Reason and responsibility : readings in some basic problems of philosophy
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Reason and responsibility : readings in some basic problems of philosophy
Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1999
10th ed
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The tenth edition of this topically-organized anthology provides a balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with attention to opposing points of view.
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PART ONE: REASON AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF. Introduction. The Existence and Nature of God. Saint Anselm: The Ontological Argument, from Proslogium. William L. Rowe: The Ontological Argument. Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways, from Summa Theologica. Samuel Clarke: A Modern Formulation of the Cosmological Argument, from A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. William L. Rowe: The Cosmological Argument. William Paley: The Argument from Design, from Natural Theology. Stephen J. Gould: The Panda's Thumb, from The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. Stephen J. Gould: Senseless Signs of History, from The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, II-XI. Deborah Mathieu: Male Chauvinist Religion. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL. Fyodor Dostoevsky, Rebellion: from The Brothers Karamazov. J. L. Mackie: Evil and Omnipotence. Peter Van Inwagen: The Magnitude: Duration and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy. REASON AND FAITH. W. K. Clifford: The Ethics of Belief. Blaise Pascal: The Wager, from Pensees. William G. Lycan and George N. Schlesinger: You Bet Your Life: Pascal's Wager Defended. William James: The Will to Believe. PART TWO: HUMAN KNOWLEDGE: ITS GROUNDS AND LIMITS. Introduction. PHILOSOPHICAL DOUBT. John Pollock: A Brain in a Vat. Roderick Chisholm: The Problem of the Criterion. OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD. Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy (complete). John Locke: The Causal Theory of Perception, from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. George Berkeleyz: Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (complete). SKEPTICISM AND THE METHODS OF SCIENCE. David Hume: An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, II, IV-VII. Wesley C. Salmon: An Encounter with David Hume. WHAT IS SCIENCE? John Maynard Smith: Science and Myth. Judge William R. Overton: The Opinion in McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education. COPING WITH SKEPTICISM. Charles Sanders Pierce: The Fixation of Belief. Charles Sanders Pierce: Some Consequences of Four Incapacities. PART THREE: MIND AND ITS PLACE IN NATURE. Introduction. THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM. Jerome A. Shaffer: The Subject of Consciousness: from Philosophy of Mind. Paul M. Churchland: Behaviorism, Materialism, and Functionalism, from Matter and Consciousness. Frank Jackson: The Qualia Problem. CAN NON-HUMANS THINK? John R. Searle: Minds, Brains, and Programs, from The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. William G. Lycan: Robots and Minds. Colin Allen: Star Witness. PERSONAL IDENTITY AND THE SURVIVAL OF DEATH. Daniel C. Dennett: Where Am I?, from Brainstorms. Terence Penelhum: Survival: The Problem of Identity. John Perry: A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality. PART FOUR: DETERMINISM: FREE WILL AND RESPONSIBILITY. Introduction. HARD DETERMINISM: THE CASE FOR DETERMINISM AND ITS INCOMPATIBILITY WITH ANY IMPORTANT SENSE OF FREE WILL. Paul Holbach: The Illusion of Free Will, from System of Nature. (Part contents).
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