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Praised for its accessibility and comprehensiveness, Philosophy: The Quest for Truth provides an excellent selection of classical and contemporary readings on nineteen key problems in philosophy. Louis Pojman has carefully organized the essays in each section so that they present pro/con dialogues that allow students to compare and contrast the philosophers' positions. Topics covered include the nature of philosophy, the existence of God, immortality, knowledge, the mind-body question, personal identity, free will and determinism, ethics, political philosophy, and the meaning of life. The fifth edition offers selections from Plato, Rene Descartes, John Locke, David Hume, William James, Bertrand Russell, John Hick, John Hospers, and James Rachels--as well as essays by Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Blaise Pascal, Thomas Hobbes, George Berkeley, Immanuel Kant, Gilbert Ryle, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, Alvin Plantinga, and many others.In Philosophy: The Quest for Truth, 5th edition, Pojman offers substantial introductions to each of the nineteen philosophical problems. In addition, each of the seventy-three readings is accompanied by an individual introduction with a biographical sketch of the philosopher, study questions, and reflective questions that challenge students to analyze and critique the material. Short bibliographies following each major section, an appendix on how to read and write philosophy papers, and a detailed glossary further enhance the text's pedagogical value. Invaluable for introductory courses in philosophy, this highly acclaimed text inspires and guides students' quest for wisdom.The fifth edition adds new study questions and nine new articles:* Father F. C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell: "A Debate on the Argument from Contingency"* Corliss Lamont: "Freedom of the Will and Human Responsibility"* Richard Taylor: "Fate"* Louis Pojman: "A Critique of Ethical Egoism"* Robert Paul Wolff: "In Defense of Anarchism"* Brian Barry: "A Cosmopolitan Theory of International Society"* Thomas Nagel: "The Absurd"* Thurgood Marshall: "The Death Penalty Is a Denial of Human Dignity"* Burton Leiser: "The Death Penalty Is Permissible"
目录
New to this edition
Each Part opens with an Introduction and ends with Suggestions for Further Reading
Preface
I What Is Philosophy?
1 Socratic Wisdom Plato
2 Of Enthusiasm and the Quest for Truth John Locke
3 The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell
Excursus: A Little Bit of Logic
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Abductive Reasoning
Some Applications
Fallacies of Reasoning
Logic Exercises
II Philosophy of Religion
II.A Is Belief in God Rationally Justified?
Arguments for the Existence of God
The Cosmological Argument
Pro
4 The Five Ways Thomas Aquinas
5 The Kalam Cosmological Argument and the Anthropic Principle William Lane Craig
Contra
6 A Critique of the Cosmological Argument Paul Edwards
The Teleological Argument
Pro
7 The Watch and the Watchmaker William Paley
Contra
8 A Critique of the Teleological Argument David Hume
The Ontological Argument
Pro et Contra
9 The Ontological Argument St. Anselm and Gaunilo
10 An Analysis of the Ontological Argument William Rowe
II.B Why Is There Evil?
11 Why Is There Evil? Fyodor Dostoevsky
12 Why Doesn't God Intervene to Prevent Evil? B.C. Johnson
13 There Is a Reason Why God Allows Evil John Hick
II.C Is Faith Compatible with Reason?
14 Yes, Faith Is a Logical Bet Blaise Pascal
15 The Ethics of Belief W.K. Clifford
16 The Will to Believe William James
17 A Debate on the Rationality of Religious Belief Antony Flew and R.M. Hare and Basil Mitchell
18 Alvin Plantinga: Religious Belief Without Evidence
III Knowledge
III.A What Can We Know?
Classical Theories of Knowledge
19 Cartesian Doubt and the Search for Foundational Knowledge Rene Descartes
20 The Empiricist Theory of Knowledge John Locke
21 An Idealist Theory of Knowledge George Berkeley
22 The Origin of Our Ideas and Skepticism about Causal Reasoning David Hume
23 An Argument Against Skepticism John Hospers
III.B Truth, Rationality, and Cognitive Relativism
24 The Correspondence Theory of Truth Bertrand Russell
25 The Pragmatic Theory of Truth William James
26 Dismantling Truth: Solidarity versus Objectivity Richard Rorty
27 Postmodernism and Truth Daniel Dennett
IV Philosophy of Mind: The Mind-Body Problem
IV.A What Am I?
