Classic philosophical questions
By: edited by James A. Gould, Robert J. Mulvaney.
Contributors: Gould, James A., 1922-; Mulvaney, Robert J.
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Philosophy -- Introductions.; Philosophy.
Genres: Introductions.
Work titles: shit
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: class: section
title: Plato and the trial of socrates; class: section
title: What is philosophy?; class: section
title: Euthyphro : defining philosophical terms; class: section
title: The apology, Phaedo, and crito : the trial, immortality, and death of Socrates; class: section
title: The value of philosophy; class: section
title: What is the value of philosophy?; class: section
title: Russell : the value of philosophy; class: section
title: What is the best approach to philosophy?; class: section
title: Peirce : four approaches to philosophy; class: section
title: Feigl : the scientific approach; class: section
title: Philosophy of religion; class: section
title: Can we prove God exists?; class: section
title: St. Anselm : the ontological argument; class: section
title: St. Thomas Aquinas : critique of Anselm and the cosmological argument; class: section
title: Paley : the teleological argument; class: section
title: Pascal : it is better to believe in God's existence; class: section
title: Than to deny it; class: section
title: Kierkegaard : faith, not logic, is the basis of belief; class: section
title: Does the idea of a good God exclude evil?; class: section
title: Hume : a good God would exclude evil; class: section
title: Hick : God can allow some evil; class: section
title: Ethics; class: section
title: Are humans free?; class: section
title: Holbach : humans are determined; class: section
title: James : humans are free; class: section
title: Are ethics relative?; class: section
title: Benedict : ethics are relative; class: section
title: Stace : ethics are not relative; class: section
title: Are humans always selfish?; class: section
title: Humans are always selfish : Glaucon's challenge to Socrates; class: section
title: Rachels : humans are not always selfish; class: section
title: Which is basic in ethics : happiness or obligation?; class: section
title: Aristotle : happiness is living virtuously; class: section
title: Bentham : happiness is seeking the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people; class: section
title: Kant : duty is prior to happiness; class: section
title: Nietzsche : happiness is having power; class: section
title: Sartre : existentialist ethics; class: section
title: Held : feminist ethics are different; class: section
title: Knowledge; class: section
title: What is knowledge?; class: section
title: Plato : knowledge is "warranted, true belief"; class: section
title: How do we acquire knowledge?; class: section
title: Descartes : knowledge is not ultimately sense knowledge; class: section
title: Locke : knowledge is ultimately sensed; class: section
title: Kant : knowledge is both rational and empirical; class: section
title: How is truth established?; class: section
title: Russell : truth is established by correspondence; class: section
title: Bradley : truth is established by coherence; class: section
title: James : truth is established on pragmatic grounds; class: section
title: Can we know the nature of causal relations?; class: section
title: Hume : cause means regular association; class: section
title: Hume : there are no possible grounds for induction; class: section
title: Metaphysics; class: section
title: Parmenides : being is uncaused; class: section
title: Lao Tzu : non-being is the source of being; class: section
title: Is reality general or particular?; class: section
title: Plato : universals are real; class: section
title: Hume : particulars are real; class: section
title: Of what does reality consist?; class: section
title: Descartes : reality consists of mind and matter; class: section
title: Taylor : reality consists of matter; class: section
title: Berkeley : reality consists of ideas; class: section
title: Dewey : reality consists of mental and physical qualities; class: section
title: Do humans have an identical self?; class: section
title: Locke : human beings have an identical self; class: section
title: Hume : human beings have no identical self; class: section
title: Social and political philosophy; class: section
title: What is freedom?; class: section
title: Dostoevski : freedom and authority; class: section
title: Mill : freedom is independence from the majority's tyranny; class: section
title: King : freedom and racial prejudice; class: section
title: King : feminism in the new millennium; class: section
title: Which government is best?; class: section
title: Hobbes : monarchy is best; class: section
title: Locke : liberal democracy is best; class: section
title: Marx : communism and nonalienated labor is best; class: section
title: Tocqueville : the limitations of democracy; class: section
title: Popper : utopias lead to violence; class: section
title: Applied social and ethical problems; class: section
title: The abortion issue; class: section
title: English :  are most abortionse moral; class: section
title: The pornography issue; class: section
title: Ward : should pornography be censored?; class: section
title: The homosexuality issue; class: section
title: Gould : is homosexuality unnatural or immoral?; class: section
title: The animal rights issue; class: section
title: Singer : do animals have rights?; class: section
title: Aesthetics; class: section
title: Are artistic judgments subjective?; class: section
title: Ducasse : tastes cannot be disputed; class: section
title: Beardsley : tastes can be disputed; class: section
title: What is the function of art?; class: section
title: Aristotle : art purges the emotions; class: section
title: Collingwood : magic or amusement?; class: section
title: The meaning of life; class: section
title: What gives life meaning?; class: section
title: Tolstoy : faith provides life's meaning; class: section
title: Camus : each person determines his or her life's meaning.; class: section