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Philosophy The Pursuit of Wisdom

by: Pojman, Louis P.

Philosophy The Pursuit of Wisdom

by: Pojman, Louis P.

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Edition: 5th
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Copyright: 10/25/2005
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Can philosophy be fun? With PHILOSOPHY: THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM it most certainly is. Because of its lively writing style and clear presentation, this introduction to philosophy textbook is both interesting and informative. You'll discover all the major philosophical theories, as well as tackle hot topics like the existence of God, the free will/determinism debate, and the meaning of life.

Preface

A Personal Word to the Student

xiii

PART I INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

(58)

1 What Is Philosophy?

(12)

2 A Little Bit of Logic

(14)

Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

(5)

Abductive Reasoning

(2)

Some Applications

(1)

Fallacies of Reasoning

(2)

Box: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions

(4)

3 The Beginning of Philosophy: The Ancient Greeks

(15)

The Milesians

(3)

Pythagoras

(2)

The Eleatics

(3)

Heracleitus

(2)

The Pluralists: Empedocles and the Atomists

(1)

Anaxagoras of Klazomenae

(4)

4 The Rise of the Sophists and Socrates

(16)

The Rise of the Sophists

(5)

Socrates: The Father of Ethics—Knowledge Is Virtue

(8)

Box: Plato

(3)

PART II PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

(76)

5 The Value of Religion: An Introduction

(9)

Terminology

(4)

6 The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God: A First Cause

(9)

Traditional Arguments for the Existence of God

(1)

The Cosmological Argument

(2)

The Argument from Contingency

(6)

7 The Teleological Argument for the Existence of God

(8)

Paley's Argument

(1)

Hume's Critique

(3)

The Danvinian Objection

(4)

8 The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

(8)

9 The Argument from Religious Experience

(13)

Encounters with God

(1)

An Analysis of Religious Experience

(3)

A Critique of the Strong Justification Thesis

(9)

10 The Problem of Evil

107

(12)

The Mystery of Evil

107

(11)

The Argument from Evil

118

The Free-Will Defense

110

(2)

The Theodicy Defense

112

(3)

Evolution and Evil

115

(4)

11 Faith and Reason

119

(16)

Pragmatic Justification of Religious Belief

120

(3)

Fideism: Faith Without/Against Reason

123

(3)

Reformed Epistemology: Alvin Plantinga

126

(9)

PART III THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

135

(34)

12 What Can We Know? An Introduction

136

(14)

Knowledge and Its Types

136

(2)

What Is Truth?

138

(2)

Knowledge and Belief

140

(4)

Types of Knowledge

144

(6)

13 Skepticism

150

(7)

The Challenge of Skepticism

150

(7)

14 Perception: Can We Have Knowledge of the External World?

157

(12)

PART IV PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

169

(48)

15 The Mind-Body Problem

170

(13)

Dualistic Interactionism

170

(5)

A Critique of Dualistic Interactionism

175

(3)

Dualism Revived

178

(1)

Box: The Mind-Body Problem

179

(4)

16 Materialist Monism

183

(8)

17 Functionalism and Biological Naturalism

191

(7)

Box: Intentionality

195

(3)

18 Who Am I? The Problem of Personal Identity

198

(9)

What Is It to Be a Person?

199

(1)

What Is Identity?

200

(1)

What Is Personal Identity?

201

(6)

19 Is There Life After Death? Personal Identity and Immortality

207

(10)

Box: Reincarnation

213

(4)

PART V FREEDOM OF THE WILL AND DETERMINISM

217

(28)

20 Determinism

219

(6)

Universal Causality

220

(3)

Teleological Determinism

223

(2)

21 Libertarianism

225

(8)

The Argument from Deliberation

225

(5)

The Argument from Moral Responsibility

230

(3)

22 Compatibilism: How to Have Your

Cake and Eat It Too

233

(1)

A Reconciling Project

233

(3)

A Critique of Compatibilism: A "Quagmire of Evasion"?

236

(1)

The Argument Against Compatibilism from Moral Responsibility

236

(5)

The Compatibilist Response

241

(4)

PART VI ETHICS

245

(96)

23 What Is Ethics?

246

(10)

Why Do We Need Morality?

250

(2)

The Purposes of Morality

252

(4)

24 Ethical Relativism Versus Ethical Objectivism

256

(13)

An Analysis of Ethical Relativism

258

(1)

Subjective Ethical Relativism (Subjectivism)

259

(1)

Conventional Ethical Relativism (Conventionalism)

260

(3)

The Case for Ethical Objectivism

263

(6)

25 Egoism, Self-Love, and Altruism

269

(12)

Arguments for Ethical Egoism

272

(2)

Arguments Against Ethical Egoism

274

(2)

Evolution and Altruism

276

(5)

26 Utilitarianism and the Structure of Ethics

281

(14)

What Is Utilitarianism?

284

(3)

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Utilitarianism

287

(2)

Utilitarian Reponses to the Standard Objections

289

(6)

27 Kantian Deontological Ethics

295

(14)

Immanuel Kant's Rationalist Deontological System

296

(2)

The Goodwill

298

(1)

Duty and the Moral Law

299

(4)

Kant's Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative

303

(2)

The Principle of Autonomy

305

(4)

28 Virtue Ethics

309

(17)

Aretaic Ethics

309

(3)

The Aretaic Critique of Action-Based Ethical Systems

312

(2)

Aristotle's Virtue Ethics

314

(2)

What Is the Relationship Between Virtue and Principles?

316

(4)

The Standard Deontic View's Responses to the Aretaic Critique

320

(6)

29 Religion and Ethics

326

(15)

Does Morality Depend on Religion?

327

(4)

Is Religion Irrelevant or Even Inimical to Morality?

331

(3)

Does Religion Enhance the Moral Life?

334

(7)

PART VII EXISTENTIALISM AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

341

(32)

30 Existentialism and the Meaning of Life

342

(20)

The-Three Theses of Existentialism

345

(13)

Assessment

358

(4)

31 The Meaning of Life and the Fear of Death

362

(11)

Appendix: How to Read and Write a Philosophy Paper

373

(2)

Glossary

375

(7)

Credits

382

(1)

Index

383

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