A Dictionary of Common Philosophical Terms

Pence, Gregory E

ISBN 10: 0072829311 / ISBN 13: 9780072829310

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

Title: A Dictionary of Common Philosophical Terms

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

This convenient reference tool includes plain-language definitions for over 500 commonly-used philosophical terms undergraduate students are likely to encounter in their philosophy courses. The "Dictionary of Philosophical Terms" is inexpensive, simple to use, and a must have for every philosophy student.

About the Author:

Gregory E. Pence earned his doctoral degree in 1974 from New York University. Since 1976, he has taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is a Professor and a medical ethicist in the Department of Philosophy and School of Medicine In 1994 he was voted the Ingall's award, the university's highest teaching honor. His courses provide physicians and others with a broad background of the history of ethical issues in medicine since World War II. He has also edited a companion volume to CLASSIC CASES IN MEDICAL ETHICS entitled CLASSIC WORKS IN MEDICAL ETHICS (1997). He has coauthored SEVEN DILEMMAS IN WORLD RELIGIONS with Lynn Stephens (1995) and "Why Physicians Should Help the Dying,", H. LaFollette (ed.) PRACTICAL ETHICS (Blackwell, 1997) For over a decade, he served on the Institutional Review Board on human experimentation. He is a past Chair of the Board for Birmingham AIDS Outreach. He has published in the American Journal of Medicine, Bioethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, American Medical News and the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. He has written Op-Ed pieces for the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal, and Ridder Newspapers. He has twice won teaching awards, and he has given many talks on bioethics in places that include China and Israel.