Just the Arguments
Subtitle: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy
By: edited by Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: September 2011
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781444336382
Copyright date: 2011
Description: Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiv; label: Introduction
title: Show Me the Arguments
pagenum: 1; title: Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone; label: Part I
title: Philosophy of Religion
pagenum: 7; label: 1
title: Aquinas’ Five Ways
pagenum: 9; title: Timothy J. Pawl; label: 2
title: The Contingency Cosmological Argument
pagenum: 18; title: Mark T. Nelson; label: 3
title: The Kalam Argument for the Existence of God
pagenum: 22; title: Harry Lesser; label: 4
title: The Ontological Argument
pagenum: 25; title: Sara L. Uckelman; label: 5
title: Pascal’s Wager
pagenum: 28; title: Leslie Burkholder; label: 6
title: James’ Will to Believe Argument
pagenum: 32; title: A. T. Fyfe; label: 7
title: The Problem of Evil
pagenum: 35; title: Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone; label: 8
title: The Free Will Defense to the Problem of Evil
pagenum: 37; title: Grant Sterling; label: 9
title: St. Anselm on Free Choice and the Power to Sin
pagenum: 40; title: Julia Hermann; label: 10
title: Hume’s Argument against Miracles
pagenum: 44; title: Tommaso Piazza; label: 11
title: The Euthyphro Dilemma
pagenum: 49; title: David Baggett; label: 12
title: Nietzsche’s Death of God
pagenum: 52; title: Tom Grimwood; label: 13
title: Ockham’s Razor
pagenum: 57; title: Grant Sterling; label: Part II
title: Metaphysics
pagenum: 59; label: 14
title: Parmenides’ Refutation of Change
pagenum: 61; title: Adrian Bardon; label: 15
title: McTaggart’s Argument against the Reality of Time
pagenum: 64; title: M. Joshua Mozersky; label: 16
title: Berkeley’s Master Argument for Idealism
pagenum: 68; title: John M. DePoe; label: 17
title: Kant’s Refutation of Idealism
pagenum: 70; title: Adrian Bardon; label: 18
title: The Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus
pagenum: 73; title: Ludger Jansen; label: 19
title: Lewis’ Argument for Possible Worlds
pagenum: 76; title: David Vander Laan; label: 20
title: A Reductionist Account of Personal Identity
pagenum: 79; title: Fauve Lybaert; label: 21
title: Split-Case Arguments about Personal Identity
pagenum: 86; title: Ludger Jansen; label: 22
title: The Ship of Theseus
pagenum: 88; title: Ludger Jansen; label: 23
title: The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics
pagenum: 90; title: Montserrat Bordes; label: 24
title: A Modern Modal Argument for the Soul
pagenum: 93; title: Rafal Urbaniak and Agnieszka Rostalska; label: 25
title: Two Arguments for the Harmlessness of Death 99 Epicurus’ Death is Nothing to Us Argument
pagenum: 99; title: Steven Luper; title: Lucretius’ Symmetry Argument
pagenum: 100; title: Nicolas Bommarito; label: 26
title: The Existence of Forms: Plato’s Argument from the Possibility of Knowledge
pagenum: 102; title: Jurgis (George) Brakas; label: 27
title: Plato, Aristotle, and the Third Man Argument
pagenum: 106; title: Jurgis (George) Brakas; label: 28
title: Logical Monism
pagenum: 111; title: Luis Estrada-González; label: 29
title: The Maximality Paradox
pagenum: 115; title: Nicola Ciprotti; label: 30
title: An Argument for Free Will
pagenum: 119; title: Gerald Harrison; label: 31
title: Frankfurt’s Refutation of the Principle of Alternative Possibilities
pagenum: 121; title: Gerald Harrison; label: 32
title: Van Inwagen’s Consequence Argument against Compatibilism
