Just the Arguments
Subtitle: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Format: eBook (Wiley Online Library)
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781444344431
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