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The Brief Holt Handbook

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The Brief Holt Handbook

by: KIRSZNER

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/28/2000
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

The Brief Hold Handbook, 3/e serves as a concise writing reference for composition courses and beyond. Distinct from the competition, this easy-to-use reference covers critical thinking and reading and also addresses the use of computers and the Internet in every stage of writing and research.

Preface

Introduction: Philosophy

(1)

Socrates

(9)

What Is Philosophy?

(5)

A Modern Approach to Philosophy

(5)

A Brief Introduction to Logic

(23)

Deductive Arguments

(5)

Inductive Arguments

(3)

Argument by Analogy

(1)

Argument by Counter-Example

(2)

Reductio ad Absurdum

(1)

The Worst Kind of Fallacies

(5)

Glossary

(4)

Bibliography and Further Reading

(2)

PART ONE THE WORLD AND BEYOND

(276)

Reality

(78)

``The Way The World Really Is''

(1)

The First Philosophers: The ``Turning Point of Civilization''

(2)

The Early Greek Philosophers

(9)

The Ionian Naturalists

(2)

Monism, Materialism, and Immaterial ``Stuff''

(1)

Heraclitus

(1)

Democritus, Atoms, and Pluralism

(1)

Animism

(1)

Pythagoras

(1)

The Appearance/Reality Distinction

(1)

Parmenides

(2)

The Sophists

(1)

Metaphysics

(2)

Ultimate Reality in the East: India, Persia and China

(9)

Reality as Spirit: The Upanishads

(3)

Reality, Good, and Evil: Zarathustra

(1)

Confucius

(1)

Lao Tsu, or the Poets of Tao Te Ching

(1)

Buddha

(3)

Two Kinds of Metaphysics: Plato and Aristotle

(21)

Plato

(12)

Aristotle

(8)

Modern Metaphysics: Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz

(35)

Rene Descartes

(5)

Benedictus de Spinoza

(10)

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

105

(11)

Summary and Conclusion

116

(1)

Glossary

117

(4)

Bibliography and Further Reading

121

(2)

Religion

123

(61)

What is Religion?

123

(7)

The Western Religions

130

(17)

The Traditional Conception of God

130

(2)

Can We Know That God Exists?

132

(15)

Religion, Morality, and Evil

147

(14)

Religion and ``Practical Reason''

147

(5)

The Problem of Evil

152

(6)

Hinduism, Buddhism, Karma, and Compassion

158

(3)

Reason and Faith

161

(4)

Faith and Irrationality

165

(10)

God as Experience

166

(2)

The Leap of Faith

168

(5)

God as Ultimate Concern

173

(2)

The Attack on Religion: Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud

175

(9)

Summary and Conclusion

181

(1)

Glossary

181

(2)

Bibliography and Further Reading

183

(1)

Knowledge

184

(64)

The Rationalist's Confidence: Descartes

190

(11)

Innate Ideas Concerning Human Understanding: John Locke

201

(5)

The Empiricist Theory of Knowledge

206

(8)

Common Sense Undone: Bishop Berkeley

214

(8)

The Congenial Skeptic: David Hume

222

(15)

An Ancient Skeptic: Nagarjuna

237

(1)

Double Vision: A Non-Western Feminist Perspective

238

(10)

Summary and Conclusion

243

(1)

Glossary

244

(2)

Bibliography and Further Reading

246

(2)

Truth

248

(71)

Two Kinds of Truth

251

(8)

Analytic Truths

252

(4)

Truths about the World

256

(3)

Theories of Truth

259

(12)

The Coherence Theory

259

(2)

The Pragmatic Theory

261

(7)

The Semantic Theory

268

(3)

Kant's Revolution

271

(8)

The Battle in Europe after Kant: Relativism and Absolutism

279

(16)

Hegel

279

(10)

Schopenhauer

289

(2)

Nietzsche

291

(4)

Phenomenology

295

(3)

