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The Study of Philosophy By Andrew Pessin

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The Study of Philosophy: A Text with Readings by Andrew Pessin

This seventh edition of The Study of Philosophy presents a comprehensive treatment of the major fields and figures of philosophy alongside primary readings by seminal thinkers to fuel debate and further study. New features of this edition include *a substantive account of philosophical theology *a reorganized treatment of early modern rationalism and empiricism *discussion of the major highlights of twentieth- and twenty-first-century philosophy *a survey of major contemporary moral problems From Plato to Plantinga, from Aristotle to Ayer, and from Socrates to Singer, this text brings the power of both ancient and modern philosophy to students of the twenty-first century!

The Study of Philosophy Reviews

Maintaining superb readability, the seventh edition adds key ingredients: more contemporary philosophy, impressive selections of primary sources, and excellent choices of additions within the chapters. There is much to commend in this newest edition. -- Dominic Prianti, Gannon University
The seventh edition of The Study of Philosophy is a great new version. In addition to offering a new chapter on contemporary moral problems, the authors have revised their work on logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. Lively and engaging, The Study of Philosophy should remain an important resource for every undergraduate. -- William P. Haggerty, Gannon University
The new edition of The Study of Philosophy retains the impressive coverage of topics of earlier editions-along with the excellent chapters on logic (including a superb treatment of the informal fallacies), and the student-friendly narrative-and adds many new, well-chosen topical readings, and a whole chapter on contemporary moral problems. The best introductory philosophy textbook on the market just got better! -- Michael Latzer, Gannon University

About Andrew Pessin

Andrew Pessin is professor of philosophy at Connecticut College. He is the author of Uncommon Sense, (R&L 2013), which was named a CHOICE Outstanding title for the year. S. Morris Engel is professor emeritus at York University. Previously, he taught at the University of Southern California for twenty-five years.

