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_aWestphal, Fred A, _e1 |
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_aThe activity of philosophy; _ba concise introduction _cFred A. Westphal. |
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_aEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey, _bPrentice-Hall _c(c)1969. |
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_axii, 259 pages _c23 cm. |
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505 | 0 | 0 | _aWHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? |
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_aCorrecting some misconceptions -- _tThe nature of this book -- _tDiffering conceptions of philosophy |
505 | 0 | 0 | _aTHE PROBLEM OF GOD: DOES A PERFECT PERSONAL BEING EXIST? |
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_athe concept of God -- _tStatements about God -- _tGrounds for belief in the existence of God -- _tDoes the existence of suffering disprove the existence of God? -- _tDoes it matter whether God exists? |
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_aMIND AND MORTALITY: WILL I SURVIVE DEATH? -- _tThe concept of immortality -- _tPsycho-physical dualism -- _tThe identity theory -- _tA dispositional view of mind -- _tImplications for immortality -- _tArguments for immortality based on man's moral and valuing capacities |
505 | 0 | 0 | _aTHE PROBLEM OF FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM: AM I EVER RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ACTIONS? |
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_aArguments for hard or extreme determinism -- _tArguments for indeterminism of libertarianism -- _tArguments for "soft" or moderate determinism -- _tReasons for actions and causes of actions |
505 | 0 | 0 | _aTHE PROBLEM OF MORTALITY: CAN I KNOW WHAT IS MORALLY RIGHT? |
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_aThe challenge of the relativist -- _tWhat is morally right is discoverable through moral intuition -- _tAn act is right if one could will acts like it to be performed by everyone -- _tAn act is right if it tends to produce pleasure or happiness -- _tWhy be moral? |
505 | 0 | 0 | _aTHE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE: WHEN CAN I SAY THAT I KNOW? |
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_aNecessary and contingent truths -- _tThe rationalist's approach: "The quest for the unquestionable" -- _tThe empiricist's approach: "The emphasis upon experience". |
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_aThe purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with the aspects of the activity call philosophy. The problems selected for treatment are among those that have occupied the minds of reflective men since the first glimmerings of wonder and inquiry touched the dark corners of ignorance and unexamined belief. Philosophy, perhaps the oldest of intellectual enterprises, has been a virtual vanguard in man's ancient (and often times anguished) quest for a valid view of himself and his place in the world. It is with the work of the philosopher, therefore, that we shall be concerned -- his problems, his methods of dealing with them, and the difficulties he and all of us encounter when engaged in the activity of philosophy. _cFront and Back book flap |
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