A Text with Integrated Readings, Robert C. Solomon, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005, 0195174623, 9780195174625, 739 Pages
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Introducing Philosophy: A Text With Integrated Readings, Robert C. Solomon, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005, 0195174623, 9780195174625, 739 pages. Philosophy is an exciting and accessible subject, and this engaging text acquaints students with the core problems of philosophy and the many ways in which they are and have been answered. Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings, Eighth Edition, insists both that philosophy is very much alive today and that it is deeply rooted in the past. Accordingly, it combines substantial original sources from significant works in the history of philosophy and current philosophy with detailed commentary and explanation that help to clarify the readings. The selections range from the oldest known fragments to cutting-edge essays in feminism, multiculturalism, and cognitive science. At the end of each chapter is a summary, a list of review questions, a glossary, and a bibliography with suggestions for further reading. Important philosophical terms are carefully introduced in the text and also summarized at the end of each chapter, and brief biographies of the philosophers are provided at the end of the book. New to the Eighth Edition: * Addressing the needs of a new generation of students, Robert C. Solomon has included for the first time more than 300 study and review questions. Appearing throughout the text and at the end of each chapter, these questions require immediate feedback from students. They encourage students to articulate the central ideas of what they have just read, instead of just "passing through" on the way to the next reading. * New selections expand and update the chapters on religion, knowledge, mind and body, freedom, ethics, justice, and beauty. The selections include work by Charles Hartshorne, Paul Davies, Cory Juhl, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Sextus Empiricus, Edmund L. Gettier, David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson, John R. Searle, Colin McGinn, Daniel Dennett, Harry Frankfurt, Gilbert Harman, Emma Goldman, and Arthur C. Danto. * A companion website at www.oup.com/us/solomon8e features 300 study and review questions (100 multiple-choice, 100 true-or-false, and 100 fill-in-the-blank), discussion questions, chapter overviews and summaries, topical links, suggestions for further reading, and PowerPoint lecture aids.. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1j0FTZc Philosophy for the 21st Century A Comprehensive Reader, Steven M. Cahn, Delia Graff, 2003, Philosophy, 854 pages. Philosophy for the 21st Century, an introductory anthology, is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary readings. It covers all major fields .... A Short History of Philosophy , Robert C. Solomon, 1996, Philosophy, 329 pages. Provides a brief history of Western philosophy and philosophers, and provides information on Eastern philosophy and philosophers in such areas as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism .... 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The authors combine substantial selections from significant works in the history of philosophy with excerpts from current philosophy, clarifying the readings and providing context with their own detailed commentary and explanation. Spanning 2,500 years, the selections range from the oldest known fragments to cutting-edge contemporary essays. Organized topically, the chapters present alternative perspectives--including analytic, continental, feminist, and non-Western viewpoints--alongside the historical works of major Western philosophers. * An updated Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/solomon includes all the material from the Instructor's Manual along with resources for students: chapter overviews; chapter goals; interactive flash cards with key terms and definitions; discussion and essay questions; web links and activities; self-quizzes; and suggestions for further reading "This is undoubtedly one of the best philosophy textbooks available. Among its strengths are its breadth of coverage, the seamless integration of the material along historical and topical lines, the introductions and explanations that accompany the extracts from each author, and the contrastive approach."--Christian Coseru, College of Charleston I bought this textbook for my Philosophy 101 class this summer. And I was glad I purchased it (my college's bookstore tends to overcharge). The book comes with readings that I found to be intriguing and made me think. Not only did I enjoy this book, but I have come to love it because of my professor. Philosophy is already a hard subject as it is; the book made learning about philosophy easier. It breaks things down and makes it so that an average person can understand. Introductory philosophy texts are a dime a dozen. (One wishes their price reflected this.) Every year I receive several from publishers hoping that I will adopt theirs for my class. I become aware of many more through brochures. Some are excellent. Some are bad. Some are so-so. "Introducing Philosophy" (Tenth Edition) by Robert Solomon, et. al., is so-so. The approach is interesting. It's not a text written by the author that simply describes the different areas of philosophy and the various positions philosophers have taken. Nor is it exactly an anthology, devoted almost exclusively to large chunks of primary-source material. It's a hybrid. The editors/authors present short snippets from a wide variety of philosophers past and present and from time to time insert comments of their own designed to help the reader understand what the philosopher in question is saying. The book covers the standard areas in philosophy under the following headings: Religion, reality, knowledge, self, mind and body, freedom, ethics, and justice. Each major section is then divided into anywhere from four to eleven subsections. For example, the section on "freedom" contains the following: Fatalism and karma, predestination, determinism, compulsion and ignorance, freedom in practice (Kant), radical freedom (existentialism). Each of these subheadings includes a set of very short segments from various philosophers. The problems with this approach are twofold. First, none of the selections are long enough to get a real flavor for what the philosopher believes overall or even the context in which that philosopher is writing. Small segments in isolation from a larger whole can easily give a distorted picture of a philosopher's overall argument. Second, the brief comments that the editors insert in the course of these snippets can and sometimes do import the biases and interpretations of the editors. If students are going to have access to primary-source material it should be without editorial interference. If something is unclear to the students, let the instructor clarify. This is not the textbook editor's job. 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