Does the Center Hold? An Introduction to Western Philosophy

Name: Does the Center Hold? An Introduction to Western Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780073535753

ISBN-10: 0073535753

ISBN-13: 9780073535753

Edition: 5th 2011

Authors: Donald Palmer

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Does the Center Hold? is an entertaining, topically-organized introductory text with more than 500 original illustrations. The ideas and issues typically covered in introductory courses are presented here in a remarkably accessible and enjoyable manner. The author demonstrates that serious philosophical inquiry may be perplexing but is ultimately enlightening and liberating.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 1/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



What Are We Doing in This Class?


Is Philosophy Possible?


The Origins of Philosophy


Contemporary Branches of Philosophy


The Philosophy of Socrates


Conclusion



Truth Is Beauty, Beauty Is Truth


Rationalist Epistemology


The Philosophy of Plato


Rene Descartes' Rationalism



What You See Is What You Get


Empiricist Epistemology


The Empiricism of John Locke


Hume's Radicalization of Berkeley's Empiricism


Logical Positivism: The Further Radicalization


of Empiricism


Kant's Compromise


Conclusion: Getting Up-to-Date



Who's on First, What's on Second?


Ontology


Dualism


Materialistic Monism


Pluralism


Conclusion



Mount Olympus, Mount Moriah, and Other Godly Places


Philosophy of Religion


Theism


Atheism


Volitional Justifications of Religious Belief


Religious Mysticism


Religious Existentialism


Conclusion



The Largest Airline in the Free World


Philosophy of Freedom


Determinism: Ancient Greek and Enlightenment Views


Hard Determinism: Modern Views


The Attack on Free Will


Soft Determinism (a.k.a. Compatibilism)


Indeterminism


Conclusion



Thou Shalt Become Perfected


Ethics


Ancient Greek Moral Philosophers


Egoism


Kantianism Today?


Conclusion



Different Strokes for Different Folks


Critiques of Traditional Ethical Theories


Existentialism


Hume and the Naturalistic Fallacy


Logical Positivism


Cultural Relativism


Ethics and Feminism


Ethics and Deep Ecology


Conclusion



Let Them Eat Cake


Political and Social Philosophy


Political Philosophy


Social Philosophy


Conclusion



But Is It Art?


Philosophy of Art


Analytic Philosophy of Art


Wittgenstein


Plato, Freud, and Art


Aristotle and Art


Marx and Art


Existentialism and Art


Conclusion


Notes


Glossary


Credits


Index