A Mind or a Body?
28 Dualistic Interactionism Rene Descartes
29 Exorcising Descartes' "Ghost in the Machine" Gilbert Ryle
30 A Contemporary Defense of Dualism J.P. Moreland
31 On Functionalism and Materialism Paul Churchland
32 What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel
33 Minds, Brains, and Computers John Searle
IV.B Who Am I?
Do We Have Personal Identity?
34 Our Psychological Properties Define the Self John Locke
35 We Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are Identical David Hume
36 Brain Transplants and Personal Identity: A Dialogue Derek Parfit and Godfrey Vesey
IV.C Is There Life after Death?
Am I Immortal?
37 Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul Plato
38 An Argument Against Survival: The Dependence of Consciousness on the Brain Paul Edwards
39 In Defense of Immortality John Hick
V Freedom of the Will and Determinism
Contra
40 We Are Completely Determined Baron d'Holbach
Each Part opens with an Introduction and ends with Suggestions for Further Reading
Preface
I What Is Philosophy?
1 Socratic Wisdom Plato
2 Of Enthusiasm and the Quest for Truth John Locke
3 The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell
Excursus: A Little Bit of Logic
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Abductive Reasoning
Some Applications
Fallacies of Reasoning
Logic Exercises
II Philosophy of Religion
II.A Is Belief in God Rationally Justified?
Arguments for the Existence of God
The Cosmological Argument
Pro
4 The Five Ways Thomas Aquinas
5 The Kalam Cosmological Argument and the Anthropic Principle William Lane Craig
Contra
6 A Critique of the Cosmological Argument Paul Edwards
The Teleological Argument
Pro
7 The Watch and the Watchmaker William Paley
Contra
8 A Critique of the Teleological Argument David Hume
The Ontological Argument
Pro et Contra
9 The Ontological Argument St. Anselm and Gaunilo
10 An Analysis of the Ontological Argument William Rowe
II.B Why Is There Evil?
11 Why Is There Evil? Fyodor Dostoevsky
12 Why Doesn't God Intervene to Prevent Evil? B.C. Johnson
13 There Is a Reason Why God Allows Evil John Hick
II.C Is Faith Compatible with Reason?
14 Yes, Faith Is a Logical Bet Blaise Pascal
15 The Ethics of Belief W.K. Clifford
16 The Will to Believe William James
17 A Debate on the Rationality of Religious Belief Antony Flew and R.M. Hare and Basil Mitchell
18 Alvin Plantinga: Religious Belief Without Evidence
III Knowledge
III.A What Can We Know?
Classical Theories of Knowledge
19 Cartesian Doubt and the Search for Foundational Knowledge Rene Descartes
20 The Empiricist Theory of Knowledge John Locke
21 An Idealist Theory of Knowledge George Berkeley
22 The Origin of Our Ideas and Skepticism about Causal Reasoning David Hume
23 An Argument Against Skepticism John Hospers
III.B Truth, Rationality, and Cognitive Relativism
24 The Correspondence Theory of Truth Bertrand Russell
25 The Pragmatic Theory of Truth William James
26 Dismantling Truth: Solidarity versus Objectivity Richard Rorty
27 Postmodernism and Truth Daniel Dennett
IV Philosophy of Mind: The Mind-Body Problem
IV.A What Am I?
A Mind or a Body?
28 Dualistic Interactionism Rene Descartes
29 Exorcising Descartes' "Ghost in the Machine" Gilbert Ryle
30 A Contemporary Defense of Dualism J.P. Moreland
31 On Functionalism and Materialism Paul Churchland
32 What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel
33 Minds, Brains, and Computers John Searle
IV.B Who Am I?
Do We Have Personal Identity?
34 Our Psychological Properties Define the Self John Locke
35 We Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are Identical David Hume
36 Brain Transplants and Personal Identity: A Dialogue Derek Parfit and Godfrey Vesey
IV.C Is There Life after Death?
Am I Immortal?
37 Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul Plato
38 An Argument Against Survival: The Dependence of Consciousness on the Brain Paul Edwards
39 In Defense of Immortality John Hick
V Freedom of the Will and Determinism
Contra
40 We Are Completely Determined Baron d'Holbach
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