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"Excellent selection, well organized. Something here for everyone."--HughCurtler, Southwest Minnesota State University, "Excellent selection, well organized. Something here for everyone."--Hugh Curtler, Southwest Minnesota State University, Preface: I. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? Plato, Socratic Wisdom: The Trial of Socrates (from the Apology) John Locke, Philosophy as the Love of Truth versus Enthusiasm Bertrand Russell, The Value of Philosophy II. THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Plato, The Theory of Ideas and Doctrine of Recollection (from the Meno) Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (complete) John Locke, An Empiricist Theory of Knowledge (from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding) George Berkeley, An Idealist Theory of Knowledge (from Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous) David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Immanuel Kant, The Copernican Revolution in Knowledge John Maynard Smith, Science and Myth Norman Malcolm, Two Types of Knowledge Karl Popper, Epistemology without a Knowing Subject Richard Rorty, Dismantling Truth: Solidarity versus Objectivity Daniel Dennett, Postmodernism and Truth III. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION A. Traditional Arguments for the Existence of God Saint Thomas Aquinas, The Five Ways Samuel Clarke, The Argument from Contingency F.C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell, A Debate on The Argument from Contingency William Paley, The Watch and the Watchmaker David Hume, A Critique of the Teleological Argument Anselm versus Gaunilo, The Ontological Argument F.C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell, A Debate on The Argument from Religious Experience C.D. Broad, The Argument from Religious Experience B. The Problem of Evil Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Why Is There Evil? Bruce Russell, The Problem of Evil: Why Is There So Much Suffering? Richard Swinburne, A Theistic Response to the Problem of Evil C. Faith and Reason Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell, A Debate on Rationality and Religious Belief Blaise Pascal, Faith Is a Rational Wager W.K. Clifford, The Ethics of Belief William James, The Will to Believe Alvin Plantinga, Religious Belief without Evidence IV. PHILOSOPHY OF MIND A. The Mind-Body Problem Rene Descartes, Dualism Jerome Shaffer, Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem Paul Churchland, A Critique of Dualism Paul Churchland, On Functionalism and Materialism Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat? David Chalmers, Against Materialism: Can Consciousness Be Reductively Explained? John Searle, Minds, Brains, and Computers B. Who Am I? The Problem of Personal Identity John Locke, Our Psychological Properties Define the Self David Hume, We Have No Substantial Self with Which We Are Identical Derek Parfit and Godfrey Vesey, Brain Transplants and Personal Identity: A Dialogue C. Personal Identity and Survival: Will I Survive My Death? Plato, Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (from the Phaedo) Bertrand Russell, The Illusion of Immortality John Hick, In Defense of Life after Death V. FREEDOM OF THE WILL, RESPONSIBILITY, AND PUNISHMENT A. Free Will and Determinism Baron Paul Henri d'Holbach, A Defense of Determinism Richard Taylor, Libertarianism: Defense of Free Will W.T. Stace, Compatibilism: Free Will Is Consistent with Determinism John Hospers, Determinism: Free Will and Psychoanalysis Harry Frankfurt, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person B. Moral Responsibility Aristotle, Voluntary Action and Responsibility Galen Strawson, The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility Michael Levin, A Compatibilist Defense of Moral Responsibility Lois Hope Walker, A Libertarian Defense of Moral Responsibility C. Punishment Immanuel Kant, The Right to Punish: Retributivism Jonathan Glover, Utilitarianism and Punishment Karl Menninger, The Crime of Punishment: The Humanitarian Theory C.S. Lewis, Against the Humanitarian Theory of Rehabilitation John Rawls, Two Concepts of Punishment VI. MORAL PHILOSOPHY Plato, Socratic Morality
