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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Belmont, CA [u.a.] Wadsworth 1999
Edition:	4. ed.
Subjects:	Philosophie Philosophy > Introductions Einführung Quelle
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Physical Description:	XII, 644 S.
ISBN:	0534551874

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adam_text	PHILOSOPHY The Quest for Truth FOURTH EDITION Louis P Pojman United States Military Academy at West Point Wadsworth Publishing Company l(T)P An International Thomson Publishing Company Belmont, CA • Albany, NY • Boston • Cincinnati • Johannesburg • London • Madrid • Melbourne Mexico City • New York • Pacific Grove, CA • Scottsdale, AZ • Singapore • Tokyo • Toronto Contents I What is Philosophy? 1 Introduction 2 1 Plato: Socratic Wisdom 6 2 Bertrand Russell: The Value of Philosophy 18 Excursus: A Little Bit of Logic 23 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning 23 Abductive Reasoning 28 Some Applications 30 Fallacies of Reasoning 31 Suggestions for Further Reading 37 II Philosophy of Religion 39 Is Belief in God Rationally Justified? Arguments for the Existence of God 41 The Cosmological Argument 41 Pro 3 Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways 42 Contra 4 Paul Edwards: A Critique of the Cosmological Argument 46 The Teleological Argument 55 Pro 5 William Paley: The Watch and the Watchmaker 57 Contra 6 David Hume: A Critique of the Teleological Argument 60 The Ontological Argument 67 Pro et contra 7 St Anselm and Gaunilo: The Ontological Argument 68 Why Is There Evil? 71 8 Fyodor Dostoevski: Why Is There Evil? 73 9BC Johnson: Why Doesn t God Intervene to Prevent Evil? 77 10 John Hick: There Is a Reason Why God Allows Evil 82 Contents ix If Faith Compatible with Reason ? 87 11 Blaise Pascal: Yes, Faith is a Logical Bet 88 12 W K Clifford: The Ethics of Belief 91 13 William James: The Will to Believe 97 14 Antony Flew, R M Hare, and Basil Mitchell: A Debate on the Rationality of Religious Belief 106 15 Alvin Plantinga: Religious Belief Without Evidence 113 Suggestions for Further Reading 125 III Knowledge 127 What Can We Know? Classical Theories of Knowledge 128 16 Rene Descartes: Cartesian Doubt and die Search for Foundational Knowledge 129 17 John Locke: The Empiricist Theory of Knowledge 135 18 George Berkeley: An Idealist Theory of Knowledge 147 19 David Hume: The Origin of Our Ideas and Skepticism about Causal Reasoning 157 Skepticism: Can We Know Anything? 166 Contra 20 Keith Lehrer: Why Not Skepticism? 166 Pro 21 John Hospers: Argument Against Skepticism 172 Truth, Rationality, and Cognitive Relativism 180 22 Bertrand Russell: The Correspondence Theory of Truth 182 23 William James: The Pragmatic Theory of Truth 187 24 Richard Rorty: Dismantling Truth: Solidarity versus Objectivity 197 25 Margarita R Levin: Upholding Truth: Objectivity versus Solidarity 204 Suggestions for Further Reading 216 IV Philosophy of Mind: The Mind-Body Problem 217 What Am I? A Mind or a Body? 218 26 Rene Descartes: Dualist Interactionism 221 27 Gilbert Ryle: Exorcizing Descartes Ghost in the Machine 228 28 J P Moreland: A Contemporary Defense of Dualism 234 29 Paul Churchland: On Functionalism and Materialism 245 30 Thomas Nagel: What Is It Like To Be a Bat? 261 31 John Searle: Minds, Brains, and Computers 269 Who Am I? Do We Have Personal Identity? 277 Pro 32 John Locke: Our Psychological Properties Define the Self 281 CONTENTS Contra 33 David Hume: We Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are Identical 285 34 Derek Parfit and Godfrey Vesey: Brain Transplants and Personal Identity: A Dialogue 288 Is there Life After Death? Am I Immortal? 