Philosophy : basic readings

Author(s)

• Warburton, Nigel

Bibliographic Information

Philosophy : basic readings

edited by Nigel Warburton

Routledge, 1999

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-441) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Ideal readings for anyone coming to philosophy for the first time. Nigel Warburton brings philosophy to life with an imaginative selection of philosophical writings on key topics. These carefully chosen readings are easy to understand, are accessible and will give the reader a thorough understanding of philosophy. Each chapter considers a key area of philosophy grouped under the following themes: * What is philosophy? *God * Right and wrong * Politics * The external world * Mind * Science * Art Each theme in this book complements the sections in Philosophy: The Basics with a selection of readings. This is an ideal introduction to key philosophical texts for students.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Philosophy? 1. What Makes Someone a Philosopher? Mary Warnock 2. Analytic Philosophy D.H. Mellor 3. The Method of Philosophy A.J. Ayer 4. The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell Section 1: God 1. The WagerBlaise Pascal 2. Proofs of God Martin Gardner 3. Evil and Omnipotence J.L. Mackie 4. Why God Allows Evil Richard Swimburne 5. Of Miracles David Hume 6. Viruses of the Mind Richard Dawkins Section 2: Right and Wrong 1. The Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant 2. The Experience Machine Robert Nozick 3. Higher and Lower Pleasures John Stuart Mill 4. A Critique of Utilitarianism Bernard Williams 5. The Solzhenitsyn Principle Jonathan Glover 6. Neo-Aristolelianism Rosalind Hursthouse 7. A Defence of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson 8. Moral Luck Thomas Nagel 9. Relativism Bernard Williams Section 3: Politics 1. The Natural Condition of MankindThomas Hobbes 2. Two Concepts of Liberty Isiah Berlin 3. Freedom to Box Nigel Warburton 4. Discrimination and Sexual Justice Janet Radcliffe Richards 5. Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King jr 6. All Animals are Equal Peter Singer Section 4: The External World 1. Of the Things we may Doubt Rene Descartes 2. Descartes Bernard Williams and Bryan Magee 3. Colours George Berkeley 4. Of the Origin of Ideas David Hume 5. Epistemology Naturalised - Nature Know Thyself Alex Orenstein Section 5: Mind 1. The Diary and The Beetle in the Box Ludwig Wittgenstein 2. Sensations and Brain Processes J.J.C. Smart 3. Minds, Brains and Programs John Searle 4. What is it Like to be a Bat? Thomas Nagel 5. Where am I? Daniel C. Dennett Section 6: Science 1. The Problem of Demarcation Karl Popper 2. Anomaly and the Emergence of Scientific Discoveries Thomas Kuhn 3. How to Defend Society Against Science Paul Feyerabend 4. Feyerabend: Anything Goes Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont Section 7: Art 1. Significant Form Clive Bell 2. The Intentional Fallacy Wimsatt and Beardsley 3. Of the Standard of Taste David Hume 4. What is Wrong with a Forgery Alfred Lessing 5. Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote Jorge Luis Borges Further Reading Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA41412760
• ISBN:
  • 0415187206
• LCCN: 98041074
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 449 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD21
  • DC21 : 100
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philosophy -- Introductions