Introduction to philosophy : classical and contemporary readings /

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Otros Autores: Perry, John, 1943- (ed.), Bratman, Michael (ed.), Fischer, John Martin, 1952- (ed.)
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Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edición:8th ed.
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245 0 0 |a Introduction to philosophy :  |b classical and contemporary readings /  |c edited by John Perry, John Martin Fischer, Michael Bratman. 
250 |a 8th ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2019. 
300 |a x, 885 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas. 
505 2 |a Part I: Philosophy -- Part II: God and evil -- Part III: Knowledge and reality -- Part IV: Minds, bodies, and persons -- Part V: Ethics and society -- Part VI: Existential issues -- Part VII: Puzzles and pardoxes 
505 0 |a Preface / John Perry, John Martin Fischer, Michael Bratman -- Part I. Philosophy: Logical toolkit ; Writing Philosophy Papers. Bertrand Russell, "The Value of Philosophy". Plato, "Apology: Defence of Socrates" -- Part II. God and evil: A. Why believe?: Saint Anselm, "The Ontological Argument". Saint Thomas Aquinas, "The Existence of God". William Paley, "Natural Theology". Blaise Pascal, "The Wager" -- B. The problem of evil: David Hume, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion". Gottfried Leibniz, "God, Evil and the Best of All Possible Worlds". William L. Rowe, "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism". John Perry, "Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God". Marilyn McCord Adams, "Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God". Stewart Sutherland, "Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God". Eleonore Stump, "The Mirror of Evil". Louise M. Antony, "For the Love of Reason" -- Part III. Knowledge and reality: A. Plato, Descartes, and the problems of skepticism: Plato, "Plato's Allegory of the Cave". Rene Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy". Zhuangzi, "Excerpts from Zhuangzi". Christopher Grau, "Bad Dreams, Evil Demons, and the Experience Machine: Philosophy and The Matrix" -- B. Hume's problems and some solutions: David Hume, "Of Scepticism with Regard to the Senses". David Hume, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding". W. C. Salmon, "The Problem of Induction" -- Part IV. Minds, bodies, and persons: A. The traditional problem of mind and body: Bertrand Russell, "The Argument from Analogy for Other Minds". Gilbert Ryle, "Descartes's Myth". David M. Armstrong, "The Nature of Mind". Paul M. Churchland, "Eliminative Materialism". Frank Jackson, "What Mary Didn't Know". Patricia Churchland, "Neurophilosophy" -- B. Minds, brains, and machines: A. M. Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". John R. Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Programs" -- C. Personal identity: John Perry, "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality". Bernard Williams, "The Self and the Future". Derek Parfit, "Personal Identity". J. David Velleman, "So It Goes". Daniel Dennett, "Where Am I?". Marya Schechtman, "Personhood and Personal Identity". Agnieszka Jaworska, "Respecting the Margins of Agency: Alzheimer's Patients and the Capacity to Value" -- D. Freedom, determinism, and responsibility: Roderick M. Chisholm, "Human Freedom and the Self". David Hume, "Of Liberty and Necessity". Harry G. Frankfurt, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility". John Martin Fischer, "Responsiveness and Moral Responsibility". Harry G. Frankfurt, "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person". Gary Watson, "Free Agency". Susan Wolf, "Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility" -- 
505 0 |a Part V. Ethics and society: A. Utilitarianism: Jeremy Bentham, "The Principle of Utility". John Stuart Mill, "Utilitarianism". E. F. Carritt, "Criticisms of Utilitarianism". J. J. C. Smart, "Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism". Bernard Williams, "Utilitarianism and Integrity". Mozi, "Excerpts from Mozi". Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" -- B. Kantian ethics: Immanuel Kant, "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Onora O'Neill, "Kantian Approaches to Some Famine Problems" -- C. Aristotelian ethics: Aristotle, "Nicomachean Ethics". Rosalind Hursthouse, "Right Action" -- D. Justice and equality: John Rawls, "A Theory of Justice". Robert Nozick, "Justice and Entitlement". G. A. Cohen, "Where the Action Is: On the Site of Distributive Justice". John Stuart Mill, "The Subjection of Women". Annette C. Baier, "The Need for More Than Justice" -- E. Contemporary moral problems: Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion". Rosalind Hursthouse, "Thomson's Arguments". Debra Satz, "Markets in Women's Reproductive Labor". Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Racisms". Linda Martin Alcoff, "Racism and Visible Race" -- Part VI. Existential issues: Albert Camus, "The Myth of Sisyphus". Thomas Nagel, "The Absurd". Richard Taylor, "The Meaning of Human Existence". Susan Wolf, "The Meanings of Lives". Thomas Nagel, "Death". Anthony L. Brueckner and John Martin Fischer, "Why Is Death Bad?". Amy Olberding, "Sorrow and the Sage: Grief in the Zhuangzi". Jenann Ismael, "The Ethical Importance of Death". Dan Moller, "Love and Death" -- Part VII. Puzzles and paradoxes: A. Zeno's paradoxes: Achilles and the Tortoise ; The Racecourse ; The Argument Against Plurality -- B. Metaphysical and epistemological puzzles and paradoxes: The Paradox of Identity ; The Paradox of the Heap ; The Surprise Examination ; Goodman's New Riddle of Induction -- C. Puzzles of rational choice: The Prisoner's Dilemma ; Newcomb's Problem ; Kavka's Toxin Puzzle ; Quinn's Puzzle of the Self-Torturer -- D. Paradoxes of logic, set theory, and semantics: The Paradox of the Liar ; Other Versions of the Liar ; Russell's Paradox ; Grelling's Paradox -- E. Puzzles of ethics: The Trolley Problem ; Ducking Harm and Sacrificing Others -- Glossary of philosophical terms. 
520 |a "Introduce your students to philosophy with the most widely used, trusted, and comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary readings available. Easy to use for both students and instructors, Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings incorporates boldfaced key terms (listed after each reading and defined in the glossary), a "Logical Toolkit," a guide to writing philosophy papers, and study questions after each reading selection. The eighth edition features nine new selections that broaden the book's scope to include work by non Western philosophers and contemporary women philosophers." --Amazon.com. 
650 0 |a Philosophy  |v Textbooks. 
650 7 |a Filosofía  |v Libros de texto.  |2 UDESA 
700 1 |a Perry, John,  |d 1943-  |e ed. 
700 1 |a Bratman, Michael,  |e ed. 
700 1 |a Fischer, John Martin,  |d 1952-  |e ed.