Philosophy: Paradox and DiscoveryPHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY, 4/e presents philosophy as an immediate, vital, and challenging process of discovery. The text has been specifically designed to help students evaluate their beliefs on basic issues and to see philosophy as a process of discovering and examining the paradoxes inherent in those issues. The forty-one readings in PHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY are drawn from classic and contemporary sources. |
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... RELIGION Religion is not just a belief that some mysterious being exists . It is , on the contrary , a complex network of beliefs concerning morality , the purpose of life , the nature of the individual , and the ultimate explanation of ...
... RELIGION Religion is not just a belief that some mysterious being exists . It is , on the contrary , a complex network of beliefs concerning morality , the purpose of life , the nature of the individual , and the ultimate explanation of ...
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... religion and of the Vedanta philosophy , are a direct report of mystical experience . Buddhism , too , is a mystical religion throughout . It is founded upon the mystical experience of Gautama Buddha . In the East , in India , the word ...
... religion and of the Vedanta philosophy , are a direct report of mystical experience . Buddhism , too , is a mystical religion throughout . It is founded upon the mystical experience of Gautama Buddha . In the East , in India , the word ...
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... Religion Kai Nielsen Kai Nielsen ( 1926– ) is a widely respected philosopher of religion who has published extensively , producing six books and more than 200 articles . He has taught at Hamilton College , Amherst College , Harpur ...
... Religion Kai Nielsen Kai Nielsen ( 1926– ) is a widely respected philosopher of religion who has published extensively , producing six books and more than 200 articles . He has taught at Hamilton College , Amherst College , Harpur ...
Contents
The Paradoxes of Religion | 1 |
The Problem of Evil | 53 |
THE SOULBUILDING ARGUMENT | 65 |
Copyright | |
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