17 Part VII Science and MethodChapter 1: four types of explanation aristotle, PhysicsChapter 2: experimental methods and true causes francis bacon, Novum OrganumChapter 3: Mathematical science and the control of nature René descartes, Discourse on the MethodChapter 4: The limits of scientific explanation George berkeley, On MotionChapter 5: the problem of induction David hume, Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingChapter 6: the relation between cause and effect David hume, Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingChapter 7: causality and our experience of events Immanuel kant, Critique of Pure ReasonChapter 8: the uniformity of nature John Stuart mill, System of LogicChapter 9: science and falsifiability Karl popper, Conjectures and RefutationsChapter 10: how explaining works Carl G. hempel, Explanation in Science and HistoryChapter 11: scientific realism versus instrumentalism Grover maxwell, The Ontological Status of Theoretical EntitiesChapter 12: change and crisis in science Thomas kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
18 Part VIII Morality and the Good LifeChapter 1: morality and happiness plato, RepublicChapter 2: ethical virtue aristotle, Nicomachean EthicsChapter 3: morality and natural law aquinas, Summa TheologiaeChapter 4: virtue, reason and the passions Benedict spinoza, EthicsChapter 5: human feeling as the source of ethics David hume, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of MoralsChapter 6: duty and reason as the Ultimate Principle Immanuel kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of MoralsChapter 7: happiness as the foundation of morality John Stuart mill, UtilitarianismChapter 8: utility and common-sense morality Henry sidgwick, Methods of EthicsChapter 9: against conventional morality Friedrich nietzsche, Beyond Good and EvilChapter 10: duty and intuition w. d. ross, The Right and the GoodChapter 11: ethics as Rooted in history and culture Alasdair macintyre, After VirtueChapter 12: could ethics be objective? Bernard williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
19 Part IX Problems in EthicsChapter 1: Inequality, Freedom and Slavery Aristotle, PoliticsChapter 2: War and Justice Thomas Aquinas, Summa TheologiaeChapter 3: Taking One’s Own Life David Hume, On SuicideChapter 4: Gender, Liberty and Equality Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of WomenChapter 5: Partiality and Favouritism William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political JusticeChapter 6: The Status of Non-human Animals Immanuel Kant, Lectures on EthicsChapter 7: The Purpose of Punishment Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and LegislationChapter 8: Our Relationship to the Environment Aldo Leopold, The Land EthicChapter 9: Abortion and Rights Judith Jarvis Thomson, A Defense of Abortion, and Patrick Lee & Robert P. George, The Wrong of AbortionChapter 10: The Relief of Global Suffering Peter Singer, Famine, Affluence and MoralityChapter 11: Medical Ethics and the Termination of Life James Rachels, Active and Passive EuthanasiaChapter 12: Cloning, Sexual Reproduction and Genetic Engineering Leon R. Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance
20 Part X Authority and the StateChapter 1: Our Obligation to Respect the laws of the state plato, CritoChapter 2: The Just Ruler Thomas aquinas, On Princely GovernmentChapter 3: Power and Control Niccolò machiavelli, The PrinceChapter 4: Sovereignty and Security Thomas hobbes, LeviathanChapter 5: Consent and Political Obligation John locke, Second Treatise of Civil GovernmentChapter 6: Against Contractarianism David hume, Of the Original ContractChapter 7: Society and the Individual Jean-Jacques rousseau, The Social ContractChapter 8: The Unified State – From Individual Desire to Rational Self-determination Georg hegel, The Philosophy of RightChapter 9: Property, Labour and Alienation Karl marx and Friedrich engels, The German IdeologyChapter 10: The Limits of Majority Rule John Stuart mill, On LibertyChapter 11: Rational Choice and Fairness John rawls, A Theory of JusticeChapter 12: The Minimal State Robert nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia
21 Part XI Beauty and ArtChapter 1: art and imitation plato, RepublicChapter 2: The Nature and Function of dramatic art aristotle, PoeticsChapter 3: the idea of beauty Francis hutcheson, Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, DesignChapter 4: aesthetic appreciation David hume, Of the Standard of TasteChapter 5: the concept of the beautiful Immanuel kant, Critique of JudgementChapter 6: the metaphysics of beauty Arthur schopenhauer, On AestheticsChapter 7: the two faces of art Friedrich nietzsche, The Birth of TragedyChapter 8: the value of art Leo tolstoy, What Is Art?Chapter 9: imagination and art Jean-Paul sartre, The Psychology of ImaginationChapter 10: what is aesthetics? Ludwig wittgenstein, Lectures on AestheticsChapter 11: the meaning of a literary work W. K. wimsatt jr. and M. C. beardsley, The Intentional FallacyChapter 12: the basis of judgements of taste Frank sibley, Aesthetic Concepts
22 Part XII Human Life and Its MeaningChapter 1: How to Accept Reality and Avoid Fear Lucretius, On the Nature of the UniverseChapter 2: Life Guided by Stoic Philosophy Seneca, Moral LettersChapter 3: Meaning through Service to Others Augustine, ConfessionsChapter 4: Contentment with the Human Lot Michel de Montaigne, On ExperienceChapter 5: The Human Condition, Wretched yet Redeemable Blaise Pascal, PenséesChapter 6: Human Life as a Meaningless Struggle Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Vanity of ExistenceChapter 7: The Death of God and the Ascendancy of the Will Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake ZarathustraChapter 8: Idealism in a Godless Universe Bertrand Russell, A Free Man’s WorshipChapter 9: Futility and Defiance Albert Camus, The Myth of SisyphusChapter 10: Involvement versus Detachment Thomas Nagel, The AbsurdChapter 11: Religious Belief as Necessary for Meaning William Lane Craig, The Absurdity of Life without GodChapter 12: Seeing Our Lives as Part of the Process Robert Nozick, Philosophy’s Life
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Guide
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