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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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This is Philosophy |
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This is Philosophy
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Title page; Copyright page; Contents; How to Use This Book; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Ethics: Preliminary Theories; The Normative Universe; Is Morality Just Acting on Principles?; Divine Command Theory (Is Morality Just What God Tells Me to Do?); Egoism (Is Morality Just My Own Personal Code?); Psychological and ethical egoism; Objections to ethical egoism; Moral Relativism (Is Morality Just How Society Says We Should Act?); Descriptive and moral relativism; Criticism objection; Annotated Bibliography; Online Resources; 2: Ethics: The Big Three Theories |
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Utilitarianism (Is Morality Doing What I Can to Make This the Best World Possible?)Consequentialism and hedonism; Measuring pains and pleasures; Quality and quantity; Objections to utilitarianism; Deontology, or Kantianism (Is There an Absolute Moral Law?); Imperatives and good motives; Categorical imperative (version 1); Categorical imperative (version 2); Objections to deontology; Virtue Ethics (Is Morality All about Having a Virtuous Character?); What is virtue?; What is character?; Objections to virtue ethics; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography; Online Resources; 3: God; Faith |
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Faith as confidenceFaith as belief without reason; The Attributes of God; Why There Is a God; The argument from scripture; The ontological argument; The cosmological argument; The teleological argument or the argument from design; Pascal's wager; Why There Is No God; Proving a negative; The argument from religious pluralism; The problem of evil; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography; Online Resources; 4: Freedom; Why There Is No Free Will, Part 1: Divine Foreknowledge; Presentation of the argument; Objection 1: Atheism and agnosticism; Objection 2: Aristotle's answer |
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Why There Is No Free Will, Part 2: A Regress of Reasons for ActingPrevious decisions vs. outside forces; The regress of reasons argument against free will; The digger wasp; Why There Is No Free Will, Part 3: The Dilemma Argument; The threat of determinism; Will randomness make us free?; The dilemma argument against free will; Free will and moral responsibility; Agent causation; Compatibilism; The Feeling of Freedom; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography; Online Resources; 5: Self; The Problem of Difference and the Problem of Sameness; The problem of difference; The problem of sameness |
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Preliminary PositionsThe luz bone; Fingerprints; DNA; The Soul Criterion; Conceptions of the soul; Objections to the supernatural soul criterion; The Physicalist Criterion; Abigail-the case of ordinary aging; Closest physical continuer relation; Kenny-the case of loss; Brain transplants; The Psychological Criterion; Closest psychological continuer relation; The Bundle Theory; Split-brain surgery; Buddha and Hume; The Sex Pistols; Conclusion; Annotated Bibliography; Online Resources; 6: Mind; The Rare and Mysterious Mind; First Theory of the Mind: Substance Dualism |
| Summary |
This is Philosophy: An Introduction offers an engagingly written introduction to philosophical concepts that include ethics, the existence of God, free will, personal identity, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. Conveys the excitement and importance of philosophy while explaining difficult concepts clearly for the average undergraduateLinks throughout to supplemental materials and freely available online primary sourcesFeatures online student and instructor resources, including a 175-question test bank and answer key, 40 PowerPoint lectures, a glossar |
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Physical and mental substances |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Philosophy -- Introductions.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Reference.
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Philosophy
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Introductions
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118327807 |
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1118327802 |
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9780470658833 |
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0470658835 |
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9781299158184 |
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1299158188 |
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9781118327814 |
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1118327810 |
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