{"product_id":"western-philosophy-isbn-9781119165729","title":"Western Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of this celebrated anthology surveys the Western philosophical tradition from its origins in ancient Greece to the work of today’s leading philosophers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Philosophy: An Anthology \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an authoritative guided tour through the great tradition of Western philosophical thought. The seminal writings of the great philosophers along with more recent readings of contemporary interest are explored in 144 substantial and carefully chosen extracts, each preceded by a lucid introduction, guiding readers through the history of a diverse range of key arguments, and explaining how important theories fit into the unfolding story of Western philosophical inquiry. Broad in scope, the anthology covers all the main branches of philosophy: theory of knowledge and metaphysics, logic and language, philosophy of mind, the self and freedom, religion and science, moral philosophy, political theory, aesthetics, and the meaning of life, all in self-contained parts which can be worked on by students and instructors independently.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition of the Anthology contains newly incorporated classic texts from thinkers such as Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, William James, and Wittgenstein. Each of the 144 individual extracts is now followed by sample questions focusing on the key philosophical problems raised by the excerpt, and accompanied by detailed further reading suggestions that include up-to-date links to online resources. Also new to this edition is an introductory essay written by John Cottingham, which offers advice to students on how to read and write about a philosophical text.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart of th\u003ci\u003ee Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies \u003c\/i\u003eseries,\u003ci\u003e Western Philosophy: An Anthology, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains an indispensable collection of classic source materials and expert insights for both beginning and advanced university students in a wide range of philosophy courses. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuidance for Readers and Format of the Volume xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay: How to Read a Philosophical Text and How to Write about It xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Knowledge and Certainty 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Innate Knowledge Plato, Meno 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Knowledge versus Opinion Plato, Republic 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Demonstrative Knowledge and Its Starting points Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 New Foundations for Knowledge René Descartes, Meditations 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Senses as the Basis of Knowledge John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Innate Knowledge Defended Gottfried Leibniz, New Essays on Human Understanding 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Scepticism versus Human Nature David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Experience and Understanding Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 From Sense-certainty to Self-consciousness Georg Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Beliefs Judged by Their Practical Effects William James, What Pragmatism Means 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Against Scepticism G. E. Moore, A Defence of Common Sense 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation? Wilfrid Sellars, The Myth of the Given 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Being and Reality 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Allegory of the Cave Plato, Republic 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Individual Substance Aristotle, Categories 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Supreme Being and Created Things René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Qualities and Ideas John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Substance, Life and Activity Gottfried Leibniz, New System 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Nothing Outside the Mind George Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Limits of Metaphysical Speculation David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Metaphysics, Old and New Immanuel Kant, Prolegomena 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Reality as Flux Alfred Whitehead, Process and Reality, and Science and the Modern World 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Being and Involvement Martin Heidegger, Being and Time 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The End of Metaphysics? Rudolf Carnap, The Elimination of Metaphysics 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Problem of Ontology W. V. O. Quine, On What There Is 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Language and Meaning 150\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Meanings of Words Plato, Cratylus 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Language and Its Acquisition Augustine, Confessions 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Thought, Language and Its Components William of Ockham, Writings on Logic 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Language, Reason and Animal Utterance René Descartes, Discourse on the Method 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Abstract General Ideas John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Particular Ideas and General Meaning George Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Denotation versus Connotation John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Names and Their Meaning Gottlob Frege, Sense and Reference 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Definite and Indefinite Descriptions Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Meaning and Use Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Blue and Brown Books 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Non-descriptive Uses of Language J. L. Austin, Performative Utterances 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 How the Reference of Terms is Fixed Saul Kripke, Naming and Necessity 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Mind and Body 214 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Immortal Soul Plato, Phaedo 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Soul and Body, Form and Matter Aristotle, De Anima 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Human Soul Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Non-material Mind or Soul and Its Relation to the Body René Descartes, Discourse and Meditations 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Identity of Mind and Body Benedict Spinoza, Ethics 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Mind–Body Correlations Nicolas Malebranche, Dialogues on Metaphysics 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Body and Mind as Manifestations of Will Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Idea 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Problem of Other Minds John Stuart Mill, An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Hallmarks of Mental Phenomena Franz Brentano, Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Myth of the ‘Ghost in the Machine’ Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Mental States as Functional States Hilary Putnam, Psychological Predicates 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Subjective Dimension of Consciousness Thomas Nagel, What is it Like to be a Bat? 