Table of Contents

PART I PHILOSOPHY AND ITS BEGINNINGS Chapter 1: The Nature and Scope of Philosophy How Philosophy and Science Differ How Philosophy and Religion Differ Philosophy's Three Main Subject Areas Philosophy's Main Method Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: The Philosopher within You-Andrew Pessin Chapter 2: It Began Here: The Pre-Socratics The Problem of Being *Thales *Anaximander *Anaximenes The Problem of Becoming *Parmenides *Zeno *Heraclitus The Theory of Atomism: A Synthesis Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: Ionian Science before Socrates-F. M. Cornford Reading: On the Nature of Things-Lucretius Chapter 3: Socrates and Plato The Sophists Socrates the Man Life in Athens and Conquest by Sparta Socrates' Chronicler: Plato The Dialogues: Socrates' Trial and Death *Euthyphro *Apology *Crito *Phaedo Plato's Forms *What Exactly Are Forms? *Forms are Neither Perceivable, Changeable, Nor Even Here *How Many Forms Are There? *One More Important Implication *Why Should We Believe in the Existence of Forms? Philosophers and Cave-Persons Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: Apology-Plato PART II PHILOSOPHY'S METHOD Chapter 4: Aristotle and the Science of Logic Aristotle The Sophists Again The Science of Logic Logic as the Study of Argument Distinguishing Arguments From Non-Arguments Eliminating Verbiage Supplying Missing Components Distinguishing Deductive and Inductive Arguments Evaluating Arguments: Truth, Validity, and Soundness *Some Classic Examples of Valid Deductive Arguments *Evaluating Arguments: Strategy Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: What the Tortoise Said to Achilles-Lewis Carroll Reading: Newcomb's Problem and Two Principles of Choice-Robert Nozick Chapter 5: Common Fallacies The Fallacies of Ambiguity *Amphiboly *Accent *Equivocation The Fallacies of Presumption *Overlooking the Facts *Evading the Facts *Distorting the Facts Fallacies of Relevance *Genetic Fallacy *Abusive ad Hominem *Circumstantial ad Hominem *Tu Quoque *Poisoning the Well Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: A Mad Tea-Party-Lewis Carroll PART III PHILOSOPHY'S MAIN QUESTIONS Chapter 6: Ethics: What Are We Like, and What Should We Do? Aristotle's Ethics *Goodness and Happiness *Moral Virtues *Intellectual Virtues Kant's Ethics *A Good Will *The Categorical Imperative *The Role of Reason The Utilitarian Theory *Jeremy Bentham *John Stuart Mill Some Criticisms of Utilitarianism Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: Nicomachean Ethics-Aristotle Reading: Santa and Scrooge-Andrew Pessin Reading: Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible-John Stuart Mill Reading: The Experience Machine-Robert Nozick Chapter 7: Religion: The Nature and Existence of God A Brief History of Philosophical Theology, 427 B.C.E.-1600 C.E. Proofs for the Existence of God *St. Anselm's Ontological Argument *St. Thomas Aquinas's Cosmological Arguments *William Paley's Biological Teleological Argument *Immanuel Kant's Moral Argument *Blaise Pascal's Prudential Argument God's Nature *God's Power *God's Knowledge *God's Goodness, and the Problem of Evil Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: That God truly exists-Anselm Reading: From Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity-William Paley Reading: From City of God-Augustine Reading: From Abridgement of the Argument Reduced to Syllogistic Form-G. W. Leibniz Chapter 8: Epistemology and Metaphysics: The Rationalists Brief Overview of Early Modern Philosophy Rene Descartes *Descartes' Dualism *Descartes' Theory of Mind *Descartes' Theory of Matter Baruch Spinoza *Spinoza's Pantheism and Monism *Spinoza's Necessitarianism, Determinism, and Ethics Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz *Leibniz's Monads and Pre-Established Harmony *The Truth Argument for Pre-Established Harmony Rationalism, Intelligibility, and Causation *Rationalist Debates on the Nature of Causation Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: From Meditations on First Philosophy-Rene Descartes Reading: The Most Dangerous Error of the Philosophy of the Ancients-Nicolas Malebranche Reading: From Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion-Nicolas Malebranche Reading: New System of Nature and Clarification of the Difficulties Which Mr. Bayle Has Found in the New System of the Union of Soul and Body-G.W. Leibniz Chapter 9: Epistemology and Metaphysics: The Empiricists and Kant John Locke *Locke's Attack on Nativism *The Structure and Contents of the Mind, and Substance *The Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Qualities George Berkeley *Three Lines of Argument Against Materialism and For Idealism *Idealism, Materialism, and Common Sense *Some Problems For Idealism David Hume *Relations of Ideas and Matters of Fact *Hume's Critique of Causation *Hume's Critique of Inductive Reasoning Immanuel Kant *Three Ways to Frame the Discussion *A First Pass through Kant's Answer *Four Kinds of Judgments *Synthetic A Priori Judgments *How is Mathematics Possible? *How is Science Possible? *Why Metaphysics is Impossible Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: From First Dialogue-George Berkeley Reading: Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding-David Hume PART IV CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS Chapter 10: 20th-21st Century Developments Existentialism *Soren Kierkegaard and Religious Existentialism *Friedrich Nietzsche and Nihilistic Existentialism *Jean-Paul Sartre and Humanistic Existentialism Some Developments in Ethics *A. J. Ayer and Logical Positivism Some Developments in Philosophy of Religion *Alvin Plantinga on Science and Theism Some Developments in Epistemology *The Traditional Definition of Knowledge *The Gettier Problem Some Developments in Metaphysics *The Attack on Descartes' Dualism *Consciousness and Dualism Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: A Panegyric upon Abraham-Soeren Kierkegaard Reading: From Nausea-Jean-Paul Sartre Reading: Critique of Ethics and Theology-A. J. Ayer Reading: Is Atheism Irrational?-Alvin Plantinga Reading: What Mary Didn't Know-Frank Jackson Chapter 11: Contemporary Moral Problems, and Peter Singer Peter Singer *All Animals are Equal *Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill? *The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty Summary Key Terms Review Questions Reading: Of Duties to Animals ...-Immanuel Kant Reading: Abortion and Infanticide and Taking Life: Humans-Peter Singer Reading: Life after God? The Ethics of Peter Singer-Peter May Glossary Index

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CIN1442242825G
9781442242821
1442242825
The Study of Philosophy: A Text with Readings by Andrew Pessin
Used - Good
Paperback
Rowman & Littlefield
2015-03-19
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