Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195370104 ISBN 13: 9780195370102

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology, Third Edition, is a remarkably accessible and engaging introduction to philosophy. Steven M. Cahn brings together extraordinarily clear, recent essays by noted philosophers and supplements them with influential historical sources. Most importantly, the articles have been carefully edited to make them understandable to every reader. The topics are drawn from across the major fields of philosophy and include knowledge and skepticism, mind and body, freedom and determinism, the existence of God, the problem of evil, ethical reasoning, abortion, euthanasia, world hunger, democracy, capital punishment, affirmative action, and the meaning of life. The readings are enhanced by concise introductions, explanatory notes, and suggestions for further reading.
Featuring twenty-two new selections, the third edition has been expanded to include a separate section on free will containing articles by A.J. Ayer, Steven M. Cahn, Harry Frankfurt, Thomas Nagel, and Richard Taylor. It offers two sections on morality--Moral Theory and Moral Problems--with new selections by John Arthur, Virginia Held, Don Marquis, Bernard Mayo, Peter Singer, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and Christine Vitrano. This edition also adds historical sources by St. Anselm, William James, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as contemporary essays by A.J. Ayer, Steven M. Cahn, Nicholas Everitt, Edmund L. Gettier, Carl G. Hempel, Alan Turing, and Ernest van den Haag.

About this title

About the Author

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Review

"Exploring Philosophy is a wonderful achievement and a significant contribution to philosophical pedagogy. . . . Cahn's choice of articles is superb and clearly reflects the choice of someone with years of experience engaging students in philosophy. . . . The book contains a balanced mix of authors, an even-handed treatment of the issues, rigorous yet accessible articles that are appropriately introduced by the editor, and is far more affordable than most college texts."--Laurence Carlin, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

"Exploring Philosophy demonstrates an uncommon achievement in the editing of anthologies--a genuinely good read. . . . I recommend this work highly for its emphasis upon and selection of original sources; the quality of philosophical argument addressed; and the accessibility of the argument(s) for the undergraduate."--Eleanor F. Katz, Orange Coast College

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195370104
• ISBN 13: 9780195370102
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Cahn Steven M.