{"product_id":"philosophy-in-practice-isbn-9781405116183","title":"Philosophy in Practice","description":"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely new kind of introductory philosophy textbook, focusing on philosophy as an activity, rather than as a doctrine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThoroughly revised edition of a popular introductory philosophy textbook.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains new discussions of philosophy of religion, freedom, \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix,\u003c\/i\u003e and the epistemology of the internet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a wealth of pedagogical features to guide students through the text, including discussion plans at the beginning of each section, questions, chapter summaries, annotated guides to further reading, and a glossary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClassic passages from the history of philosophy are used throughout, and each part ends with a one-page historical summary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an on-line teacher's guide with teaching suggestions, tests, and essay topics at: \u003cu\u003ewww.blackwellpublishing.com\/pip\u003c\/u\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThanks xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote to Teachers xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contract xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Lure of Certainty 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Certainty and Doubt 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Patterns of Thought 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 How Conventional Are Your Beliefs? 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Conviction, Opinion, Doubt, and Belief 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Trusting Textbooks 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Certainty: the Closed-belief Trap 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Cheat: a Story about Deception 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Tree-worshipers and Flat-earthers 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 Revising History: 1984 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9 Doubt 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.10 Doubting What Someone Says 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.11 How Skeptical Are You? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.12 Moral Skepticism 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.13 When is a Skeptic a Cynic? 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.14 Socratic Skepticism 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Sources of Conviction 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Authority 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Faith 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Reason 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Arguments 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Eight Short Arguments 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Puzzling Arguments 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Arguments within Arguments 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Proofs of God 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Paradoxes 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 What to Trust on the Internet 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.11 Transforming the Question 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Rationalism 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Optimism about Reason 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Individualism 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Galileo’s Rationalism 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Impossible Theories 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Descartes’ Optimism: Certainty from Doubt 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Doubting Anything versus Doubting Everything 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Demon Possibilities, Paranoia, and Fantasy 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 The Matrix 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 How Doubt Can Increase Belief 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Skepticism and Religious Faith 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 “I Think, Therefore I Am” 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Doubting Even One’s Own Existence 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Degrees of Certainty 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Rationalism versus Relativism in Morals 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Appeal of Moral Rationalism 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Four Golden Rules 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Equality and Justice 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Plato’s Moral Rationalism 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Three Arguments from Plato’s Republic 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Moral Relativism 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 For and Against Moral Relativism 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 The Ik 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Law and Morality 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Existentialism 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 What Is Morality About? 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Induction and Deduction 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Simple Induction 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Applying Simple Induction 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Seeing Patterns in Nature 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Deduction 1: Syllogisms 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Deduction 2: Validity 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Deduction 3: Venn Diagrams and Counterexamples 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Induction versus Deduction 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 The Induction-friendliness of the World 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Diagramming Induction-friendliness 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.10 Hume’s Discovery: Nightmare or Liberation? 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.11 Causation and Induction 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.12 Choosing the Right Concepts 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Retreat from Certainty 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Feeble Reason? 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Hume on the Power(lessness) of Reason 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Four Famous Passages from Hume 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Four Kinds of Irrationality 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Degrees of Certainty 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Valuing Values 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 How Tolerant Are You? 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Mill on Freedom of Expression 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Toleration in Science 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Making Uncertainty Pay 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostcard History of Philosophy I 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Life in An Uncertain World 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Utilitarianism 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Naive Utilitarianism 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Choosing the Utilitarian Action 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Pleasure, Pain, and Consequences 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Hedonism 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Four Styles of Advice 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Bentham and Mill 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Quotations from Bentham and Mill 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Arguments for Utilitarianism 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Objecting to the Arguments 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 Two Controversial Recommendations 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 The Appeal of Utilitarianism 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Utilitarianism and Risk 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Kantian Ethics 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Means and Ends 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Motive, Rule, and Means 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Kant’s Argument 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Evaluating Kant’s Argument 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Consequentialism versus Deontology 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Diagnosing Disagreements 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 When it Might Be Right to Lie and Break Promises 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Strong Deontology 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 The Demands of Morality: the Case of Famine 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Morality in an Uncertain World 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Empiricism 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Are You an Empiricist? 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 The Appeal of Empiricism 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Some Empiricist Views 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The Idea Idea 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Translation Exercises 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Locke’s “Way of Ideas” 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Locke against Innate Ideas 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Concepts, Beliefs, and Sensations 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Ways of Defining Concepts 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Barriers to Concept Acquisition 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.11 Empirical Evidence 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.12 Adequate Evidence? 