The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach 7th Edition by William Lawhead, ISBN-13: 978-1259914263

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The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach 7th Edition by William Lawhead, ISBN-13: 978-1259914263

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• Publisher: ‎ McGraw Hill; 7th edition (April 20, 2018)
• Language: ‎ English
• 704 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1259914267
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1259914263

The Philosophical Journey: An Interactive Approach, 7e is a text with readings that enhances comprehension of philosophical study by encouraging students to ponder, explore, and actively participate in the learning process. Philosophy becomes a personal journey for students through Lawhead’s unique pedagogy that introduces philosophical concepts through practical application in the form of primary sources, interwoven exercises, and sections that encourage critical thinking and further exploration of core concepts.

Table of Contents:

Preface iii

CHAPTER 1

Introduction to the Philosophical Journey 3

1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE JOURNEY 4

1.1 SOCRATES AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM 15

FROM PLATO, Apology 18

FROM PLATO, Republic 24

1.2 PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE 30

FROM PLATO, Republic 32

1.3 ARGUMENT AND EVIDENCE: HOW DO I DECIDE WHAT

TO BELIEVE? 37

1.4 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: Introduction to the

Philosophical Journey 46

CHAPTER 2

The Search for Ultimate Reality 53

2.0 OVERVIEW OF METAPHYSICS 54

2.1 OVERVIEW: THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM 64

FROM HUGH ELLIOT, Tantalus 64

2.2 DUALISM 71

FROM RENÉ DESCARTES, Discourse on the Method 73

FROM RENÉ DESCARTES, Meditations on First Philosophy 74

FROM DAVID CHALMERS, The Puzzle of Conscious Experience 78

2.3 PHYSICALISM 83

FROM JEFFREY OLEN, Persons and Their World 92

2.4 FUNCTIONALISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 98

FROM JERRY FODOR, The Mind-Body Problem 102

FROM MARVIN MINSKY, Why People Think Computers Can’t 108

2.5 OVERVIEW: FREEDOM AND DETERMINISM 116

2.6 HARD DETERMINISM 127

FROM B. F. SKINNER, Walden Two 128

FROM SAMUEL BUTLER, Erewhon 135

FROM CLARENCE DARROW, The Leopold and Loeb Trial 137

2.7 LIBERTARIANISM 142

FROM JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, Being and Nothingness 152

