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World of Philosophy: An Introductory Reader 2nd edition [Paperback / softback]

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  • Pub. Date: 28-Jun-2018
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 608 pages
  • Pub. Date: 28-Jun-2018
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
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Accessible, flexible, and affordable, The World of Philosophy: An Introductory Reader, Second Edition, presents philosophy in all its diverse array of thought and practice, offering a distinctive combination of standard analytical materials and Western historical texts alongside writings reflecting Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Arabic, African, South American, Chicano, and Native American sources. Approximately 25% of the contemporary readings are by women, including leading feminist theorists. Many articles have been edited to sharpen their focus and make them understandable to students with little or no background in philosophy. The readings are enhanced by introductions, study questions, and a glossary at the end of the book.

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"The World of Philosophy is comprehensive in its breadth with the right dose of depth. It covers all the possible philosophical topics for introductory classes with unparalleled attention to diversity of voices in classic and contemporary philosophical literature."--Fidel Arnecillo, California State University, San Bernadino "This textbook is easily the best, the most comprehensive, and the most affordable introduction to philosophy textbook on the market. It is an excellent mixture of classic, contemporary, and diverse sources. The teaching resources are invaluable."--Albert Spencer, Portland State University "The book's greatest strengths are its choice of selections, the incorporation of Eastern philosophy, and its recognition of superb women philosophers who appear to get little notice in other texts."--Dominic Prianti III, Gannon University "The quality of the book is excellent. It is admirably pluralistic in its inclusion of works of Asian philosophy." --Carol Gould, Florida Atlantic University

