{"product_id":"philosophy-then-and-now-isbn-9781557867421","title":"Philosophy Then and Now","description":"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Then and Now\u003c\/i\u003e provides an innovative and engaging blend of introductory text with classic and contemporary readings. Each of the eight parts begins with an introductory section on the major ideas associated with a seminal figure from the history of philosophy. This is followed by key selections from the essential writings of that philosopher, as well as influential selections from contemporary figures. Key figures covered include: Socrates, Aquinas, Locke, Descartes, Mill, Nietzsche, Marx, and Sartre. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the core themes, issues and problems of philosophy, the volume motivates student interest in the subject, and represents a distinctive text for all introductory courses in philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e  Editors and Contributors. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Mind, Body, and Death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory text: \"Socrates and the Soul of Death\": George Graham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Plato, \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Descartes, \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Philosophy, Correspondence, Passions of the Soul.\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Nagel, \"Death\". Gareth Matthews, \"Life and Death as the Arrival and Departure of Psyche\". Jerry Fodor, \"The Mind-Body Problem\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Freedom and Determinism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Sartre on Being Free\": George Graham and Harold Kincaid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Jean-Paul Sartre, \u003ci\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Pierre Simone de Laplace, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Essays on Determinism\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Daniel Dennett, \"On Giving Libertarians What They Say They Want\". Robert Kane, \"Free Will: The Elusive Ideal\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Philosophical Theology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Aquinas and the Rationality of Belief in God\": Gregory Pence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Thomas Aquinas, \"Five Ways to Prove the Existence of God\", from \u003ci\u003eSumma Theologica.\u003c\/i\u003e William Paley, \"The Evidence of Design\". John L. Mackie, \"Arguments for Design\". William L. Rowe, \"The Cosmological Argument.\" R. M. Adams, \"Kierkegaard's Arguments Against Objective Reasoning...\". Fydor Dostoevsky, \"Why Does God Permit Evil?\" from \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Knowledge and Scepticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Descartes and Our Knowledge of the External World\": G. Lynn Stephens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Descartes, \u003ci\u003eMeditations on First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Bertrand Russell, \u003ci\u003eThe Problems of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). W. V. O. Quine, \"Posits and Reality\". Bruce Aune, \u003ci\u003eKnowledge, Mind and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Scientific Method.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Mill and the Nature of Science\": Harold Kincaid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: John Stuart Mill, \u003ci\u003eA System of Logic\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Carl Hempel, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Natural Science\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Karl Popper, \"Philosophy of Science: A Personal Report\". Thomas Kuhn, \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). J. J. C. Smart, \"Physics and Reality\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Nature of Morality\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Nietzsche and the Objectivity of Morals\": James Rachels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Friedrich Nietzsche, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (selections); \u003ci\u003eGenology of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). David Hume, \"Morality, Sentiment, and Reason\" (selections from the \u003ci\u003eTreatise\u003c\/i\u003e ). A. J. Ayer, \"A Defence of Emotivism\". Renford Bambrough, \"A Proof of the Objectivity of Morals\". Ronald Dworkin, \"The Concept of a Moral Position\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Government.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Locke: The Individual, the Public, the State\" (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Plato, \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Thomas Hobbes, \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). John Locke, \u003ci\u003e2nd Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). John Stuart Mill, \u003ci\u003eOn Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). George Dargo, \"Private Property and Legal Takings\" (selections). Charles A. Reich, \"The New Property\" (selections). Michael Sandel, \"Morality and the Liberal Ideal\". Iris Marion Young, \"Impartiality and the Civic Public\" (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Distributive Justice\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Text: \"Marx and the Problem of Justice\": N. Scott Arnold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings: Karl Marx, Preface to \u003ci\u003eContribution to the Critique of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Karl Marx, \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Karl Marx, \u003ci\u003eCritique of the Gotha Program\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). John Rawls, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (selections). Robert Nozick, \u003ci\u003eAnarchy, State, and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e (selections).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Then and Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a tasty blend of classic and contemporary philosophical essays on basic problems in philosophy. Each entree is preceded by a scrumptious appetizer: a substantial new essay to whet the students' philosophical palates.\" \u003ci\u003eHugh LaFollette, East Tennessee State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Distinguished and gifted members of the Philosophy Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have put together a splendid introductory text. Not only are the best and most absorbing writings of the western tradition on philosophy aptly chosen, but the substantial introductions by each of these collegues broach the issues deftly and carry the discussion to the frontier of the subject. The result is more than an effective teaching tool, it is a distinctive approach to out philosophical tradition.\" \u003ci\u003eAlex Rosenberg, University of Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an outstanding new introductory philosophy text. Students will be drawn into the ongoing philosophical conversations and the historical material will give them much to talk about. Helpful discussion questions and suggestions for further reading are provided and the book is suitable for variety of introductory courses.\" \u003ci\u003eHugh Wilder, College of Charleston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eN. Scott Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the author of Marx's \u003ci\u003eRadical Critique of Capitalist Society\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodore M. Benditt\u003c\/b\u003e has been Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since 1984 and a member of its Philosophy Department since 1978. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLaw as Rule and Principle: Problems of Legal Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eRights\u003c\/i\u003e (1982).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Graham\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the former editor of the journal \"Behavior and Philosophy\" and the author of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1993). He co-edited (with Hugh LaFollette) \u003ci\u003ePerson to Person\u003c\/i\u003e (1989); and (with G. Lynn Stephens) \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Psychopathology\u003c\/i\u003e (1994); as well as (with William Bechtel) \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Cognitive Science\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Then and Now\u003c\/i\u003e provides an innovative and engaging blend of introductory text with classic and contemporary readings. Each of the eight parts begins with an introductory section on the major ideas associated with a seminal figure from the history of philosophy. This is followed by key selections from the essential writings of that philosopher, as well as influential selections from contemporary figures. Key figures covered include: Socrates, Aquinas, Locke, Descartes, Mill, Nietzsche, Marx, and Sartre. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the core themes, issues and problems of philosophy, the volume motivates student interest in the subject, and represents a distinctive text for all introductory courses in philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989782511845,"sku":"NP9781557867421","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781557867421.jpg?v=1761785447","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/philosophy-then-and-now-isbn-9781557867421","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}