The problems of philosophy; introductory readings
William P. Alston (Compiler), Richard B. Brandt (Compiler)
Print Book, English, [1967]
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, [1967]
ix, 722 pages 24 cm
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The inconceivability of God's nonexistence / St. Anselm
From nature to God / St. Thomas Aquinas
A critique of the argument from design / David Hume
A modern restatement of the argument from design / A.E. Taylor
Are men ever directly aware of God? / William James
A sceptical view of mysticism / Bertrand Russell
The case for atheism / Ernest Nagel
A Christian view of the problem of evil / John Hick
Can religious beliefs be tested empirically? / The verification of belief in God
An anthropologist's views of values and morality / Ruth Fulton Benedict
Ethical relativism : pros and cons / Walter T. Stace
The ideal observer theory / Frank Chapman Sharp
The good, obligation, and desire : a naturalistic view / William James
Supernaturalism in ethics : a criticism / A.C. Ewing
Nonnaturalism : intuitive knowledge of ethical facts / Thomas Reid
A noncognitive theory / A.J. Ayer
The good life is rational activity / Aristotle
A form of hedonism and utilitarianism / J.J.C. Smart
The right act is to promote one's own welfare : egoism / Gardner Williams
Egoism claimed inconsistent / Brian Medlin
Many self-evident obligations / W.D. Ross
Right acts must be universalizable / Immanuel Kant
It is rational to act morally / Kurt Baier
Reasons for acting morally / William K. Frankena
The case for determinism / David Hume
Determinism rules out free will / Baron d'Holbach
Free will rules out determinism / C.A. Campbell
The harmony of free will and determinism / R.E. Hobart
The new indeterminism in physics / Arthur Eddington
Determinism and the concept of action / S.I. Benn and R.S. Peters
Psychoanalysis and moral responsibility / John Hospers
man as two substances / Rene Descartes
The dependence of consciousness on the brain / T.H. Huxley
Conscious states are brain processes / U.T. Place
Mind as behavioral disposition / Gilbert Ryle
Can machines think? / Alan Turing
A reaffirmation of dualism / A.C. Ewing
Memory as the basis of personal identity / John Locke
A critique of Locke on personal identity / Thomas Reid
Science and immortality : a positive report / William James
Science and immortality : a negative report / Bertrand Russell
Sceptical queries : meditations on first philosophy / Rene Descartes
The premises of knowledge / Bertrand Russell
Logic and mathematics based on observation / John Stuart Mill
Only analytical statements are knowable a priori / A.J. Ayer
Criticisms of the linguistic theory of the a priori / A.C. Ewing
Sceptical doubts about inductive inference / David Hume
The principle of induction not supportable by observation / Bertrand Russell
An inductive justification of inductive inference / John Stuart Mill
The justification of induction and the analysis of language / P.F. Strawson
A pragmatic justification of inductive policy / Hans Reichenbach
The nature and justification of hypothetical reasoning / William Kneale
The nature of explanation / John Hospers
The concept of sense data / C.D. Broad
Sense experiences caused by objects / John Locke - Material things are experiences of men or God / George Berkeley
Material things are actual and possible experiences / John Stuart Mill
Difficulties for phenomenalism / R.M. Chisholm
Our knowledge of the external world / Arthur O. Lovejoy
There are no sense data / W.H.F. Barnes