This introduction to philosophy guides students through great philosophical problems, such as the existence of God, the nature of the mind, human freedom, the limits of knowledge, and the truth about ethics.
The book begins by reflecting on the life of the first great philosopher, Socrates. Then it takes up the fundamental question of whether God exists. Next comes a discussion of death and the soul, which leads to a chapter about persons. The later chapters consider whether objective knowledge is possible in science and ethics.
Problems from Philosophy represents the final work of philosopher James Rachels. In it, he brings the same liveliness and clarity to the introduction of philosophy present in his other best-selling books. Problems from Philosophy has been revised by James Rachels' son Stuart, who has carefully refined his father's work to further strengthen its clarity and accessibility.
The fifth edition features a new chapter on government and new content on AI and large language models in the chapter "Can a Machine Think?"
- 233 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Philosophy History & TheoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Fifth Edition
- 1 The Legacy of Socrates
- 2 God and the Origin of the Universe
- 3 The Problem of Evil
- 4 Do We Survive Death?
- 5 The Problem of Personal Identity
- 6 Body and Mind
- 7 Could a Machine Think?
- 8 The Case against Free Will
- 9 The Debate over Free Will
- 10 Our Knowledge of the World around Us
- 11 Ethics and Objectivity
- 12 Why Should We Be Moral?
- 13 Government
- 14 The Meaning of Life
- Appendix: How to Evaluate Arguments
- Notes on Sources
- Index
- About the Authors
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