pagenum: 123; title: Grant Sterling; label: 33
title: Fatalism
pagenum: 125; title: Fernando Migura and Agustin Arrieta; label: 34
title: Sartre’s Argument for Freedom
pagenum: 128; title: Jeffrey Gordon; label: Part III
title: Epistemology
pagenum: 131; label: 35
title: The Cogito Arguments of Descartes and Augustine
pagenum: 133; title: Descartes’ Cogito
pagenum: 133; title: Joyce Lazier; title: Augustine’s “Si fallor, sum” Argument (If I Am Mistaken, I Exist)
pagenum: 135; title: Brett Gaul; label: 36
title: The Cartesian Dreaming Argument for External-World Skepticism
pagenum: 137; title: Stephen Hetherington; label: 37
title: The Transparency of Experience Argument
pagenum: 142; title: Carlos Mario Muñoz-Suárez; label: 38
title: The Regress Argument for Skepticism
pagenum: 146; title: Scott Aikin; label: 39
title: Moore’s Anti-Skeptical Arguments
pagenum: 152; title: Matthew Frise; label: 40
title: The Bias Paradox
pagenum: 154; title: Deborah Heikes; label: 41
title: Gettier’s Argument against the Traditional Account of Knowledge
pagenum: 156; title: John M. DePoe; label: 42
title: Putnam’s Argument against Cultural Imperialism
pagenum: 159; title: Maria Caamaño; label: 43
title: Davidson on the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
pagenum: 162; title: George Wrisley; label: 44
title: Quine’s Two Dogmas of Empiricism
pagenum: 169; title: Robert Sinclair; label: 45
title: Hume and the Problem of Induction
pagenum: 174; title: Hume’s Problem of Induction
pagenum: 174; title: James E. Taylor; title: Hume’s Negative Argument concerning Induction
pagenum: 176; title: Stefanie Rocknak; label: 46
title: Argument by Analogy in Thales and Anaximenes
pagenum: 180; title: Giannis Stamatellos; label: 47
title: Quine’s Epistemology Naturalized
pagenum: 183; title: Robert Sinclair; label: 48
title: Sellars and the Myth of the Given
pagenum: 188; title: Willem A. deVries; label: 49
title: Sellars’ “Rylean Myth”
pagenum: 193; title: Willem A. deVries; label: 50
title: Aristotle and the Argument to End All Arguments
pagenum: 198; title: Toni Vogel Carey; label: Part IV
title: Ethics
pagenum: 201; label: 51
title: Justice Brings Happiness in Plato’s Republic
pagenum: 203; title: Joshua I. Weinstein; label: 52
title: Aristotle’s Function Argument
pagenum: 208; title: Sean McAleer; label: 53
title: Aristotle’s Argument that Goods are Irreducible
pagenum: 211; title: Jurgis (George) Brakas; label: 54
title: Aristotle’s Argument for Perfectionism
pagenum: 214; title: Eric J. Silverman; label: 55
title: Categorical Imperative as the Source for Morality
pagenum: 217; title: Joyce Lazier; label: 56
title: Kant on Why Autonomy Deserves Respect
pagenum: 221; title: Mark Piper; label: 57
title: Mill’s Proof of Utilitarianism
pagenum: 223; title: A. T. Fyfe; label: 58
title: The Experience Machine Objection to Hedonism
pagenum: 229; title: Dan Weijers; label: 59
title: The Error Theory Argument
pagenum: 232; title: Robert L. Muhlnickel; label: 60
title: Moore’s Open Question Argument
pagenum: 237; title: Bruno Verbeek; label: 61
title: Wolff’s Argument for the Rejection of State Authority
pagenum: 240; title: Ben Saunders; label: 62
title: Nozick’s Taxation Is Forced Labor Argument
pagenum: 242; title: Jason Waller; label: 63
title: Charity is Obligatory
pagenum: 244; title: Joakim Sandberg; label: 64
title: The Repugnant Conclusion
pagenum: 247; title: Joakim Sandberg; label: 65
title: Taurek on Numbers Don’t Count
pagenum: 249; title: Ben Saunders; label: 66
title: Parfit’s Leveling Down Argument against Egalitarianism
