Invitation to Philosophy: Issues and Options - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534564607 ISBN 13: 9780534564605

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2005

Synopsis

First ponder the concepts, then discover how experts debate it. INVITATION TO PHILOSOPHY: ISSUES AND OPTIONS walks you through each major topic in philosophy using language you can understand, shows you how it's all connected, and manages to be entertaining at the same time.

About this title

About the Author:

Stanley M. Honer (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is Emeritus Professor at Mt. San Antonio College.

Thomas Hunt is a Professor in the Center for Catholic Education and the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Dayton, where he has taught since 1996. He received his B.A. in History at Loras College, a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and an M.A. in Seondary Education Administration from the Catholic University of America, and his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies (Social and Historical Foundations of Education) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has authored or co-authored 20 books.

Dennis L. Okholm (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) teaches in the department of theology and philosophy at Azusa Pacific University.

John L. Safford (Ph.D., The University of California, Riverside) is professor of government and philosophy at the University of South Carolina, Sumter.

Review:

Preface. Prologue. 1. What is Philosophy? 2. Philosophical Thinking. 3. Perception and Truth. 4. Epistemology: How We Know. 5. Metaphysics: What is Real? 6. Freedom and Determinism. 7. Philosophy and Religion. 8. Philosophy and Ethics. 9. Philosophy and Esthetics. 10. Philosophy and Human Nature. 11. Philosophy in Politics. Epilogue. Appendix: Writing Philosophy Papers Glossary. Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0534564607
• ISBN 13: 9780534564605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288