2.8 COMPATIBILISM 155

2.9 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: Metaphysics 161

CHAPTER 3

The Search for Knowledge 171

3.0 OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE 172

3.1 SKEPTICISM 180

FROM RENÉ DESCARTES, Meditations on First Philosophy 187

FROM RENÉ DESCARTES, Meditations on First Philosophy 191

3.2 RATIONALISM 193

FROM PLATO, Phaedo 200

FROM RENÉ DESCARTES, Meditations on First Philosophy 205

3.3 EMPIRICISM 209

FROM GEORGE BERKELEY, A Treatise Concerning the Principles

of Human Knowledge 221

FROM DAVID HUME, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 227

FROM DAVID HUME, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 228

FROM DAVID HUME, An Enquiry Concerning Human

Understanding 230

3.4 KANTIAN CONSTRUCTIVISM 238

FROM IMMANUEL KANT, Critique of Pure Reason 241

FROM IMMANUEL KANT, Critique of Pure Reason 247

3.5 EPISTEMOLOGICAL RELATIVISM 253

FROM FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil 263

3.6 RETHINKING THE WESTERN TRADITION:

PRAGMATISM 270

FROM WILLIAM JAMES, Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth 279

3.7 RETHINKING THE WESTERN TRADITION: FEMINIST

EPISTEMOLOGY 283

3.8 APPLYING EPISTEMOLOGY: WHAT IS THE NATURE OF

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE? 295

3.9 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: THE PROBLEM

OF KNOWLEDGE 304

CHAPTER 4

The Search for God 315

4.0 OVERVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 316

FROM PETER KREEFT, Does God Exist? 316

4.1 THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR GOD 322

FROM THOMAS AQUINAS, Summa Theologica 323

FROM RICHARD TAYLOR, Metaphysics 326

4.2 THE DESIGN ARGUMENT FOR GOD 330

FROM WILLIAM PALEY, Natural Theology 332

FROM DAVID HUME, Dialogues Concerning Natural

Religion 334

4.3 THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR GOD 339

FROM ST. ANSELM, Proslogium 341

4.4 PRAGMATIC AND SUBJECTIVE JUSTIFICATIONS OF

RELIGIOUS BELIEF 344

FROM BLAISE PASCAL, Thoughts 346

FROM WILLIAM JAMES, The Will to Believe 350

FROM SØREN KIERKEGAARD, Selections 353

4.5 THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: ATHEISTIC AND THEISTIC

RESPONSES 358

FROM ALBERT CAMUS, The Plague 359

FROM JOHN HICK, Evil and the God of Love 366

4.6 RETHINKING THE WESTERN TRADITION: ASIAN

RELIGIONS 373

FROM THE UPANISHADS 376

FROM THE BUDDHA, Selected Teachings 384

FROM HERMAN HESSE, Siddhartha 391

4.7 APPLYING PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: HOW DOES

RELIGION RELATE TO SCIENCE? 394

4.8 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL:

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 400

CHAPTER 5

The Search for Ethical Values 409

5.0 OVERVIEW OF ETHICS 410

FROM PLATO, Republic 410

5.1 ETHICAL RELATIVISM VERSUS OBJECTIVISM 425

FROM HERODOTUS, The Histories 429

FROM JAMES RACHELS, The Challenge of Cultural

Relativism 438

5.2 ETHICAL EGOISM 446

FROM W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Of Human Bondage 446

FROM AYN RAND, The Virtue of Selfishness 457

5.3 UTILITARIANISM 462

FROM JEREMY BENTHAM, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals

and Legislation 466

FROM JOHN STUART MILL, Utilitarianism 470

FROM ALASTAIR NORCROSS, Comparing Harms: Headaches and Human Lives 474

5.4 KANTIAN ETHICS 480

FROM IMMANUEL KANT, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals 483

5.5 VIRTUE ETHICS 498

FROM ARISTOTLE, Nicomachean Ethics 507

FROM CONFUCIUS, The Analects 512

5.6 RETHINKING THE WESTERN TRADITION: FEMINIST

ETHICS 517

5.7 ETHICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICAL MORAL PROBLEMS 532

5.8 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: ETHICS 538

CHAPTER 6

The Search for the Just Society 549

6.0 OVERVIEW OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 550

6.1 THE JUSTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT 555

FROM ROBERT PAUL WOLFF, In Defense of Anarchism 558

FROM JOHN LOCKE, An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and

End of Civil Government 564

FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (JULY 4, 1776) 567

6.2 THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE 569

FROM PLATO, Republic 571

FROM THOMAS AQUINAS, Summa Theologica 576

FROM JOHN STUART MILL, Utilitarianism 578

FROM JOHN RAWLS, A Theory of Justice 584

6.3 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE 588

FROM JOHN STUART MILL, On Liberty 590

FROM KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS, Communist Manifesto 604

6.4 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 611

FROM PLATO, Crito 614

FROM MOHANDAS GANDHI, Young India 621

6.5 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: POLITICAL

PHILOSOPHY 627

CHAPTER 7

Philosophy and the Meaning of Life 635

FROM LEO TOLSTOY, My Confession 643

FROM HAZEL E. BARNES, An Existentialist Ethics 648

7.0 MAKING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL: THE MEANING OF LIFE 659

APPENDIX

Reasoning Effectively: What to Do and What Not to Do A-1

Index I-1

William F. Lawhead is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Mississippi. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Wheaton College (Ill.) and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas, Austin. He has been teaching philosophy since 1970 and joined the University of Mississippi faculty in 1980, where he taught for 37 years. Besides teaching philosophy at the University of Mississippi, he served as the chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion for a number of years and was a member of the faculty of the Honors College. He received three awards for excellence in teaching and numerous grants for research in the humanities. He has published several textbooks as well as articles and book chapters on topics in the history of philosophy and philosophy of religion. In addition to conference presentations in philosophy, he has conducted workshops on critical thinking and hypothesis testing for representatives from various international intelligence agencies.

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