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Self and Freedom 290\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) The Self\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Self and Consciousness John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Self as Primitive Concept Joseph Butler, Of Personal Identity 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Self as Bundle David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Partly Hidden Self Sigmund Freud, Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Liberation from the Self Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Selfhood and Narrative Understanding Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Human Freedom and Divine Providence Augustine, The City of God 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Freedom to Do What We Want Thomas Hobbes, Liberty, Necessity and Chance 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Free Will as the Power of Rational Agency Thomas Reid, Essays on the Active Powers of Man 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Absolute Determinism Pierre-Simon de Laplace, Philosophical Essay on Probability 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Condemned to Be Free Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Freedom, Responsibility and the Ability to Do Otherwise Harry G. Frankfurt, Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI God and Religion 363 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 God Cannot Be Thought Not to Exist Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Five Proofs of God Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 God as Source of My Idea of the Infinite René Descartes, Meditations 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 God’s Existence Derived from His Nature or Essence René Descartes, Meditations 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Wager Blaise Pascal, Pensées 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Problem of Evil Gottfried Leibniz, Theodicy 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Argument from Design David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Against Miracles David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Faith and Subjectivity Søren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Reason, Passion and the Religious Hypothesis William James, The Will to Believe 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Meaning of Religious Language John Wisdom, Gods 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Many Paths to the Same Ultimate Reality? John Hick, Problems of Religious Pluralism 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Science and Method 432\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Four Types of Explanation Aristotle, Physics 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Experimental Methods and True Causes Francis Bacon, Novum Organum 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Mathematical Science and the Control of Nature René Descartes, Discourse on the Method 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Limits of Scientific Explanation George Berkeley, On Motion 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Problem of Induction David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Relation Between Cause and Effect David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Causality and our Experience of Events Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Uniformity of Nature John Stuart Mill, System of Logic 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Science and Falsifiability Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations 479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How Explaining Works Carl G. Hempel, Explanation in Science and History 486\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Scientific Realism Versus Instrumentalism Grover Maxwell, The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Change and Crisis in Science Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Morality and the Good Life 510\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Morality and Happiness Plato, Republic 512\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ethical Virtue Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Morality and Natural Law Aquinas, Summa Theologiae 522\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Virtue, Reason and the Passions Benedict Spinoza, Ethics 528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Human Feeling as the Source of Ethics David Hume, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Duty and Reason as the Ultimate Principle Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Happiness as the Foundation of Morality John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism 546\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Utility and Common-sense Morality Henry Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics 552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Against Conventional Morality Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil 559\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Duty and Intuition W. D. Ross, The Right and the Good 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ethics as Rooted in History and Culture Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue 571\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Could Ethics Be Objective? Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy 577\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Problems in Ethics 583\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Inequality, Freedom and Slavery Aristotle, Politics 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 War and Justice Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae 590\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Taking One’s Own Life David Hume, On Suicide 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gender, Liberty and Equality Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women 599\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Partiality and Favouritism William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice 604\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Status of Non-human Animals Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics 608\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Purpose of Punishment Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Our Relationship to the Environment Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic 618\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Abortion and Rights Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, and Patrick Lee \u0026amp; Robert P. George, The Wrong of Abortion 624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Relief of Global Suffering Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence and Morality 632\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Medical Ethics and the Termination of Life James Rachels, Active and Passive Euthanasia 638\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Cloning, Sexual Reproduction and Genetic Engineering Leon R. Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance 644\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Authority and the State 654\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Our Obligation to Respect the Laws of the State Plato, Crito 656\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Just Ruler Thomas Aquinas, On Princely Government 661\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Power and Control Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince 665\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Sovereignty and Security Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan 672\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Consent and Political Obligation John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government 678\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Against Contractarianism David Hume, Of the Original Contract 684\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Society and the Individual Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract 690\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Unified State – From Individual Desire to Rational Self-determination Georg Hegel, The Philosophy of Right 