Preface xi
I The Nature of Philosophy
1(46)
What Is Philosophy?
2(7)
Monroe C. Beardsley
Elizabeth Lane Beardsley
The Value of Philosophy
9(3)
Bertrand Russell
Plato: Defence of Socrates
12(20)
Plato: Crito
32(11)
Plato: Phaedo
43(4)
II Reasoning
47(14)
What is Reason?
48(6)
Steven M. Cahn
Patricia Kitcher
George Sher
Scientific Inquiry
54(4)
Carl G. Hempel
Antiscientism
58(3)
Gillian Barker
Philip Kitcher
III Knowledge
61(38)
Meditations on First Philosophy
62(3)
Rene Descartes
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
65(6)
John Locke
New Essays on Human Understanding
71(2)
Gottfried Leibniz
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
73(5)
George Berkeley
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
78(7)
David Hume
Critique of Pure Reason
85(5)
Immanuel Kant
What Is Knowledge?
90(2)
A. J. Ayer
Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?
92(1)
Edmund L. Gettier
The Project of Feminist Epistemology
93(3)
Uma Narayan
Examination of the Senses
96(3)
Nagarjuna
IV Reality
99(92)
A Mind and Body
100(1)
Meditations on First Philosophy
100(5)
Rene Descartes
The Ghost in the Machine
105(4)
Gilbert Ryle
The Mind-Body Problem
109(10)
Paul M. Churchland
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
119(3)
Thomas Nagel
The Qualia Problem
122(2)
Frank Jackson
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
124(4)
Alan Turing
Do Computers Think?
128(2)
John Searle
The Body Problem
130(4)
Barbara Montero
B The Self
134(1)
Hinduism and the Self
134(13)
Joel Kupperman
The Upanishads
140(7)
The Buddhist Concept of Self
147(5)
Thomas P. Kasulis
A Treatise of Human Nature
152(4)
David Hume
C Identity
156(1)
A Case of Identity
156(2)
Brian Smart
The Problem of Personal Identity
158(2)
John Perry
Of Identity and Diversity
160(2)
John Locke
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
162(4)
Thomas Reid
Identity and Immortality
166(6)
Terence Penelhum
D Free Will
172(1)
Free Will
172(4)
Thomas Nagel
Free Will and Determinism
176(2)
W. T. Stace
Freedom or Determinism?
178(9)
Steven M. Cahn
The Freedom of the Will
187(4)
Kitaro Nishida
V Religion
191(122)
A Religious Beliefs
192(1)
The Ontological Argument
192(3)
Anselm
Gaunilo
The Five Ways
195(2)
Thomas Aquinas
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
197(3)
William L. Rowe
Natural Theology
200(3)
William Paley
Does God Exist?
203(6)
Ernest Nagel
B The Problem of Evil
209(1)
Why God Allows Evil
209(8)
Richard Swinburne
Knowledge, Freedom, and the Problem of Evil
217(8)
Eleonore Stump
The Problem of Evil: An Akan Perspective
225(4)
Kwame Gyekye
Karma and Rebirth
229(3)
Raynor Johnson
Karma, Rebirth, and the Problem of Evil
232(10)
Whitley R. P. Kaufman
C Belief Without Proof
242(1)
The Wager
242(2)
Blaise Pascal
Pascal's Wager: An Assessment
244(2)
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
The Ethics of Belief
246(5)
W. K. Clifford
The Will to Believe
251(7)
William James
D Religious Diversity
258(1)
The Challenge of Religious Diversity
258(2)
Philip L. Quinn
Kevin Meeker
The Jain Path
260(3)
Jeffery D. Long
Mahapurana
263(2)
The Tao
265(3)
Ray Billington
Tao Te Ching
268(6)
Twelve Zen Stories
274(4)
The Muslim Experience
278(5)
Ninian Smart
The Qur'an
283(6)
Liberation Theology
289(3)
Gustavo Gutierrez
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
292(5)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
Religious Pluralism and Salvation
297(10)
John H. Hick
Interreligious Harmony
307(6)
Dalai Lama
VI Moral Theory
313(78)
God and Morality
314(2)
Steven M. Cahn
Moral Isolationism
316(4)
Mary Midgley
Egoism and Moral Skepticism
320(8)
James Rachels
The Categorical Imperative
328(7)
Immanuel Kant
Utilitarianism
335(7)
John Stuart Mill
The Nature of Virtue
342(4)
Aristotle
Character in Akan Ethics
346(3)
Kwame Gyekye
The Ethics of Care
349(4)
Virginia Held
Beyond Good and Evil
353(9)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism Is a Humanism
362(7)
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Buddha's Message
369(6)
Christopher W. Gowans
The Dhammapada
375(2)
Confucian Morality
377(5)
Henry Rosemont, Jr.
The Analects
382(9)
VII Moral Problems
391(42)
A Abortion
392(1)
A Defense of Abortion
392(7)
Judith Jarvis Thomson
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
399(10)
Mary Anne Warren
Why Abortion Is Immoral
409(3)
Don Marquis
B Euthanasia
412(1)
Active and Passive Euthanasia
412(5)
James Rachels
The Intentional Termination of Life
417(6)
Bonnie Steinbock
C World Hunger
423(1)
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
423(7)
Peter Singer
A Reply to Singer
430(3)
Travis Timmerman
VIII Society
433(80)
Plato: The Republic
434(15)
Leviathan
449(5)
Thomas Hobbes
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
454(3)
Karl Marx
On Liberty
457(8)
John Stuart Mill
Democracy
465(4)
John Dewey
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
469(11)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Developing Democratic Citizenship in Multicultural Societies
480(3)
Jorge M. Valadez
A Theory of Justice
483(4)
John Rawls
Distributive Justice
487(3)
Robert Nozick
Non-contractual Society: A Feminist View
490(6)
Virginia Held
Fives Faces of Oppression
496(11)
Iris Marion Young
Globalizing Human Rights
507(6)
Kwame Anthony Appiah
IX The Good Life
513(65)
The Bhagavad Gita
514(7)
A Discussion of Heaven
521(2)
Xunzi
Writings
523(5)
Epicurus
Ecclesiastes
528(9)
The Gospel According to Matthew
537(3)
Epictetus: The Handbook
540(13)
The Myth of Sisyphus
553(9)
Albert Camus
The Meaning of Life
562(7)
Richard Taylor
Meaning in Life
569(3)
Susan Wolf
Meaningful Lives
572(2)
Christine Vitrano
Realizing Well-Being
574(4)
Thich Nhat Hanh
Glossary 578(6)
Index 584
Steven M. Cahn is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at The City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author or editor of sixty books. Most recently, he wrote Teaching Philosophy: A Guide (2018) and Religion Within Reason (2017). Dr. Cahn is the editor of Exploring Philosophy, Sixth Edition (OUP, 2017), and Exploring Ethics, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017).