Hermeneutics, Pragmatism, and Feminism: Relativism Reconsidered

298

(21)

Summary and Conclusion

313

(1)

Glossary

314

(4)

Bibliography and Further Reading

318

(1)

PART TWO KNOW THY SELF

319

(166)

Self

321

(56)

Consciousness and the Self From Descartes to Kant

323

(17)

Existentialism: Self Identity and the Responsibility of Choice

340

(8)

The Individual and the Community

348

(16)

Voices of Protest

354

(6)

Beyond ``Individualism''

360

(4)

One Self? Any Self? Questioning the Concept of Personal ``Essence''

364

(13)

Summary and Conclusion

374

(1)

Glossary

375

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

376

(1)

Mind and Body

377

(44)

What Is Consciousness?

377

(6)

The Problem of Dualism

383

(6)

The Rejection of Dualism

389

(21)

Radical Behaviorism

389

(1)

Logical Behaviorism

390

(7)

The Identity Theory

397

(6)

Eliminative Materialism

403

(4)

Functionalism: The Mind and the Computer

407

(2)

Connectionism

409

(1)

The Problem of Consciousness

410

(11)

Changing Our Minds: Holism and Consciousness

414

(4)

Summary and Conclusion

418

(1)

Glossary

419

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

420

(1)

Freedom

421

(64)

Fatalism and Karma

422

(5)

Predestination

427

(8)

Determinism

435

(17)

Hard Determinism

436

(3)

Determinism versus Indeterminism

439

(3)

The Role of Consciousness

442

(2)

Soft Determinism

444

(8)

Compulsion and Ignorance

452

(15)

Conditioning

460

(7)

Freedom in Practice

467

(8)

Radical Freedom: Existentialism

475

(10)

Summary and Conclusion

482

(1)

Glossary

482

(2)

Bibliography and Further Reading

484

(1)

PART THREE THE GOOD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

485

(208)

Ethics

487

(92)

Morality

489

(2)

Is Morality Relative?

491

(7)

Egoism and Altruism

498

(6)

Morality as Virtue: Aristotle

504

(14)

Morality and Sentiment: Hume and Rousseau

518

(8)

Morality and Practical Reason: Kant

526

(15)

Utilitarianism

541

(12)

The Creation of Morality: Nietzsche and Existentialism

553

(12)

Ethics and Gender

565

(14)

Summary and Conclusion

574

(1)

Glossary

574

(3)

Bibliography and Further Reading

577

(2)

Justice

579

(70)

The Problem of Justice

581

(36)

Two Ancient Theories of Justice: Plato and Aristotle

582

(6)

Two Modern Theories of Justice: Hume and Mill on Utility and Rights

588

(6)

The Social Contract

594

(13)

Two Contemporary Theories of Justice: Rawls and Nozick

607

(8)

Justice or Care: A Feminist View

615

(2)

Individual Rights and Freedom

617

(7)

Fighting for Rights and Justice

624

(17)

On the Origins of Good and Evil

641

(8)

Summary and Conclusion

646

(1)

Glossary

646

(2)

Bibliography and Further Reading

648

(1)

Beauty

649

(44)

Plato and the Transcendence of Beauty

650

(9)

Aristotle and the Self-Sufficiency of Art

659

(4)

The Dispute about Tastes

663

(4)

Kant: Disputes about Taste Resolved

667

(3)

After Kant: Art, Society, and Self-Awareness

670

(7)

G. W. F. Hegel

671

(3)

Arthur Schopenhauer

674

(1)

Friedrich Nietzsche

675

(2)

Art and Reality in the Twentieth Century

677

(4)

The Other Half of the Picture-Feminist Aesthetics

681

(4)

Art and Culture: Japan and Africa

685

(8)

Summary and Conclusion

691

(1)

Glossary

691

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

692

(1)

Brief Biographies

693

(12)

Literary Credits

705

(10)

Index

715

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