Philosophical Problems : An Annotated Anthology,9780205539376

Philosophical Problems : An Annotated Anthology

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780205539376
ISBN10: 0205539378
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary

Offers the reader a process for thinking philosophically and provides immediate guidance in reading philosophical work through margin annotations. Classic and contemporary philosophical works. Introduction to Philosophy featuring work by major historical and contemporary philosophers.

Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the 2 nd Edition
For the Student: An Introduction to the Annotations
What is Philosophy?
Philosophical Thinking
Euthyphro Plato Apology
The Value of Philosophy
Chapter 2
Do We Have Knowledge of the External World?
Reneacute; Descartes
FromMeditations on First Philosophy
FromAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding
FromThree Dialogues Between
Direct Realism, fromEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
Knowledge of the External World
Epistemology Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses Sextus Empiricus
FromOutlines of Pyrrhonism
Concluding Dialogue on the External World
Is Induction Justified?
Skeptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
The Problem of Induction
The Foundations of Scientific Inference
The ldquo;A Priorirdquo; and the Empirical
The Fundamental Questions of Philosophy
Concluding Dialogue on the Problem of Induction
Minds and Bodies
Are Minds and Mental States Distinct from Bodies and Material States?
A Defense of Dualism
Sensations and Brain Processes
The Mind-Body Problem Are Intentional Mental States Analogous to the States of a Computer?
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
Is the Brainrsquo;s Mind a Computer Program?
Searle on What Only Brains Can Do
Authorrsquo;s Response Can Materialism Account for Qualitative Consciousness?
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
What Mary Didnrsquo;t Know
What Is It Like to Be a Human (Instead of a Bat)?
Knowing What Itrsquo;s Like
The Puzzle of Conscious Experience Concluding Dialogue on the Mind-Body Problem
Personal Identity and Free Will

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