Philosophy Confronting the Unavoidable

Name: Philosophy Confronting the Unavoidable
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ISBN: 9780534534769

ISBN-10: 0534534767

ISBN-13: 9780534534769

Edition: 2003

Authors: Frederick C. Doepke

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PHILOSOPHY: CONFRONTING THE UNAVOIDABLE is a broad yet highly coherent presentation of philosophy in a story-like format, linking successively issues in logic (which, using the Kantian taxonomy, includes epistemology), metaphysics, ethics, and social philosophy. This book avoids the technical issues that are of interest only to specialists by following the theme suggested in the title, that philosophy deals centrally with the kinds of commitments made just by living a human life. With a continuously unfolding exposition of all the main areas of philosophy that is unified by the contention that philosophy is of primary value to everyone, this text provides a clear sense of direction that…

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List price: $135.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction: Philosophy and the Forms of Value



Logic



Knowledge and Understanding



Direct Knowledge



Empirical Knowledge



Metaphysics



Nature and the Transcendent



Mind and Matter



Basic Reality



Ethics



Happiness



Morality



Benevolence and Justice



Social philosophy



Good Society



Economic Justice and Prosperity



Political Authority and Responsibility


Epilogue: The Value of Philosophy