First Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality, Fundamental Problems and Readings In Philosophy

by Bailey, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781551116587
• ISBN10: 1551116588
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-30
• Publisher: Broadview Pr

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book
Philosophy	1	(16)
What Is Philosophy?	1	(5)
A Brief Introduction to Arguments	6	(8)
Introductory Tips on Reading and Writing Philosophy	14	(3)
Philosophy of Religion---Does God Exist?	17	(118)
St. Anselm of Canterbury	19	(17)
Proslogion, Preface and Chapters 2--5	24	(2)
Pro Insipiente (``On Behalf of the Fool''), by Gaunilo of Marmoutiers	26	(3)
Anselm's Reply to Gaunilo	29	(7)
St. Thomas Aquinas	36	(11)
Summa Theologiae, Part I, Question 2, The Existence of God (In Three Articles)	42	(5)
David Hume	47	(43)
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	54	(36)
Gottfried Leibniz	90	(14)
Theodicy: Abridgement of the Argument Reduced to Syllogistic Form	96	(8)
J.L. Mackie	104	(11)
``Evil and Omnipotence''	106	(9)
William James	115	(20)
``The Will to Believe''	121	(14)
Philosophy of Mind---What is the Place of Mind in the Physical World?	135	(100)
Gilbert Ryle	138	(13)
The Concept of Mind: ``Descartes's Myth''	142	(9)
J.J.C. Smart	151	(14)
``Sensations and Brain Processes''	155	(10)
Hilary Putnam	165	(14)
``The Nature of Mental States''	170	(9)
John R. Searle	179	(20)
``Minds, Brains and Programs''	184	(15)
Paul Churchland	199	(22)
``Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes''	203	(18)
Thomas Nagel	221	(14)
``What Is It Like to Be a Bat?''	224	(11)
Metaphysics---Do We Have Free Will?	235	(106)
Paul Ree	238	(16)
The Illusion of Free Will, Chapters 1 and 2	241	(13)
C.A. Campbell	254	(15)
On Selfhood and Godhood: ``Has the Self Free Will?''	257	(12)
Robert Kane	269	(25)
``Free Will: The Elusive Ideal''	273	(21)
Daniel Dennett	294	(15)
``On Giving Libertarians What They Say They Want''	299	(10)
Susan Wolf	309	(13)
``Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility''	310	(12)
P.F. Strawson	322	(19)
``Freedom and Resentment''	325	(16)
New Directions in Philosophy	341	(52)
Arthur Fine, ``The Natural Ontological Attitude''	343	(17)
Richard Rorty, ``Philosophy Without Mirrors''	360	(19)
Derek Parfit, ``Personal Identity''	379	(14)
Sources for Quotations	393