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"Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery, 4/e" presents philosophy as an immediate, vital, and challenging process of discovery. The text has been specifically designed to help students evaluate their beliefs on basic issues and to see philosophy as a process of discovering and examining the paradoxes inherent in those issues. The forty-one readings in "Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery" are drawn from classic and contemporary sources.

Table of Contents:
PrefaceIntroduction: What is Philosophy?The Search for Bedrock: ParadoxThe Search for System: DiscoveryPhilosophy and ScienceValue of PhilosophyPART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIONThe Paradoxes of ReligionCHAPTER 1: IS THERE A GOD?Problem IntroductionAnselm of Canterbury The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God (from the PROSLOGION)Thomas Aquina The Five Ways (from SUMMA THEOLOGICA)Thomas Jefferson God as the Designer of the Universe (from a Letter to John Adams)Paul Kurt A Critique of Belief in God (from THE NEW SKEPTICISM)CHAPTER 2: THE PROBLEM OF EVILProblem IntroductionMark Twain Letters From The EarthJohn Hick Free Will, Moral Growth, and Evil (from THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION)J. L. Mackie Evil and OmnipotenceCHAPTER 3: FAITH AND REASONProblem IntroductionW. K. Clifford The Ethics of BeliefWilliam James The Will to BelievePART 2: KNOWLEDGEThe Paradoxes of AppearanceCHAPTER 4: SKEPTICISM AND THE SELFProblem IntroductionRene Descarti Meditations I and (from MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY)Gilbert Ryle The Myth of the Ghost in the Machine (from THE CONCEPT OF MIND)Christopher Bach Evidence Suggestive of Reincarnation (from LIFECYCLES)CHAPTER 5: PERCEPTION AND KNOWLEDGEProblem IntroductionPlato The Role of Perception in Knowing (from THEAETETUS and THE REPUBLIC)George Berkeley Perception and Matter (from THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS)David Hume Our Knowledge of Cause and Effect (from AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING)CHAPTER 6: TRUTHProblem IntroductionWilliam Jame The Pragmatic Test (from PRAGMATISM)Bertrand Russel Truth as Correspondence: A Reply to James (from PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS)Brand Blanshard Truth as Coherence (from THE NATURE OF THOUGHT)PART 3: FREE WILL AND DETERMINISTThe Paradox of FreedomCHAPTER 7: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITYProblem IntroductionClarence DarrowLeopold and Loe The Crime of CompulsionJean-Paul Sartre Existence Precedes EssenceWilliam James The Dilemma of DeterministBruce Wallet Freedom Without ResponsibilitySidney Hood Moral Freedom in a Determined World (from THE QUEST FOR BEING)PART 4: MORALITYThe Paradox of Moral ExperienceCHAPTER 8: SOURCES OF MORALITY: RELIGION AND SOCIETYProblem IntroductionKai Nielse The Connection Between Morality and ReligionRuth Benedict Culture and MoralityJames Rachel The Challenge of Cultural Relativise (from THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY)CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR OBJECTIVITYProblem IntroductionAristotle Virtue and Rationality (from NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS)Immanuel Kan The Categorical Imperative (from FOUNDATIONS OF THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS)John Stuart Mill The Greatest Happiness Principle (from UTILITARIANISM)Ayn Ran The Ethics of EmergenciesCarol GilliganMoral Orientation and Moral DevelopmentPART 5: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHYThe Paradoxes of GovernmentCHAPTER 10: THE LAW AND THE INDIVIDUALProblem IntroductionPlato Our Duty to the Law (from THE CRITO)Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham JailCHAPTER 11: DEMOCRACY, FASCISM, AND COMMUNISTProblem IntroductionJohn Lock Limited Government: The Natural Rights Approach (from THE SECOND TREATISE ON GOVERNMENT)John Stuart Mill Limited Government: The Utilitarian Approach (from ON LIBERTY)Carl Cohen Fascist (from FOUR SYSTEMS)Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel CommunistCHAPTER 12: FUTURE PROSPECTSProblem IntroductionRoy Weatherford The Need for World Government (from WORLD PEACE AND THE HUMAN FAMILY)John Hicks World Religions and the Golden Rule (from AN INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION)Margaret Battin Euthanasia: The Way We Do It. The Way They Do ItBernard Rollin Animal Production and the New Social Ethic for AnimalsFURTHER READINGINDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780072840728
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
  • Edition: New edition
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0072840722
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 231 mm
  • Sub Title: Paradox and Discovery
  • Width: 160 mm


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