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Book Title
Philosophy : Paradox and Discovery Thomas A., Minton, Arthur J. S
ISBN
9780070425255

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
ISBN-10
0070425256
ISBN-13
9780070425255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
33239

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Philosophy : Paradox and Discovery
Publication Year
1995
Subject
Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Political
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Author
Thomas A. Shipka, Arthur J. Minton
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
4
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
95-036201
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
100
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: What is Philosophy? The Search for Bedrock: Paradox The Search for System: Discovery Philosophy and Science Value of Philosophy PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION The Paradoxes of Religion CHAPTER 1: IS THERE A GOD? Problem Introduction Anselm 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 EVIL Problem Introduction Mark Twain Letters From The Earth John Hick Free Will, Moral Growth, and Evil (from THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION) J. L. Mackie Evil and Omnipotence CHAPTER 3: FAITH AND REASON Problem Introduction W. K. Clifford The Ethics of Belief William James The Will to Believe PART 2: KNOWLEDGE The Paradoxes of Appearance CHAPTER 4: SKEPTICISM AND THE SELF Problem Introduction Rene 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 KNOWLEDGE Problem Introduction Plato 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: TRUTH Problem Introduction William 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 DETERMINIST The Paradox of Freedom CHAPTER 7: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY Problem Introduction Clarence Darrow Leopold and Loe The Crime of Compulsion Jean-Paul Sartre Existence Precedes Essence William James The Dilemma of Determinist Bruce Wallet Freedom Without Responsibility Sidney Hood Moral Freedom in a Determined World (from THE QUEST FOR BEING) PART 4: MORALITY The Paradox of Moral Experience CHAPTER 8: SOURCES OF MORALITY: RELIGION AND SOCIETY Problem Introduction Kai Nielse The Connection Between Morality and Religion Ruth Benedict Culture and Morality James Rachel The Challenge of Cultural Relativise (from THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY) CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR OBJECTIVITY Problem Introduction Aristotle 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 Emergencies Carol Gilligan Moral Orientation and Moral Development PART 5: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY The Paradoxes of Government CHAPTER 10: THE LAW AND THE INDIVIDUAL Problem Introduction Plato Our Duty to the Law (from THE CRITO) Martin Luther King, Jr Letter from Birmingham Jail CHAPTER 11: DEMOCRACY, FASCISM, AND COMMUNIST Problem Introduction John 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 Communist CHAPTER 12: FUTURE PROSPECTS Problem Introduction Roy 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 It Bernard Rollin Animal Production and the New So
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The many adopters of Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery fourth edition by Thomas A. Shipka and Arthur J. Minton, should appreciate the new edition of this popular reader for introductory philosophy courses. Philosophy: Paradox and Discovery 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 41 readings in this book are drawn from classic and contemporary sources.
LC Classification Number
B29.P5256 1996

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