Titre :	The truth about the world : basic readings in philosophy
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	James Rachels (1941-2003), Éditeur scientifique
Editeur :	New York : Mc Graw Hill
Année de publication :	c2005
Importance :	VII, 302 p.
Présentation :	cover illustrated in color
Format :	22 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-07-286923-1
Note générale :	includes bibliographical references
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Philosophy
Index. décimale :	B 72
Note de contenu :	Socrates's trial / Plato -- Socrates's unanswered question about justice / Plato -- Five ways to prove that God exists / St. Thomas Aquinas -- The watch and the watch-maker / William Paley -- Evil and omnipotence / J.L. Mackie -- The problem of evil / Michael L. Peterson -- Why I am not a Christian / Bertrand Russell -- You bet your life : Pascal's wager defended / William Lycan and George Schlesinger -- Do we survive death? / Bertrand Russell -- Spilt brains and personal identity / Derek Parfit -- The causes of behavior / B.F. Skinner -- The mind-brain identity theory / David Armstrong -- What is it like to be a bat? Thomas Nagel -- The myth of the computer / John R. Searle -- Existentialism and humanism / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Compatibilism defended / W.T. Stace -- On liberty / John Stuart Mill -- Meditations I and II / Rene Descartes -- Does matter exist? / George Berkeley -- The argument for illusion / A.J. Ayer -- Reality J.L. Austin -- On miracles / David Hume -- Ethics and human feeling / David Hume -- Our sense of right and wrong / C.S. Lewis -- Four ethical principles / Peter Singer -- The virtues / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The meaning of life / Richard Taylor.

The truth about the world : basic readings in philosophy [texte imprimé] / James Rachels (1941-2003), Éditeur scientifique . - New York : Mc Graw Hill, c2005 . - VII, 302 p. : cover illustrated in color ; 22 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-07-286923-1
includes bibliographical references
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Philosophy
Index. décimale :	B 72
Note de contenu :	Socrates's trial / Plato -- Socrates's unanswered question about justice / Plato -- Five ways to prove that God exists / St. Thomas Aquinas -- The watch and the watch-maker / William Paley -- Evil and omnipotence / J.L. Mackie -- The problem of evil / Michael L. Peterson -- Why I am not a Christian / Bertrand Russell -- You bet your life : Pascal's wager defended / William Lycan and George Schlesinger -- Do we survive death? / Bertrand Russell -- Spilt brains and personal identity / Derek Parfit -- The causes of behavior / B.F. Skinner -- The mind-brain identity theory / David Armstrong -- What is it like to be a bat? Thomas Nagel -- The myth of the computer / John R. Searle -- Existentialism and humanism / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Compatibilism defended / W.T. Stace -- On liberty / John Stuart Mill -- Meditations I and II / Rene Descartes -- Does matter exist? / George Berkeley -- The argument for illusion / A.J. Ayer -- Reality J.L. Austin -- On miracles / David Hume -- Ethics and human feeling / David Hume -- Our sense of right and wrong / C.S. Lewis -- Four ethical principles / Peter Singer -- The virtues / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The meaning of life / Richard Taylor.