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1 online resource (200 pages) |
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The Basics |
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Basics.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; Philosophy and its history; Why study philosophy?; Is philosophy difficult?; The limits of what philosophy can do; How to use this book; Further reading; Internet resources; 1 God; The Design Argument; Criticisms of the Design Argument; The Fine Tuning Argument; Criticism of the Fine Tuning Argument; The First Cause Argument; Criticisms of the First Cause Argument; The Ontological Argument; Criticisms of the Ontological Argument; Knowledge, proof, and the existence of God; The Problem of Evil |
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Attempted solutions to the Problem of EvilThe Free Will Defence; Criticisms of the Free Will Defence; The Argument from Miracles; Hume on miracles; The Gambler's Argument: Pascal's Wager; Criticisms of the Gambler's Argument; Non-realism about God; Criticisms of non-realism about God; Faith; Death; Criticism of Epicurus; Would immortality be tedious?; Criticism of the tedium of immortality; Conclusion; Further reading; 2 Right and wrong; Duty-based theories; Christian ethics; Criticisms of Christian ethics; Kantian ethics; Criticisms of Kantian ethics; Consequentialism; Utilitarianism |
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Criticisms of utilitarianismNegative utilitarianism; Criticism of negative utilitarianism; Rule utilitarianism; Virtue theory; Criticisms of virtue theory; Applied ethics; Ethics and meta-ethics; Naturalism; Criticisms of naturalism; Moral relativism; Criticisms of moral relativism; Emotivism; Criticisms of emotivism; Conclusion; Further reading; 3 Animals; Animal suffering; Criticism of animal suffering view; Criticism of Descartes on animal pain; Speciesism; Arguments for speciesism; Anti-speciesism; Criticism of anti-speciesism; Do animals have rights?; Criticism of animal rights |
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Indirect duties to animalsCriticism of indirect duty view; Conclusion; Further reading; 4 Politics; Equality; Equal distribution of money; Criticisms of equal distribution of money; Equal opportunity in employment; Reverse discrimination; Criticisms of reverse discrimination; Political equality: democracy; Direct democracy; Representative democracy; Criticisms of democracy; Freedom; Negative freedom; Criticisms of negative freedom; Positive freedom; Freedom of speech; Criticisms of Mill on free speech; Removing freedom: punishment; Punishment as retribution; Criticisms of retributivism |
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DeterrenceCriticisms of deterrence; Protection of society; Criticisms of protection of society; Reform; Criticisms of reform; Civil disobedience; Criticisms of civil disobedience; Conclusion; Further reading; 5 Appearance and reality; Common-sense realism; Scepticism about the evidence of the senses; The Illusion Argument; Criticisms of the Illusion Argument; Could I be dreaming?; Hallucination; Memory and logic; I think therefore I am; Criticism of the Cogito; Representative realism; Criticisms of representative realism; Idealism; Criticisms of idealism; Phenomenalism |
| Summary |
"Philosophy: The Basics deservedly remains the most recommended introduction to philosophy on the market. Warburton is patient, accurate and, above all, clear. There is no better short introduction to philosophy."--Stephen Law, author of The Philosophy GymPhilosophy: The Basics gently eases the reader into the world of philosophy. Each chapter considers a key area of philosophy, explaining and exploring the basic ideas and themes including:Can you prove God exists?How do we know right from wrong?What are the limits of |
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Criticisms of phenomenalism |
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Print version record |
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Philosophy -- Introductions.
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Metaphysics.
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metaphysics.
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Metaphysics
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Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Introductions
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317813026 |
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1317813022 |
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