pagenum: 251; title: Ben Saunders; label: 67
title: Nozick’s Wilt Chamberlain Argument
pagenum: 254; title: Fabian Wendt; label: 68
title: Liberal Feminism
pagenum: 258; title: Julinna C. Oxley; label: 69
title: Moral Status of Animals from Marginal Cases
pagenum: 263; title: Julia Tanner; label: 70
title: The Ethical Vegetarianism Argument
pagenum: 265; title: Robert L. Muhlnickel; label: 71
title: Thomson and the Famous Violinist
pagenum: 269; title: Leslie Burkholder; label: 72
title: Marquis and the Immorality of Abortion
pagenum: 273; title: Leslie Burkholder; label: 73
title: Tooley on Abortion and Infanticide
pagenum: 275; title: Ben Saunders; label: 74
title: Rachels on Euthanasia
pagenum: 277; title: Leslie Burkholder; label: Part V
title: Philosophy of Mind
pagenum: 281; label: 75
title: Leibniz’ Argument for Innate Ideas
pagenum: 283; title: Byron Kaldis; label: 76
title: Descartes’ Arguments for the Mind–Body Distinction
pagenum: 290; title: Dale Jacquette; label: 77
title: Princess Elisabeth and the Mind–Body Problem
pagenum: 297; title: Jen McWeeny; label: 78
title: Kripke’s Argument for Mind–Body Property Dualism
pagenum: 301; title: Dale Jacquette; label: 79
title: The Argument from Mental Causation for Physicalism
pagenum: 304; title: Amir Horowitz; label: 80
title: Davidson’s Argument for Anomalous Monism
pagenum: 308; title: Amir Horowitz; label: 81
title: Putnam’s Multiple Realization Argument against Type-Physicalism
pagenum: 311; title: Amir Horowitz; label: 82
title: The Supervenience Argument against Non-Reductive Physicalism
pagenum: 314; title: Andrew Russo; label: 83
title: Ryle’s Argument against Cartesian Internalism
pagenum: 318; title: Agustin Arrieta and Fernando Migura; label: 84
title: Jackson’s Knowledge Argument
pagenum: 320; title: Amir Horowitz; label: 85
title: Nagel’s “What Is It Like to Be a Bat” Argument against Physicalism
pagenum: 324; title: Amy Kind; label: 86
title: Chalmer’s Zombie Argument
pagenum: 327; title: Amy Kind; label: 87
title: The Argument from Revelation
pagenum: 330; title: Carlos Mario Muñoz-Suárez; label: 88
title: Searle and the Chinese Room Argument
pagenum: 334; title: Leslie Burkholder; label: Part VI
title: Science and Language
pagenum: 337; label: 89
title: Sir Karl Popper’s Demarcation Argument
pagenum: 339; title: Liz Stillwaggon Swan; label: 90
title: Kuhn’s Incommensurability Arguments
pagenum: 341; title: Liz Stillwaggon Swan and Michael Bruce; label: 91
title: Putnam’s No Miracles Argument
pagenum: 344; title: Liz Stillwaggon Swan; label: 92
title: Galileo’s Falling Bodies
pagenum: 346; title: Liz Stillwaggon Swan; label: 93
title: Eliminative Materialism
pagenum: 348; title: Charlotte Blease; label: 94
title: Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument
pagenum: 350; title: George Wrisley; label: 95
title: Fodor’s Argument for Linguistic Nativism
pagenum: 355; title: Majid Amini; label: 96
title: Fodor and the Impossibility of Learning
pagenum: 359; title: Majid Amini; label: 97
title: Quine on the Indeterminacy of Translation
pagenum: 362; title: Robert Sinclair; label: 98
title: Davidson’s Argument for the Principle of Charity
pagenum: 367; title: Maria Caamaño; label: 99
title: Frege’s Argument for Platonism
pagenum: 370; title: Ivan Kasa; label: 100
title: Mathematical Platonism
pagenum: 373; title: Nicolas Pain; label: Appendix A
title: Learning the Logical Lingo
pagenum: 377; label: Appendix B
title: Rules of Inference and Replacement
pagenum: 378; title: Notes on Contributors
pagenum: 380; title: Index
pagenum: 391