Edited and assembled by one of philosophy's foremost scholars in collaboration with a distinguished teacher, this introductory anthology offers both classic and contemporary primary source readings and schools students in developing distinctly philosophical habits of mind. In addition to the fine selection of primary source readings, this anthology offers a unique array of pedagogical features that, together, form a ldquo;roadmaprdquo; for thinking philosophically. These features begin with an introductory essay, followed by chapter introductions and marginal annotations that accompany the readings, and conclude with discussion questions and an appendix on writing about philosophy.
*Selections new to this edition are indicated with an asterisk Preface Preface to the 2 nd Edition For the Student:
An Introduction to the Annotations
Chapter 1 What is Philosophy? Ann Baker:Philosophical Thinking Plato:Euthyphro Plato:Apology Bertrand Russell:The
Value of Philosophy
Chapter 2 Knowledge and Skepticism Do We Have Knowledge of the External World? Reneacute; Descartes:FromMeditations
on First Philosophy John Locke:FromAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding George Berkeley:FromThree Dialogues
Between Hylas and Philonous Thomas Reid:Direct Realism, fromEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man Laurence BonJour:Knowledge
of the External World, fromEpistemology: Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses Sextus Empiricus:FromOutlines
of Pyrrhonism* Concluding Dialogue on the External World* Is Induction Justified? David Hume:Skeptical Doubts Concerning
the Operations of the Understanding, fromAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Wesley Salmon:The Problem of
Induction, fromThe Foundations of Scientific Inference A. C. Ewing:The "A Priori" and the Empirical,
fromThe Fundamental Questions of Philosophy Concluding Dialogue on the Problem of Induction*
Chapter3 Minds and Bodies Are Minds and Mental States Distinct from Bodies and Material States? John Foster:A Defense
of Dualism J. J. C. Smart:Sensations and Brain Processes Jerry Fodor:The Mind-Body Problem Are Intentional Mental
States Analogous to the States of a Computer? A. M. Turing:Computing Machinery and Intelligence John R. Searle:Is
the Brainrsquo;s Mind a Computer Program? Jerry Fodor:Searle on What Only Brains Can Do John R. Searle:Authorrsquo;s
Response Can Materialism Account for Qualitative Consciousness? Thomas Nagel:What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Frank
Jackson:What Mary Didnrsquo;t Know Laurence BonJour:What Is It Like to Be a Human (Instead of a Bat)? David Lewis:Knowing
What Itrsquo;s Like David J. Chalmers:The Puzzle of Conscious Experience Concluding Dialogue on the Mind-Body Problem*
Chapter 4Personal Identity and Free Will
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