294 Pro 35 Plato: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul 295 Contra 36 Paul Edwards: An Argument Against Survival: The Dependence of Consciousness on the Brain 300 Pro 37 John Hick: In Defense of Immortality 309 Suggestions for Further Reading 316 V Freedom of the Will and Determinism 319 Determinism (Sometimes called Hard Determinism) 320 Libertarianism 322 Compatibilism (How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too) 324 Contra 38 Baron d Holbach: We Are Completely Determined 325 Pro 39 William James: The Dilemma of Determinism 331 Pro and contra 40 W T Stace: Compatibilism 341 Contra 41 John Hospers: A Psychoanalytic Defense of Hard Determinism 347 Pro 42 Richard Taylor: A Contemporary Defense of Free Will 356 Suggestions for Further Reading 364 VI Ethics 365 What is Ethics? 366 Are There Any Moral Absolutes or Is Morality Completely Relative? 369 43 Ruth Benedict: Morality is Relative 370 44 James Rachels: Morality Is Not Relative 375 Contents xi Ethics and Egoism: Why Should We Be Moral? 384 45 Plato: Why Should I Be Moral? Gyges Ring and Socrates Dilemma 385 46 Ayn Rand: In Defense of Ethical Egoism 391 47 James Rachels: A Critique of Ethical Egoism 398 Which Is the Correct Ethical Theory? 407 48 Aristotle: The Ethics of Virtue 407 49 Immanuel Kant: The Moral Law 418 50 John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism 430 51 William Frankena: A Reconciliation of Two Systems of Ethics 437 52 Jean-Paul Sartre: Existentialist Ethics 446 53: Friedrich Nietzsche: The Ethics of Nobility 453 Suggestions for Further Reading 461 VII Political Philosophy 463 Why Should I Obey the Government? What Is the Justification of Political Authority? 464 54 Thomas Hobbes: The Absolutist Answer 465 55 John Locke: The Democratic Answer 476 56 John Stuart Mill: A Classical Liberal Answer: Government Must Promote Freedom 482 57 John Hospers: The Libertarian Answer 487 58 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Answer 493 59 John Rawls: The Contemporary Liberal Answer 503 Suggestions for Further Reading 513 VIII What Is the Meaning of Life? 515 60 Epicurus: Moderate Hedonism 517 61 Epictetus: Stoicism: Enchiridion 523 62 Albert Camus: Life is Absurd 532 63 Lois Hope Walker: Religion Gives Meaning to Life 537 64 W T Stace: There is Meaning in Absurdity 541 65 Bertrand Russell: Reflections on Suffering 549 Suggestions for Further Reading 551 IX Philosophy in Action 553 Is Abortion Morally Permissible? 554 Contra 66 John T Noonan, Jr : Abortion is Not Morally Permissible 555 Xli CONTENTS Pro 67 Mary Anne Warren: Abortion is Morally Permissible 560 Pro et Contra 68 Jane English: The Moderate Position: Beyond the Personhood Argument 566 Is the Death Penalty Morally Permissible? 573 Pro 69 Louis P Pojman: Yes, the Death Penalty Is Morally Permissible 574 Contra 70 Hugo Adam Bedau: No, die Death Penalty Is Not Morally Permissible 581 Do Animals Have Rights? 591 Pro 71 Peter Singer: The Case for Animal Liberation 593 Contra 72 Carl Cohen: The Case Against Animal Rights 597 Is Affirmative Action Morally Justified? 601 Pro 73 Albert Mosley: The Case for Affirmative Action 604 Contra 74 Louis P Pojman: The Case Against Strong Affirmative Action 615 Suggestions for Further Reading 629 Conclusion 630 75 John Locke: Of Enthusiasm and the Quest to Truth 630 Appendix: How to Read and Write a Philosophy Paper 637 Glossary 640
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