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Incorporating the insights of new coeditor Lewis Vaughn, Classics
of Philosophy, Third Edition, is the most comprehensive anthology
of writings in Western philosophy in print. Spanning 2,500 years of
thought, it is ideal for introduction to philosophy and history of
philosophy courses. It features more than seventy selections by
forty philosophers--along with fragments from the
Pre-Socratics--offering students and instructors an extensive and
economical collection of the major works of the Western tradition.
This volume contains the most important writings from Thales to
Rawls; twenty of these are complete works, while the others are
judiciously abridged so that little of value to the student is
lost. A lucid introduction, including a brief biographical sketch,
accompanies each of the featured philosophers.
NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:
* Selections from philosophers who were not included in the
previous edition--Maimonides (Guide for the Perplexed) and
Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Representation)--along with
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
* Expanded readings: Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, On the Soul,
Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics; Berkeley's Of the Principles
of Human Knowledge; and Hume's Treatise on Human Nature
* Review questions for each chapter and illustrated portraits of
many philosophers
* A Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/pojman featuring resources
for students (self-quizzes, flash cards, chapter review questions,
a timeline, and helpful web links) and instructors (brief reading
summaries, essay questions, test questions, and PowerPoint-based
lecture slides)
Classics of Philosophy, Third Edition, provides students with an
extensive view of the major stages of growth in Western
philosophy--including its birth with the Pre-Socratics and its
contemporary developments--in an accessible format and at an
affordable price.
How to Think about Weird Things is a concise and engaging text that
offers students a step-by-step process by which to determine when a
claim is likely to be true. Schick and Vaughn provide a course on
critical thinking, with a focus on neither debunking nor advocating
specific claims. Rather, the authors clarify principles of good
reasoning that enable students to evaluate any claim, no matter how
strange, for themselves. By teaching readers how to distinguish
good reasons from bad reasons for believing a claim, this text
helps students improve their decision-making abilities and provides
them with a powerful weapon against all forms of hucksterism.
The Ethics of Campus Conflicts is a Contemporary Moral Problems
textbook that focuses on controversial issues relevant to college
camputses. It is a hybrid of running text elucidated by passages
from relevant readings-readings taken from books and essays by
commentators who ahve studied, and sometimes been party to, the
campus controversies featured in the book
Writing Philosophy: A Student's Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays
is a concise, self-guided manual that covers the basics of
argumentative essay writing and encourages students to master
fundamental skills quickly, with minimal instructor input. Opening
with an introductory chapter on how to read philosophy, the book
then moves into the basics of writing summaries and analyzing
arguments. It provides step-by-step instructions for each phase of
the writing process, from formulating a thesis, to creating an
outline, to writing a final draft, supplementing this tutorial
approach with model essays, outlines, introductions, and
conclusions. Skills essential to evaluating arguments, citing
sources, avoiding plagiarism, detecting fallacies, and formatting
final drafts are dealt with in detail. The final two chapters serve
as a reference guide to common mistakes and basic skills in
sentence construction, writing style, and word choice.
With all the recent promotion of herbal remedies and alternative
therapies--acupuncture, therapeutic touch, aroma therapy, magnet
therapy, homeopathy, naturopathy, Ayurvedic medicine, and many
others--how can the average consumer find objective, scientific
information evaluating these products and treatments? Without
reliable information from objective, scientifically qualified
sources, consumers run the risk of wasting their money, or worse,
endangering their health.
This anthology of research articles by reputable scientists is
dedicated exclusively to the careful scrutiny of the claims of
alternative medicine. Using scientific and rational criteria,
well-respected scientists and physicians review available evidence
for therapeutic claims, critique published studies, present
original research, and discuss the methods and principles of valid
research. Among the topics covered are the origins of alternative
medicine and current trends; the theories and therapies of Andrew
Weil, naturopathy, therapeutic touch, and colloidal silver
treatment; the psychological dimensions of belief in unconventional
treatments; and the ethics of promoting unproven treatments.
This informative, user-friendly volume is a must for everyone
considering alternative medicine.
Great Philosophical Arguments is based on the fact that much of the
power, drama, and pleasure of philosophy comes from
argument-specifically from the many touchstone arguments that
generated much of the philosophical canon. Like other topically
organized introductory philosophy readers, this book is organized
around the main areas of philosophy: the existence of God,
knowledge and skepticism, mind and body, free will and determinism,
ethics, and contemporary ethical debates, including abortion,
euthanasia, and global hunger and poverty. But what is unique is
the systematic focus on argument. The reading selections are
organized by argument. Each argument is introduced by a briefing
that (1) sketches the argument, (2) provides conceptual background
for it, and (3) reviews some of the main philosophical responses to
it. After the briefing come two to four selections presenting the
classic statement of the argument, critiques and defenses of it,
and discussions of related debates. At the end of each agrument are
useful essay questions for further analysis. Vaughn's approach
focuses students' attention on argumentation, where much of the
philosophical work gets done; it gives them clear points of
reference for navigating material in which they often get lost; and
it helps them understand and appreciate the philosophical
dialectic-the interplay of argument and counterargument among
articles and authors. An introductory Chapter One explains the
concerns and methods of philosophy, explains its practical and
theoretical benefits, and provides a short lesson in identifying,
constructing, and assessing arguments. Each chapter has an
extensive introduction to the issue and arguments, and essay
questions at chapter endings urge reflection on the chapter as a
whole. Other pedagogical features include biographical text boxes,
bold key terms lists at the ends of chapters and collected in an
end-of-book glossary, suggestions for further readings, and an
appendix on How to Write an Argumentative Essay. An Instructor's
Manual and Testbank on CD features chapter summaries, reading
summaries, lecture outlines in PowerPoint format, and objective
test questions for use in exams or midterms. A Companion Website
for both students and instructors at www.oup.com/us/vaughn includes
all the material from the Instructor's Manual and Testbank, and
such resources for students as study questions, interactive
quizzes, flashcards with key words, and helpful web links. Message:
The only introduction to philosophy textbook that teaches students
to think critically about philosophical arguments-that shows
students how to identify, understand, and critique philosophical
arguments.
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