Western Philosophy
Western Philosophy

Author: John G. Cottingham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-11-28

Total Pages: 900

ISBN-13: 1405124776

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Western Philosophy: An Anthology provides the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the Western philosophical tradition from ancient Greece to the leading philosophers of today. Features substantial and carefully chosen excerpts from all the greats of philosophy, arranged thematically and chronologically Readings are introduced and linked together by a lucid philosophical commentary which guides the reader through the key arguments Embraces all the major subfields of philosophy: theory of knowledge and metaphysics, philosophy of mind, religion and science, moral philosophy (theoretical and applied), political theory, and aesthetics Updated edition now includes additional contemporary readings in each section Augmented by two completely new sections on logic and language, and philosophy and the meaning of life

A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature

Author: David Hume

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-04-04

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 8027303885

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A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume is considered by many to be his most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. The Treatise is a classic statement of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. In the introduction Hume presents the idea of placing all science and philosophy on a novel foundation: namely, an empirical investigation into human nature. Contemporary philosophers have written of Hume that "no man has influenced the history of philosophy to a deeper or more disturbing degree" and that Hume's Treatise is "the founding document of cognitive science" and the "most important philosophical work written in English." Contents: Of the Understanding Of Ideas, Their Origin, Composition, Connexion, Abstraction, Etc. Of the Ideas of Space and Time. Of Knowledge and Probability. Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy. Of the Passions Of Pride and Humility Of Love and Hatred Of the Will and Direct Passions Of Morals Of Virtue and Vice in General Of Justice and Injustice Of the Other Virtues and Vices

Kant and the Experience of Freedom
Kant and the Experience of Freedom

Author: Paul Guyer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780521568333

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This collection of essays by one of the preeminent Kant scholars of our time transforms our understanding of both Kant's aesthetics and his ethics. Guyer shows that at the very core of Kant's aesthetic theory, disinterestedness of taste becomes an experience of freedom and thus an essential accompaniment to morality itself. At the same time he reveals how Kant's moral theory includes a distinctive place for the cultivation of both general moral sentiments and particular attachments on the basis of the most rigorous principle of duty. Kant's thought is placed in a rich historical context including such figures as Shaftesbury, Hutcheson, Hume, Burke, Kames, as well as Baumgarten, Mendelssohn, Schiller, and Hegel. Other topics treated are the sublime, natural versus artistic beauty, genius and art history, and duty and inclination. These essays extend and enrich the account of Kant's aesthetics in the author's earlier book, Kant and the Claims of Taste (1979).

Reason to Believe
Reason to Believe

Author: Robert Charles Sproul

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0310449111

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Discusses the most common objections people have to the truths of the Christian faith and answers the most frequently asked questions about the religion.

Human Nature: A Reader
Human Nature: A Reader

Author: Joel J. Kupperman

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1603848274

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This anthology provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives. It can be read on its own, or in conjunction with Joel Kupperman’s text, Theories of Human Nature.

Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory
Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory

Author: George Sher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 113576459X

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Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory is an outstanding anthology of the most important topics, theories and debates in ethics, compiled by one of the leading experts in the field. It includes sixty-six extracts covering the central domains of ethics: why be moral? the meaning of moral language morality and objectivity consequentialism deontology virtue and character value and well-being moral psychology applications: including abortion, famine relief and consent. Included are both classical extracts from Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill, as well as contemporary classics from philosophers such as Thomas Nagel, Thomas Scanlon, Martha Nussbaum, Derek Parfit, and Peter Singer. A key feature of the anthology is that it covers the perennial topics in ethics as well as very recent ones, such as moral psychology, responsibility and experimental philosophy. Each section is introduced and placed in context by the editor, making this an ideal anthology for anyone studying ethics or ethical theory.

Elements of Criticism
Elements of Criticism

Author: Henry Home Kames

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-07-27

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 3752354283

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Reproduction of the original: Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames