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The Person Readings in Human Nature

by: Stephens, William O.

The Person Readings in Human Nature

by: Stephens, William O.

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Copyright: 07/18/2005
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

For courses in Introductory Philosophy and Philosophy of Man and Human Nature. #xA0; The vitally important concept of the "person" is featured in this anthology of readings from the history of Western philosophy.#xA0; This text which is philosophically more serious yet still reader-friendly, offers a variety of authors and a wide historical scope in the Philosophy of Human Nature market that generally neglects this topic.

Topical Units for Constructing Syllabi

vii

Preface

Plato

(10)

Phaedo, 80c--84b

(3)

Phaedrus, 246a--b, 253d--256e

(3)

Republic, 439c--442b

(3)

Aristotle

(6)

On the Soul, ii.2, iii.4--5

(5)

Cicero

(5)

On Obligations, I §§105--118

(4)

Epictetus

(8)

The Discourses, i.2, i.29

(6)

The Handbook, §17, §37

(1)

Clement of Alexandria

(2)

Protrepticus, 10.110.2.2

(1)

Boethius

(6)

Contra Eutychen, §§2--4

(5)

St. Anselm

(9)

The Incarnation of the Word, §§8--16

(8)

St. Thomas Aquinas

(14)

Summa Theologiae, 1st Part, QQ. 29--30

(13)

John Duns Scotus

(6)

Ordinatio, I, d. 26, q. un., excerpt

(5)

Rene Descartes

(9)

Treatise on Man, excerpt

(8)

Thomas Hobbes

(5)

Leviathan, 1st part, Chapter 16

(4)

John Locke

(10)

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, ii.27 §§9--27

(9)

J. O. de la Mettrie

(6)

Man a Machine, excerpt

(5)

G. W. Leibniz

(11)

New Essays on the Human Understanding, excerpt

(10)

David Hume

108

(8)

A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part 4, §6

109

(7)

Immanuel Kant

116

(9)

Critique of Pure Reason, third paralogism of personality

117

(2)

Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, excerpt

119

(2)

The Doctrine of Virtue, excerpts

121

(4)

Søren Kierkegaard

125

(10)

The Sickness unto Death, excerpt

126

(9)

Auguste Comte

135

(7)

The Positive Philosophy, excerpt

136

(6)

F. W. Nietzsche

142

(10)

The Gay Science, §345

143

(2)

Beyond Good and Evil, Part 1 §6, §§16--19, Part 2 §41, Part 3 §54, Part 6 §207

145

(5)

The Will to Power, §886

150

(2)

Simone Weil

152

(16)

``Human Personality''

153

(15)

Jean-Paul Sartre

168

(9)

``Existentialism''

169

(8)

P. F. Strawson

177

(10)

Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, excerpt

178

(9)

C. D. Broad

187

(12)

``The Validity of Belief in a Personal God''

188

(11)

Richard Taylor

199

(7)

``The Anatta Doctrine and Personal Identity''

200

(6)

Harry G. Frankfurt

206

(12)

``Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person''

207

(11)

Mary Anne Warren

218

(8)

``On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion''

219

(7)

Daniel C. Dennett

226

(15)

``Conditions of Personhood''

227

(14)

Raymond M. Smullyan

241

(14)

``Is God a Taoist?''

242

(13)

I. A. Menkiti

255

(8)

``Person and Community in African Traditional Thought''

256

(7)

Peter A. French

263

(12)

``The Corporation as a Moral Person''

264

(11)

Charles Taylor

275

(13)

``The Concept of a Person''

276

(12)

Roland Puccetti

288

(11)

``The Life of a Person''

289

(10)

Derek Parfit

299

(14)

Reasons and Persons, excerpts

300

(13)

Mary Midgley

313

(8)

``Persons and Non--Persons''

314

(7)

Gary Legenhausen

321

(15)

``Is God a Person?''

322

(14)

A. O. Rorty

336

(15)

``Persons and Personae''

337

(14)

R. G. A. Dolby

351

(14)

``The Possibility of Computers Becoming Persons,'' excerpts

352

(13)

Troels Engberg-Pedersen

365

(14)

``Stoic Philosophy and the Concept of the Person''

366

(13)

Oswald Hanfling

379

(8)

``Machines as Persons?,'' excerpts by Nicholas Rescher

380

(7)

Raymond Martin

387

(9)

``Was Spinoza a Person?''

388

(5)

Response to Raymond Martin

393

(3)

William O. Stephens

396

(13)

``Masks, Androids, and Primates: The Evolution of the Concept `Person'''

397

(12)

The Boyd Group

409

``The Moral Status of Non-Human Primates: Are Apes Persons?''

410

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The Person Readings in Human Nature

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