Philosophy, 2e - Stephen Stich

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Résumé :
Featuring a remarkably clear writing style, Philosophy: Asking Questions--Seeking Answers is a brief and accessible guide designed for students with no prior knowledge of the subject. Written by renowned scholars Stephen Stich and Tom Donaldson, it focuses on the key issues in Western philosophy, presenting balanced coverage of each issue and challenging students to make up their own minds. Each chapter incorporates discussion questions, key terms, a glossary, and suggestions for further readings to help make the material more understandable to novices. While comprehensive enough to be used on its own, Philosophy can also be used as a supplement to any introductory anthology....

Sommaire:

• Preface?


• CHAPTER 1 What Is Philosophy?


• 1.1 Philosophy Is Everywhere


• 1.2 What Is a Philosophical Question?


• 1.3 The Philosophical Method


• 1.4 Philosophy and Science


• 1.5 Why Bother?


• Discussion Question


• Notes


• CHAPTER 2 What Are Arguments, and How Should We Evaluate Them?


• Introduction


• 2.1 Premises and Conclusions


• 2.2 Evaluating Arguments


• 2.3 Deductive Validity


• 2.4 Induction and Abduction


• 2.5 Multistep Arguments


• 2.6 Evaluating Multistep Arguments


• 2.7 Some Arguments to Evaluate


• 2.8 Answers to Problems


• What to Look at Next


• Glossary


• Notes


• CHAPTER 3 Does God Exist?


• Introduction


• 3.1 The First Cause Argument


• 3.2 Some Questions about the First Cause Argument


• 3.3 Leibniz's Cosmological Argument


• 3.4 The Design Argument


• 3.5 Criticisms of the Design Argument


• 3.6 Anselm's Ontological Argument


• 3.7 What, If Anything, Is Wrong with Anselm's Ontological Argument?


• 3.8 A Pragmatic Case for Theism?


• Conclusion


• Glossary


• Comprehension Questions


• Discussion Questions


• What to Look at Next


• Notes


• CHAPTER 4 Why Does God Leave Us to Suffer?


• Introduction


• 4.1 Three Logical Puzzles for Theists


• 4.2 Introducing the Problem of Evil


• 4.3 Three Inadequate Responses


• 4.4 Rethinking the Nature of God


• 4.5 Theodicy


• 4.6 Skeptical Theism


• Conclusion


• Glossary


• Comprehension Questions


• Discussion Questions


• What to Look at Next


• Notes


• CHAPTER 5 Can We Be Completely Certain of Anything?


• Introduction


• 5.1 Descartes's Project


• 5.2 Certainty Is Hard to Find


• 5.3 Achieving Certainty


• 5.4 Clear and Distinct Perception


• 5.5 Descartes's Theism, and His Solution to the Evil Demon Problem


• 5.6 The Cartesian Circle


• 5.7 Descartes's Legacy


• Conclusion


• Glossary


• Comprehension Questions


• Discussion Questions


• What to Look at Next


• Notes


• CHAPTER 6 Can We Trust Our Senses?


• 6.1 Rationalism and Empiricism


• 6.2 Indirect Realism


• 6.3 Primary and Secondary Qualities


• 6.4 Do Material Objects Really Exist?


• 6.5 Berkeley's Idealism


• 6.6 Direct Realism


• Conclusion


• Glossary


• Comprehension Questions


• Discussion Questions


• What to Look at Next


• Notes


• CHAPTER 7 Will the Sun Rise Tomorrow?


• Introduction


• 7.1 Making Predictions


• 7.2 Hume's Problem


• 7.3 Karl Popper


• 7.4 Peter Strawson


• 7.5 Epistemically Basic Beliefs


• 7.6 Beyond Enumerative Induction


• Glossary


• Comprehension Questions


• Discussion Questions


• What to Look at Next


• Notes


• CHAPTER 8 What Is Knowledge?


• Introduction


• 8.1 Three Kinds of Knowledge


• 8.2 Analyzing Propositional Knowledge: The Easy Part-Belief and Truth


• 8.3 Analyzing Propositional Knowledge: The Hard Part-Justification


• 8.4 Foundationalism


• 8.5 Coherentism

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