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About Philosophy with CD-ROM

by: Wolff, Robert Paul

About Philosophy with CD-ROM

by: Wolff, Robert Paul

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9780131916067
ISBN 10:
0131916068
Edition: 9th
Format: Hardcover w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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For undergraduate Introduction to Philosophy courses. The most widely-adopted introduction to philosophy text for more than two decades, this classic text introduces the major fields, problems, theories, and personalities of philosophy through the biographies and writing of leading thinkers.

Preface

About the Author

xii

What is Philosophy?

(44)

What Do Philosophers Do? The Study of Human Nature

(12)

What Do Philosophers Do? The Study of the Universe

(6)

What Do Philosophers Do? Human Nature and the Universe

(9)

Rationality, Universality, Objectivity

(3)

The Limitations of the Western Philosophical Tradition

(8)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---The Watermelon Man: Questions About Race

(1)

The Main Points in Chapter One

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

(4)

Theory of Knowledge

(44)

Descartes' Method of Doubt

(13)

Rationalism and Empiricism: Two Responses to Cartesian Doubt

(5)

Leibniz and Rationalism

(3)

Hume and Empiricism

(10)

Kant's Resolution of the Rationalism/Empiricism Debate

(3)

New Turns in Epistemology

(5)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---The Matrix: Brains in a Vat

(1)

The Main Points in Chapter Two

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

(2)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Virtual Reality

(41)

Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

(33)

What Is Metaphysics?

100

(2)

Hobbes' Materialism

102

(6)

Free Will and Determinism

108

(7)

The Mind and the Body

115

(12)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---Existenz: Questions About Reality

127

(2)

The Main Points in Chapter Three

129

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

129

(3)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Do Computers Think?

132

(45)

Philosophy of Science

141

(36)

The Place of Science in the Modern World

142

(1)

Francis Bacon and the Foundations of Scientific Method

143

(6)

The Relation Between Theory and Observation

149

(2)

Karl Popper and Falsifiability

151

(3)

Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions

154

(7)

Science as a Social Institution

161

(6)

Voices Beyond Popper and Kuhn

167

(6)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---The X-Files: Questions About Evidence

173

(2)

The Main Points in Chapter Four

175

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

175

(2)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Is Science Value-Neutral?

177

(68)

Ethical Theory

191

(54)

The Varieties of Ethical Theory

192

(1)

Kant and the Commands of Duty

192

(2)

Three Reasons to Think About Ethics

194

(2)

Ethical Disagreement and the Categorical Imperative

196

(11)

Utilitarianism and the Calculation of Pleasures and Pains

207

(10)

Virtue Ethics

217

(8)

The Feminist Critique of Ethical Theory

225

(17)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---Ai No Corrida (Translated as In the Realm of the Senses): Questions About Sex

242

(1)

The Main Points in Chapter Five, Part One

243

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

244

(1)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Same-Sex Marriage

245

(35)

The Ethical Dimensions of Medicine

256

(1)

The Ethical Dimensions of Medical Decisions

256

(5)

Withholding Food and Water

261

(5)

The Buying and Selling of Human Organs

266

(4)

What Should the Doctor Tell the Patient?

270

(6)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---The West Wing: Questions About Ethics and Medicine

276

(2)

The Main Points in Chapter Five, Part Two

278

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

278

(2)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: The Ethics of Cloning Human Beings

280

(62)

Social and Political Philosophy

289

(53)

Mill and Classical Laissez-Faire Liberalism

290

(13)

The Socialist Attack on Capitalism

303

(9)

Rousseau and the Theory of the Social Contract

312

(16)

The Pluralist Theory of the State

328

(5)

The Racial Critique of the Social Contract Theory of the State

333

(5)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---Fahrenheit 9/11: Questions About Democracy and Free Speech

338

(1)

The Main Points in Chapter Six

339

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

340

(2)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Affirmative Action

342

(49)

Philosophy of Art

356

(35)

Plato's Attack on the Poets

358

(10)

Aristotle's Defense of the Poets

368

(6)

Marcuse and the Uses of Negation

374

(6)

Arthur C. Danto's Theory of Artistic Indentification

380

(8)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---The Simpsons: Questions About the Philosophy of Art

388

(1)

The Main Points in Chapter Seven

389

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

390

(1)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Pornography, Art, and Censorship

391

(59)

Philosophy of Religion

404

(46)

Kierkegaard's Encounter with Faith

406

(13)

Can We Prove That God Exists?

419

(1)

William Paley: The Argument from Design

420

(7)

St. Thomas Aquinas: The Cosmological Argument

427

(5)

St. Anselm: The Ontological Argument

432

(7)

The Problem of Evil

439

(7)

The Main Points in Chapter Eight

446

(1)

Philosophy and Popular Culture---Pleasantville: Questions About Religion and Ethics

447

(1)

Questions for Discussion and Review

448

(2)

ABCNEWS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION: Cults: Religion or Fanaticism?

450

(9)

Appendix: How to Write a Philosophy Paper

459

(20)

Glossary

479

(8)

Suggestions for Further Reading

487

(2)

Photo Credits

489

(2)

Index

491

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