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Classic philosophical questions / edited by James A. Gould, Robert J. Mulvaney.

Contributor(s): Gould, James A, 1922- | Mulvaney, Robert J.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007Edition: 12th ed.Description: xiv, 619 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0131949616 (pbk.); 9780131949614 (pbk.).Subject(s): Philosophy -- Introductions | PhilosophyDDC classification: 100
Contents:
Plato and the trial of Socrates -- What is philosophy? -- Euthyphro : defining philosophical terms -- The apology, Phaedo, and Crito : the trial, immortality, and death of Socrates -- The value and methods of philosophy -- What is the value of philosophy? -- Russell : the value of philosophy -- What is the best approach to philosophy? -- Peirce : four approaches to philosophy -- Feigl : the scientific approach -- Philosophy of religion -- Can we prove that God exists? -- St. Anselm : the ontological argument -- St. Thomas Aquinas : the cosmological argument -- Paley : the teleological argument -- Pascal : it is better to believe in God's existence than to deny it -- Kierkegaard : faith, not logic, is the basis of belief -- Does the idea of a good God exclude evil? -- Hume : a good God would exclude evil -- Hick : God can allow some evil -- Ethics -- Are humans free? -- Holbach : humans are determined -- James : humans are free -- Are ethics relative? -- Benedict : ethics are relative -- Stace : ethics are not relative -- Are humans always selfish? -- Humans are always selfish : Glaucon's challenge to Socrates -- Rachels : humans are not always selfish -- Which is basic in ethics : happiness or obligation? -- Aristotle : happiness is living virtuously -- Bentham : happiness is seeking the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people -- Kant : duty is prior to happiness -- Nietzsche : power is the highest value -- Sartre : existentialist ethics -- Held : feminist ethics are different -- Knowledge -- What is knowledge? -- Plato : knowledge is "warranted, true belief" -- How do we acquire knowledge? -- Descartes : knowledge is not ultimately sense knowledge -- Locke : knowledge is ultimately sensed -- Kant : knowledge is both rational and empirical -- How is truth established? -- Russell : truth is established by correspondence -- Bradley : truth is established by coherence -- James : truth is established on pragmatic grounds -- Can we know the nature of causal relations? -- Hume : cause means regular association -- Hume : there are no possible grounds for induction -- Metaphysics -- Why is there something rather than nothing? -- Parmenides : being is uncaused -- Lao Tzu : non-being is the source of being -- Is reality general or particular? -- Plato : universals are real -- Hume : particulars are real -- Of what does reality consist? -- Descartes : reality consists of mind and matter -- Taylor : reality consists of matter -- Berkeley : reality consists of ideas -- Dewey : reality consists of mental and physical qualities -- Do humans have an identical self? -- Locke : human beings have an identical self -- Hume : human beings have no identical self -- Social and political philosophy -- What is freedom? -- Dostoevski : freedom and authority -- Mill : freedom is independence from the majority's tyranny -- King : freedom and racial prejudice -- King : feminism in the new millennium -- Which government is best? -- Hobbes : monarchy is best -- Locke : democracy is best -- Marx : communism and nonalienated labor is best -- Tocqueville : democracy can have serious problems -- Popper : utopias lead to violence -- Applied social and ethical problems -- The abortion issue -- English : are most abortionse moral -- The pornography issue -- Ward : should pornography be censored? -- The homosexuality issue -- Gould : is homosexuality unnatural or immoral? -- The animal rights issue -- Singer : do animals have rights? -- Aesthetics -- Are artistic judgments subjective? -- Ducasse : tastes cannot be disputed -- Beardsley : tastes can be disputed -- What is the function of art? -- Aristotle : art purges the emotions -- Collingwood : magic or amusement? -- The meaning of life -- What gives life meaning? -- Tolstoy : faith provides life's meaning -- Camus : each person determines his or her life's meaning.
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Plato and the trial of Socrates -- What is philosophy? -- Euthyphro : defining philosophical terms -- The apology, Phaedo, and Crito : the trial, immortality, and death of Socrates -- The value and methods of philosophy -- What is the value of philosophy? -- Russell : the value of philosophy -- What is the best approach to philosophy? -- Peirce : four approaches to philosophy -- Feigl : the scientific approach -- Philosophy of religion -- Can we prove that God exists? -- St. Anselm : the ontological argument -- St. Thomas Aquinas : the cosmological argument -- Paley : the teleological argument -- Pascal : it is better to believe in God's existence than to deny it -- Kierkegaard : faith, not logic, is the basis of belief -- Does the idea of a good God exclude evil? -- Hume : a good God would exclude evil -- Hick : God can allow some evil -- Ethics -- Are humans free? -- Holbach : humans are determined -- James : humans are free -- Are ethics relative? -- Benedict : ethics are relative -- Stace : ethics are not relative -- Are humans always selfish? -- Humans are always selfish : Glaucon's challenge to Socrates -- Rachels : humans are not always selfish -- Which is basic in ethics : happiness or obligation? -- Aristotle : happiness is living virtuously -- Bentham : happiness is seeking the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people -- Kant : duty is prior to happiness -- Nietzsche : power is the highest value -- Sartre : existentialist ethics -- Held : feminist ethics are different -- Knowledge -- What is knowledge? -- Plato : knowledge is "warranted, true belief" -- How do we acquire knowledge? -- Descartes : knowledge is not ultimately sense knowledge -- Locke : knowledge is ultimately sensed -- Kant : knowledge is both rational and empirical -- How is truth established? -- Russell : truth is established by correspondence -- Bradley : truth is established by coherence -- James : truth is established on pragmatic grounds -- Can we know the nature of causal relations? -- Hume : cause means regular association -- Hume : there are no possible grounds for induction -- Metaphysics -- Why is there something rather than nothing? -- Parmenides : being is uncaused -- Lao Tzu : non-being is the source of being -- Is reality general or particular? -- Plato : universals are real -- Hume : particulars are real -- Of what does reality consist? -- Descartes : reality consists of mind and matter -- Taylor : reality consists of matter -- Berkeley : reality consists of ideas -- Dewey : reality consists of mental and physical qualities -- Do humans have an identical self? -- Locke : human beings have an identical self -- Hume : human beings have no identical self -- Social and political philosophy -- What is freedom? -- Dostoevski : freedom and authority -- Mill : freedom is independence from the majority's tyranny -- King : freedom and racial prejudice -- King : feminism in the new millennium -- Which government is best? -- Hobbes : monarchy is best -- Locke : democracy is best -- Marx : communism and nonalienated labor is best -- Tocqueville : democracy can have serious problems -- Popper : utopias lead to violence -- Applied social and ethical problems -- The abortion issue -- English : are most abortionse moral -- The pornography issue -- Ward : should pornography be censored? -- The homosexuality issue -- Gould : is homosexuality unnatural or immoral? -- The animal rights issue -- Singer : do animals have rights? -- Aesthetics -- Are artistic judgments subjective? -- Ducasse : tastes cannot be disputed -- Beardsley : tastes can be disputed -- What is the function of art? -- Aristotle : art purges the emotions -- Collingwood : magic or amusement? -- The meaning of life -- What gives life meaning? -- Tolstoy : faith provides life's meaning -- Camus : each person determines his or her life's meaning.