Problems from philosophy
Offers an introduction to philosophy which is organized around the great philosophical problems - the existence of God, the nature of the mind, human freedom, the limits of knowledge, and the truth about ethics. This title begins by reflecting on the life of the first great philosopher, Socrates.
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- Full title :Problems from philosophy / James Rachels, Stuart Rachels
Summary
Offers an introduction to philosophy which is organized around the great philosophical problems - the existence of God, the nature of the mind, human freedom, the limits of knowledge, and the truth about ethics. This title begins by reflecting on the life of the first great philosopher, Socrates.
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- Publication Date:2012
- Edition:3. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill Higher Education
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012
Notes
1. THE LEGACY OF SOCRATES 1.1 Why Was Socrates Condemned? 1.2 Why Did Socrates Believe He Had to Die? 2. GOD AND THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE 2.1 Is It Reasonable to Believe in God? 2.2 The Argument from Design 2.3 Evolution and Intelligent Design 2.4 The First Cause Argument 2.5 The Idea That God Is a Necessary Being 3. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 3.1 Why Do Good People Suffer? 3.2 God and Evil 3.3 Free Will and Moral Character 4. DO WE SURVIVE DEATH? 4.1 The Idea of an Immortal Soul 4.2 Is There Any Credible Evidence of an Afterlife? 4.3 Hume's Argument against Miracles 5. THE PROBLEM OF PERSONAL IDENTITY 5.1 The Problem 5.2 Personhood at a Time 5.3 Personhood over Time 5.4 Bodily Continuity 5.5 Memory 6. BODY AND MIND 6.1 Descartes and Elizabeth 6.2 Materialist Theories of the Mind 6.3 Doubts about Materialist Theories 7. COULD A MACHINE THINK? 7.1 Brains and Computers 7.2 An Argument That Machines Could Think 7.3 The Turing Test 7. 4 Why the Turing Test Fails 8. THE CASE AGAINST FREE WILL
The Physical Object
- Description:211 p.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780073535890, 0073535893
- oclc:ocn768970513
- LC Classification:BD21
- Dewey Decimal:100
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