Returning Questions A Dialogical Introduction

This text presents a broad scope of philosophical issues and primary sources from the history of philosophy with the intent of providing students with a general introduction to significant and relevant questions in philosophy, the humanities, and the history of thought.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction: What is Philosophy?

1

(5)

Section I: Philosophical Anthropology

6

(20)

What Kind of Beings are We?

7

(6)

Are We?

13

(5)

What is Real?

18

(8)

Section II: Logic

26

(24)

Categories

27

(9)

Logical Fallacies

36

(6)

Rhetoric

42

(8)

Section III: Metaphysics, Transcendentals and Aesthetics

50

(27)

Existence

51

(13)

Beauty, Structure and Catharsis

64

(9)

Poetics, Rhetoric and Fine Speech

73

(4)

Section IV: Dialogue and Learning

77

(52)

Learning and Coercion

78

(11)

Learning and Friendship

89

(8)

Learning in Isolation

97

(6)

Teacher as Midwife

103

(8)

The Student as a Blank Slate

111

(6)

Learning without Thinking

117

(4)

Intelligibility

121

(8)

Section V: Morality and Ethics

129

(46)

Excellence of Character

130

(7)

Virtues and Vices

137

(4)

Types of Persons

141

(6)

Natural Law

147

(8)

Freedom of Conscience

155

(7)

Doing Good

162

(8)

Professional Ethics

170

(5)

Section VI: Political Philosophy

175

(49)

Leadership, Deceit and Virtue

177

(5)

The Human Condition in the State of Nature

182

(7)

The Types of Government

189

(8)

Property

197

(6)

Wealth

203

(10)

Goodness or Happiness

213

(5)

Factions, Minorities and Separation of Powers

218

(6)

Section VII: Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom and Censorship

224

(18)

Heliocentrism

225

(5)

Evolution

230

(6)

Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom

236

(6)

Section VIII: Labor, Work and Technology

242

(31)

The Scientist

243

(7)

Humans and Nature

250

(9)

Paradigm Shifts

259

(6)

The Unintelligibility of Science and Technology

265

(8)

Section IX: Religion and Theology

273

(29)

Proofs for the Existence of God

274

(7)

Religion and Meaning

281

(12)

The Soul and Nature

293

(5)

Harmony of Faith and Reason

298

(4)

Bibliography

302

(7)

Index

309

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