Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings

by John R. Perry, John Martin Fischer, Michael Bratman, et al.

Book Overview

Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary philosophy available. Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, the text includes sections on God and evil, knowledge and reality, the philosophy of science, the mind/body problem, freedom of will, consciousness, ethics, political philosophy, existential issues, and philosophical puzzles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195390369
• ISBN13: 9780195390360
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 880 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.2" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Leftists Indoctrination Textbook

This is an indoctrination text meant to sway kids into accepting an anti-Christian worldview and replacing it with "the self." Start with the Bible, then read actual philosophers and intellectuals such as Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Richard Hooker, Monstesquieu, Locke, Blackstone, Edmund Burke, Edward Coke, Thomas Reid, Pufendorf, Burlamaqui, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Elias Boudinot, Leo Strauss, Russell Kirk, C.S. Lewis, etc.

Introduction to Philosophy Classical and Contemporary Readings

This collection of excerpts gives the reader a good overview of western philosophy on several broad topics, suchas the Nature of God and The Problem of Good and Evil. Some of the readings are rather long, particlarly the political philosophy sections. Although a student of philosophy should supplement a thourghly conducted overiew with additional literature, Introduction to Philosphy is a great place to start.

a comprehensive and thorough overview

I used this book in an intro philosophy course in college and have been looking for it ever since. It presents original texts, plus thoughtful commentary and overviews that did not condense or simplify difficult topics. It is also incredibly thorough - if a work is part of the philosophical canon, it is in here, no matter how obscure. Now that I've found it again, its definitely going into my library as a standard reference text.