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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
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Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Philosophical Journey
Chapter 2: The Search for Knowledge
Section: Overview of the Problem of Knowledge
Section 1: Skepticism
Section 2: Rationalism
Section 3: Empiricism
Section 4: Kantian Constructivism
Section 5: Epistemological Relativism
Section 6: Rethinking the Western Tradition: Pragmatism
Section 7: Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Epistemology
Chapter 3: The Search for Ultimate Reality
Section: Overview of Metaphysics
Section 1: Overview: The Mind-Body Problem
Section 2: Dualism
Section 3: Physicalism
Section 4: Functionalism and Artificial Intelligence
Section 5: Overview: Freedom and Determinism
Section 6: Hard Determinism
Section 7: Libertarianism
Section 8: Compatibilism
Chapter 4: The Search for God
Section: Overview of Philosophy of Religion
Section 1: The Cosmological Argument for God
Section 2: The Design Argument for God (Teleological Argument)
Section 3: The Ontological Argument for God
Section 4: Pragmatic and subjective justifications of religious belief
Section 5: The Problem of Evil: Atheistic and Theistic Responses
Section 6: Rethinking the Western Tradition: Asian Religions
Chapter 5: The Search for Ethical Values
Section: Overview of Ethics
Section 1: Ethical Relativism versus Objectivism
Section 2: Ethical Egoism
Section 3: Utilitarianism
Section 4: Kantian Ethics
Section 5: Virtue Ethics
Section 6: Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Ethics
Chapter 6: The Search for the Just Society
Section 1: Overview of Political Philosophy
Section 2: The Justification of Government
Section 3: The Individual and the State
Section 4: The Question of Justice
Chapter 7: Postscript: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life






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