Philosophical Problems An Annotated Anthology, Reprint

by BonJour, Laurence; Baker, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780205639472
• ISBN10: 020563947X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-21
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Edited and assembled by one of philosophy's foremost scholars in collaboration with a distinguished teacher, this introductory anthology offers both classic and contemporary primary source readings and schools students in developing distinctly philosophical habits of mind. In addition to the fine selection of primary source readings, this anthology offers a unique array of pedagogical features that, together, form a "roadmap" for thinking philosophically. These features begin with an introductory essay, followed by chapter introductions and marginal annotations that accompany the readings, and conclude with discussion questions and an appendix on writing about philosophy.

Table of Contents

Selections new to this edition are indicated with an asterisk

Preface

Preface to the 2 nd Edition For the Student

An Introduction to the Annotations

What is Philosophy?

Philosophical Thinking

Plato:Euthyphro

Plato:Apology

The Value of Philosophy

Knowledge and Skepticism

Do We Have Knowledge of the External World?

Reneacute; Descartes:From

Meditations on First Philosophy

FromAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding

From

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

Thomas Reid:Direct Realism, from

Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man Laurence

Knowledge of the External World, from

Epistemology: Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses Sextus Empiricus:From

Outlines of Pyrrhonism

Concluding Dialogue on the External World

Is Induction Justified?

Skeptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding, from

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Wesley Salmon:The Problem of Induction, from

The Foundations of Scientific Inference A. C. Ewing:The ldquo;A Priorirdquo; and the Empirical, from

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 J. J. C. Smart: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 What is Required for Personal Identity? &n

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