Questions that matter : an invitation to philosophy
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Questions that matter : an invitation to philosophy
McGraw-Hill, c1992
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book offers an introduction to the major topics and fields of philosophy. While topically organized, presentations also reveal the historical development of philosophical ideas and figures. Primary source readings are woven into text discussions. New to the third edition are a philosophical dictionary, a timeline/map, and expanded coverage of Eastern philosophy and women.
Table of Contents
- The nature of philosophy
- what is philosophy?
- a little logic. Part 1 The question of reality: the idea of form
- mind and matter
- materialism
- the way of reason
- the way of experience. Part 2 The question of knowledge
- the problem of certainty. Part 3 The question of God
- God and the world
- religious experience
- God and evil. Part 4 The question of morality: challenges to morality
- utilitarianism
- the role of duty. Part 5 The question of society
- liberalism vs. Marxism.
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