Cantitate/Preț
Produs
Total produse
Vezi coșul
The Person: Readings in Human Nature de William O. Stephens

The Person: Readings in Human Nature

Autor William O. Stephens
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2005
For courses in Introductory Philosophy and Philosophy of Man and Human Nature. The vitally important concept of the "person" is featured in this anthology of readings from the history of Western philosophy. This text which is philosophically more serious yet still reader-friendly, offers a variety of authors and a wide historical scope in the Philosophy of Human Nature market that generally neglects this topic.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 106085 lei

Preț vechi: 137773 lei
-23% Nou

Puncte Express: 1591
Preț estimativ în valută:
18772€ • 22013$ • 16486£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 13-27 februarie

 Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!
Adaugă în listă
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780131848115
ISBN-10: 0131848119
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 178 x 236 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Descriere

For courses in Introductory Philosophy and Philosophy of Man and Human Nature.
The vitally important concept of the "person" is featured in this anthology of readings from the history of Western philosophy.  This text which is philosophically more serious yet still reader-friendly, offers a variety of authors and a wide historical scope in the Philosophy of Human Nature market that generally neglects this topic.

Cuprins

Topical Units for Constructing Syllabi                                                       vii
Preface                                                                                                                                   xi
 
1. Plato                                                                                                   1
     1a. Phaedo 80c–84b                                                                                                            2
     1b. Phaedrus 246a–b, 253c–256e                                                                                       5
     1c. Republic 439c–442b                                                                                                      8
 
2. Aristotle                                                                                             11
     On the Soul,  ii.2, iii.4–5                                                                                                       12
 
3. Cicero                                                                                                17
     On Obligations I §§105–118                                                                                                18
 
4. Epictetus                                                                                            22
     4a. The Discourses i.2, i.29                                                                                                 23
     4b. The Handbook §17, §37                                                                                                29
 
5. Clement of Alexandria                                                                          30
     Protrepticus 10.110.2.2                                                                                                       31
 
6. Boethius                                                                                             32
     Contra Eutychen §§2–4                                                                                                       33
 
7. St Anselm                                                                                           38
     The Incarnation of the Word, §§ 8-16                                                                                  39
 
8. St Thomas Aquinas                                                                              47
     Summa Theologica, 1st Part, QQ. 29–30♦                                                                          48
 
9. John Duns Scotus                                                                                61
     Ordinatio, I, d.26, q.un., excerpt♦                                                                                         62
 
10. René Descartes                                                                                 67
     Treatise on Man, excerpt                                                                                                     68
 
11. Thomas Hobbes                                                                                 76
     Leviathan, 1st part, Chapter 16                                                                                            77
 
12. John Locke                                                                                        81
     An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ii.27 §§9–27                                                  82
 
13. J. O. de la Mettrie                                                                               91
     Man a Machine, excerpt                                                                                                        92
 
14. G. W. Leibniz                                                                                      97
     New Essays on the Human Understanding, excerpt                                                            98
 
15. David Hume                                                                                      108
     A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part 4, §6                                                                  109
 
16. Immanuel Kant                                                                                   116
     16a. Critique of Pure Reason, 3rd Paralogism  of personality♦                                           117
     16b. Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, excerpt                                            119
     16c. The Doctrine of Virtue, excerpts♦                                                                                121
 
 
    
 
 
17. Søren Kierkegaard                                                                            125
     The Sickness unto Death, excerpt                                                                                     126
 
18. Auguste Comte                                                                                 135
     The Positive Philosophy, excerpt                                                                                       136
 
19. F. W. Nietzsche                                                                               142
     19a. The Gay Science, §345                                                                                             143
     19b. Beyond Good and Evil, Part 1 §6, §§16–19, Part 2 §41, Part §3 54, Part §6 207     145
     19c. The Will to Power,  §886                                                                                             150
 
20. Simone Weil                                                                                     152
     “Human Personality”                                                                                                           153
 
21. Jean-Paul Sartre                                                                              168
     "Existentialism"                                                                                                                    169
 
22. P.F. Strawson                                                                                   177
       Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, excerpt                                             178
23. C. D. Broad                                                                                       187
     “The Validity of Belief in a Personal God”                                                                             188
 
24. Richard Taylor                                                                                   199
     “The Anattá Doctrine and Personal Identity”                                                                        200
 
 
 
 
25. H. G. Frankfurt                                                                                 206
     “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person”♦                                                         207
 
26. M. A. Warren                                                                                    218
     “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion”                                                                       219
 
27. Daniel Dennett                                                                                  226
     “Conditions of Personhood”                                                                                                227
 
28. R. M. Smullyan                                                                                 241
     “Is God a Taoist?”                                                                                                              242
 
29. I. A. Menkiti                                                                                     255
     “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought”                                                   256
 
30. P. A. French                                                                                   263
     “The Corporation as a Moral Person”♦                                                                            264
 
31. Charles Taylor                                                                                275
     “The Concept of a Person”                                                                                              276
 
32. Roland Puccetti                                                                              288
      "The life of a Person"                                                                                                      289
33. Derek Parfit                                                                                  299
     Reasons and Persons, excerpts♦                                                                                 300
 
34. Mary Midgley                                                                                 313
     “Persons and Non-Persons”                                                                                           314
 
35. Gary Legenhausen                                                                         321
     “Is God a Person?”                                                                                                         322
 
36. A. O. Rorty                                                                                   336
     “Persons and Personae”                                                                                                337
 
37. R. G. A. Dolby                                                                              351
     “The Possibility of Computers becoming Persons,” excerpts                                       352
 
38. Troels Engberg-Pedersen                                                              365
     “Stoic Philosophy and the Concept of the Person”♦                                                      366
 
39. Oswald Hanfling                                                                           379
     “Machines as Persons?” excepts                                                                                  380
 
 
 
 
40. Raymond Martin                                                                           387
     “Was Spinoza a Person?”                                                                                            388
     Response by Nicholas Rescher                                                                                    393
 
41. W. O. Stephens                                                                           396
     “Masks, Androids, and Primates: The Evolution of the Concept ‘Person’”                  397
 
42. The Boyd Group                                                                          409
     “The Moral Status of Non-human Primates: Are Apes Persons?”                               410
 

Caracteristici

Historical breadth and wide perspectives of authors.
~Readings spanning 2500 years give students a vast source of history and perspectives, while giving instructors great flexibility in choosing readings for assignment.
Introductory summaries and discussion questions.
~ Make the readings more appealing to students and easier for them to read and understand.
Content of the readings—Intersect with discussions in the philosophy of mind, the notion of self, accounts of the soul, and theories of human nature, yet a distinct thread binds all of the readings together.
 ~ The text is useful for a range of different courses or topics: philosophy of mind, personal identity, human freedom, moral agency, philosophy of human nature (philosophical anthropology), and philosophy of religion.