(Ebook) Does the Center Hold An Introduction to Western Philosophy 3rd Edition by Donald D Palmer ISBN 0767415809 9780767415804

(Ebook) Does the Center Hold An Introduction to Western Philosophy 3rd Edition by Donald D Palmer ISBN 0767415809 9780767415804

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ISBN 10: 0767415809 
ISBN 13: 9780767415804
Author: Donald D Palmer

Does the Center Hold? is an entertaining, topically-organized introductory program with more than 500 original illustrations. The ideas and issues typically covered in introductory philosophy courses are presented here in a remarkably accessible and enjoyable manner. With the help of small questions used to tackle the boarder inquiry, students learn to appreciate the details and walk away with an appreciation of philosophy. Donald Palmer demonstrates that serious philosophical inquiry may be perplexing, but is ultimately liberating, and students will come away from the book with a comprehensive, and often delighted, understanding of philosophy. One of the strengths of this book is found in the connections it makes between philosophy and other fields in which students are interested, especially art, literature, physics, sociology, psychology, and psychoanalysis. Students will realize that there is a certain kind of philosophical analysis and form of argumentation whose skills can be learned and applied in other areas of their lives, both personal and professional.

(Ebook) Does the Center Hold An Introduction to Western Philosophy 3rd Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: Before Philosophy: Myth and the Dawn of Reason

  • The Pre-Socratics: Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno.

  • From Mythos to Logos.

  • Early cosmological inquiries.

• Chapter 2: Socrates and Plato: The Search for Wisdom

  • Socrates: The unexamined life, the Socratic method.

  • Plato's Theory of Forms: The Divided Line, Allegory of the Cave.

  • Plato's Epistemology and Metaphysics.

  • Plato's Ethics and Political Philosophy (e.g., The Republic).

• Chapter 3: Aristotle: The Great Systematizer

  • Aristotle's Metaphysics: Substance, form, matter, causality.

  • Aristotle's Epistemology and Logic.

  • Aristotle's Ethics: Virtue ethics, the golden mean (Nicomachean Ethics).

  • Aristotle's Political Philosophy.

• Chapter 4: Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy: Schools of Thought

  • Epicureanism: Atomism, hedonism.

  • Stoicism: Virtue, reason, fate.

  • Skepticism: Doubt and inquiry.

  • Neoplatonism.

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