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

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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