Invitation to Philosophy Issues and Options

by Honer, Stanley M.; Hunt, Thomas C.; Okholm, Dennis L.

• ISBN13: 9780534533939
• ISBN10: 0534533930
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Intended for Introduction to Philosophy courses.

Using an issues-and-options approach, in a handbook format, this text deals with each major topic in philosophy by using a succinct, relevant, and readable presentation and critique of the representative options within each topic. A continuum helps students see the options available to answer a variety of basic questions and the relationship each option has to the others. The options found on the continuum are discussed and followed by a case study drawn from contemporary life that helps students to apply the options.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Prologue	1	(17)
Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy?	18	(11)
Chapter 2 Philosophical Thinking	29	(22)
Chapter 3 Perception and Truth	51	(15)
Chapter 4 Epistemology: How We Know	66	(29)
Chapter 5 Metaphysics: What Is Real	95	(17)
Chapter 6 Freedom and Determinism	112	(17)
Chapter 7 Philosophy and Religion	129	(25)
Chapter 8 Philosophy and Ethics	154	(21)
Chapter 9 Philosophy and Esthetics	175	(15)
Chapter 10 Philosophy and Human Nature	190	(17)
Chapter 11 Philosophy and Politics	207	(21)
Epilogue	228	(3)
Glossary	231	(16)
Index	247