Living Issues in Philosophy
Edition: Ninth edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780195155099
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What is philosophy? The task of philosophy; title: Part one: The nature of human nature. Human nature: what is it?; title: The self; title: The mind; title: The freedom to choose; title: Part two: The realm of values. The meaning of values; title: Ethics and morality; title: Invidividual and social morality; title: Part three: Knowledge and science. The sources of knowledge; title: The nature and tests of knowledge; title: Science and philosophy; title: Part four: Philosophical perspectives. Naturalism; title: Idealism and realism; title: Pragmatism; title: Analytic philosophy; title: Existentialism, phenomenology, and process philosophy; title: Part five: Religion: East and West. The nature of religion; title: Belief in God; title: Asian thought; title: Concluding reflection