Philosophic Classics, Volume III Modern Philosophy

by Baird, Forrest

• ISBN13: 9780205783892
• ISBN10: 0205783899
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-22
• Publisher: Routledge

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Author Biography

Forrest Baird has taught at Whitworth since 1978. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in philosophy, most summers he teaches for Fuller Theological Seminary in extension programs throughout the West. Dr. Baird has a B.A. from Westmont, an M.Div. From Fuller, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. In his time at Whitworth, Dr. Baird has been selected by five graduating classes as the "Most Influential Professor" and has also been voted "Teacher of the Year" by his colleagues. Dr. Baird has studied the problem of evil while a Resident Fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University and Abbey in Collegeville, MN, and more recently has been studying Chinese philosophy. Dr. Baird's most recent scholarly work has been editing the six-volume Philosophic Classics series for Prentice Hall. His other works include editing the book, Human Thought and Action: Readings in Western Intellectual History, and co-authoring (with Jack Rogers) the HarperCollins textbook, Introduction to Philosophy: A Case Study Approach.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Francis Bacon	p. 1
Novum Organum (selections)	p. 3
René Descartes	p. 9
Meditations on the First Philosophy	p. 13
Correspondence with Princess Elizabeth (selections)	p. 53
Thomas Hobbes	p. 57
Leviathan (Part I, Chapters 1-3, 6, 9, 12-15; Part II, Chapters 17-18, 21)	p. 60
Blaise Pascal	p. 97
Penseés (selections)	p. 100
Baruch Spinoza	p. 109
Ethics (Parts I & II)	p. 111
Nicolas Malebranche	p. 163
The Search after Truth (Book IV, Part II, Chapter 3)	p. 166
John Locke	p. 173
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (abridged)	p. 176
An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government (Second Essay) (in part)	p. 243
Gottfried Leibniz	p. 249
Discourse on Metaphysics	p. 252
Theodicy (Leibniz's abridgement)	p. 280
The Monadology	p. 287
George Berkeley	p. 297
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge	p. 299
William Paley	p. 351
Natural Theology (Chapters 1-3)	p. 353
David Hume	p. 359
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding	p. 362
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	p. 440
Thomas Reid	p. 495
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (Essay I, Chapter 14, and part of Chapter 15)	p. 498
Jean-Jacques Rousseau	p. 507
The Social Contract (Book One)	p. 510
Immauel Kant	p. 519
Critique of Pure Reason (in part)	p. 523
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics	p. 540
Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals	p. 612
On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives	p. 655
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