social Philosophy.
Introduction: What is Social Philosophy? What Justifies the State? What is Justice? Law and Civil Disobedience / Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Marx and Rawls / Readings.
9. Postscript: Art and Meaning.
Introduction / What is Art? Does Life Have Meaning? Chapter Summary and Conclusions.
8. Social Philosophy.
Introduction: What is Social Philosophy? What Justifies the State? What is Justice? Law and Civil Disobedience / Chapter Summary and Conclusions / Historical Showcase: Marx and Rawls / Readings.
9. Postscript: Art and Meaning.
Introduction / What is Art? Does Life Have Meaning? Chapter Summary and Conclusions.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Manuel Velasquez
- 2007, 704 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wadsworth
- ISBN-10: 0495094978
- ISBN-13: 9780495094975
Sprache:
Englisch
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