697\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Property, Labour and Alienation Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology 703\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Limits of Majority Rule John Stuart Mill, On Liberty 710\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rational Choice and Fairness John Rawls, A Theory of Justice 716\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Minimal State Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia 723\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Beauty and Art 731\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Art and Imitation Plato, Republic 733\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Nature and Function of Dramatic Art Aristotle, Poetics 739\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Idea of Beauty Francis Hutcheson, Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design 745\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Aesthetic Appreciation David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste 750\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Concept of the Beautiful Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement 757\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Metaphysics of Beauty Arthur Schopenhauer, On Aesthetics 763\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Two Faces of Art Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy 769\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Value of Art Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? 776\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Imagination and Art Jean-Paul Sartre, The Psychology of Imagination 781\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 What Is Aesthetics? Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lectures on Aesthetics 788\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Meaning of a Literary Work W. K. Wimsatt Jr. and M. C. Beardsley, The Intentional Fallacy 793\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Basis of Judgements of Taste Frank Sibley, Aesthetic Concepts 801\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII Human Life and Its Meaning 808\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 How to Accept Reality and Avoid Fear Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe 810\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Life Guided by Stoic Philosophy Seneca, Moral Letters 814\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Meaning through Service to Others Augustine, Confessions 818\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Contentment with the Human Lot Michel de Montaigne, On Experience 821\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Human Condition, Wretched yet Redeemable Blaise Pascal, Pensées 826\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Human Life as a Meaningless Struggle Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Vanity of Existence 831\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Death of God and the Ascendancy of the Will Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra 836\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Idealism in a Godless Universe Bertrand Russell, A Free Man’s Worship 841\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Futility and Defiance Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus 848\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Involvement versus Detachment Thomas Nagel, The Absurd 851\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Religious Belief as Necessary for Meaning William Lane Craig, The Absurdity of Life without God 861\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Seeing Our Lives as Part of the Process Robert Nozick, Philosophy’s Life 868\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground Reading and Reference 873\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Philosophers 879\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 898\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN COTTINGHAM\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, and an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford University. He is the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eDescartes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rationalists\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Meaning of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. He is co-translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Writings of Descartes\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published numerous articles on the history of philosophy, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. Professor Cottingham is former Chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy and President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion, and was for many years editor of \u003ci\u003eRatio\u003c\/i\u003e, the international journal of analytic philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“In this one volume is found an extraordinary distillation of the whole history of Western thought. It’s hard to conceive of a better resource for anyone who is either approaching this material anew or seeking to fill old gaps in their knowledge.”\u003cbr\u003e —Robert Pasnau, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Colorado Boulder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This anthology is distinguished from its competitors by its emphasis on the history of Western philosophy, with strong representation from Ancient, Medieval and Modern periods alongside contemporary work. The book’s scope is remarkable—144 entries and 12 general topic areas. This breadth is made possible by each selection being short and to the point, so that not a page is wasted.”\u003cbr\u003e —James Baillie, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Portland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely considered to be one of the most comprehensive and authoritative surveys of the Western philosophical tradition, John Cottingham’s \u003ci\u003eWestern Philosophy: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e has earned a distinguished reputation as a first-rate resource for the teaching and study of philosophy. This large collection of over 140 carefully curated readings is arranged into thematic sections which cover all the main branches of philosophy—logic and language, philosophy of mind, theory of knowledge and metaphysics, religion and science, moral philosophy, practical ethics, aesthetics, the self and freedom, political theory, and the meaning of life—and can be studied independently or in sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to the third edition are substantial extracts from seminal texts by thinkers such as Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, William James, and Wittgenstein which round out the story of how Western philosophy was shaped. Focus questions and suggestions for further reading now follow each primary reading rather than each section to deepen pedagogical engagement with individual excerpts and supplement Cottingham’s robust and lucid editorial commentary. Available digitally for the first time, this edition also features updated links to online resources and an original essay by Cottingham exclusive to this edition outlining best practices for reading philosophical source material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon its considerable reputation after more than two decades in print, \u003ci\u003eWestern Philosophy: An Anthology, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains an indispensable collection of classic and contemporary scholarship in philosophy for both beginning and advanced university students who wish to familiarize themselves with the legacy and trajectory of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990474047717,"sku":"NP9781119165729","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119165729.jpg?v=1761787970","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/western-philosophy-isbn-9781119165729","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}