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Beyond Empiricism 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Risk of What? 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Accuracy versus Informativeness about Friendship 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Other Minds 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Testing the Argument from Analogy 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Folk Psychology: the Argument from Explanation 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Being Wrong about Yourself 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 The Inference to the Best Explanation 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Explanation 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Justifying Astrology 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.10 Inference to the Best Explanation versus Simple Induction 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.11 Perception and Belief 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.12 Falsification 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.13 The Hypothetico-deductive Method 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.14 A Test Case: Continental Drift 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Objectivity 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Escape from the Cave 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Background Beliefs: First Test Case – Probability 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Background Beliefs: Second Test Case – Moral Status 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Reflective Equilibrium 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 How Ethics Is Like Science 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Fallibilism 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostcard History of Philosophy II 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Reality 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Materialism and Dualism 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Materialism, Naturalism, Idealism 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Materialisms 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Are You a Materialist or an Idealist? 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Dualism 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Leibniz on the Unimaginability of Materialism 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Crude and Subtle Materialisms 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Lucretius on Mind and Body 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Antidepressants, Psychosomatic Medicine, and the Mind–Body Problem 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Materialism and Self-knowledge 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.10 Technology versus Introspection 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.11 Eliminative Materialism 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.12 Five Typical Quotations 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Morality for Naturalists 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 God and Morality 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 The Moralist’s Nightmare 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Hobbes on the State of Nature 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 A Restaurant Dilemma 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 The Prisoner’s Dilemma 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Hobbes and the Prisoner’s Dilemma 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Implicit Contracts 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Imaginary Social Contracts 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Morals in Nature? Rousseau, Hegel, Marx 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.10 Real States of Nature 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.11 Moral Motivation: Decency, Villainy, and Hypocrisy 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.12 Morals within Nature? 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Deep Illusions 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Primary and Secondary Qualities 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Hard Questions about Color 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Color as Illusory 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Free Will 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Freedom and Responsibility 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Freedom as a Secondary Quality 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Fatalism versus Determinism 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Identity through Time 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Personal Identity: Problem Cases 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.10 Personal Identity: Theories 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.11 The Meanings of Lives 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Realism 399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Science versus the Everyday World 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Counting Objects 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Berkeley’s Idealism 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 A Puzzle about Pain: the Locations of Qualities 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Apples, Surprises, Scopes, and Existence 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Verificationism 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Instrumentalism versus Realism 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8 First Case Study: Crystal Spheres 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9 Second Case Study: Phlogiston 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.10 Arguments for Realism and Instrumentalism 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.11 The Last Word 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostcard History of Philosophy III 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 437\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This second edition of Morton's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is the best introductory textbook on the market. Morton's approach to teaching takes into account what we have learned about learning and critical thinking over the past twenty years, and the text emphasizes \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e philosophy as an integral part of learning it. If you want an introductory textbook which makes it possible to teach philosophy as a verb to undergraduates, one that makes possible real conversation with beginners, this is it.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael Silberstein, Elizabethtown College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I find it hard to imagine that one could get very far into this engaging book without wanting to think through, for oneself, the core issues of philosophy. Fortunately, Adam Morton has also provided the basic resources one would need to deal responsibly with those great issues.\" \u003ci\u003eGareth B. Matthews, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, author of Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Morton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. He has previously taught at Princeton University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Bristol. His publications include \u003ci\u003eFrames of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eDisasters and Dilemmas \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of being Understood: Folk Psychology as Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eA Guide Through the Theory of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (third edition, Blackwell, 2003), and \u003ci\u003eOn Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy in Practice\u003c\/b\u003e An Introduction to the Main Questions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This second edition of Morton's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is the best introductory textbook on the market. Morton's approach to teaching takes into account what we have learned about learning and critical thinking over the past twenty years, and the text emphasizes doing philosophy as an integral part of learning it. If you want an introductory textbook which makes it possible to teach philosophy as a verb to undergraduates, one that makes possible real conversation with beginners, this is it.\" \u003cb\u003eMichael Silberstein\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElizabethtown College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I find it hard to imagine that one could get very far into this engaging book without wanting to think through, for oneself, the core issues of philosophy. Fortunately, Adam Morton has also provided the basic resources one would need to deal responsibly with those great issues.\" \u003cb\u003eGareth B. Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Massachusetts–Amherst, author of Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely new kind of introductory philosophy textbook, focusing on philosophy as an activity, rather than a doctrine. At its heart is a stimulating sequence of exercises, activities, and examples that lead the student directly into philosophical thinking and arguing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into three parts, concentrating on issues of reason, experience, and reality. Each is covered in a way that makes clear both the key connections between metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, and the main trends in the history of philosophy. It provides the ideal general introduction to philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been extensively revised. There are new discussions of the philosophy of religion, freedom, \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, and the epistemology of the Internet. In addition, a companion website includes an online teacher's guide with resources for students, suggestions about teaching all parts of the book, plus tests and essay topics: www.blackwellpublishing.com\/pip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989779366117,"sku":"NP9781405116183","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405116183.jpg?v=1761785438","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/philosophy-in-practice-isbn-9781405116183","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}