Traversing Philosophical Boundaries

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ISBN: 9780534267063 | 0534267068
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Copyright: 12/1/1998

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A comprehensive multicultural text/reader for introductory philosophy, this book contains essential readings from many cultures in all areas of philosophy. Asian, African, African-American, Latin American and feminist readings are all thoroughly represented and fully integrated, as are classic readings from the Western tradition.

Introduction

xvii

Chapter I Self, Mind, And Body

(116)

Do We Have an Essential Self or Soul?

(20)

1 A Dialogue with Death FROM THE UPANISHADS

(4)

2 The Questions of King Milinda on the Self FROM THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES

(5)

3 Of Personal Identity

(5)

DAVID HUME

4 A Dialogue on Immortality

(4)

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER

5 Parables on the Self

(2)

JORGE LUIS BORGES

To What Extent Do Our Bodies Determine Who We Are?

(48)

6 The Nature of the Soul and Its Relation to the Body

(14)

PLATO

7 The Interaction of Mind and Body

(6)

RENE DESCARTES

8 Woman as Body: Ancient and Contemporary Views

(13)

ELIZABETH V. SPELMAN

9 Descartes's Myth

(8)

GILBERT RYLE

10 Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons

(7)

DEREK PARFIT

What Else Determines Who I Am?

(45)

11 Zarathustra's Prologue and Three Speeches

(13)

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

12 Human Existence as Freedom

(10)

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

13 The Social Self

(6)

GEORGE HERBERT MEAD

14 Woman as the Second Sex

101

(7)

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

15 An Autobiographical View of Mixed Race and Deracination

108

(9)

NAOMI ZACK

Chapter II Creation and Reality

117

(66)

How Did We Get Here?

119

(24)

1 A Creation Story of the Boshongo People FROM THE SACRED STORYTELLING OF AFRICA

119

(2)

2 Creation of the World from the Self FROM THE UPANISHADS

121

(2)

3 The Creation and the Fall FROM THE BIBLE

123

(4)

4 How the World Was Made and the Origin of Disease and Medicine FROM THE SACRED STORYTELLING OF THE CHEROKEE

127

(5)

5 The Origin of the Species

132

(11)

CHARLES DARWIN

What Is the Nature of Reality?

143

(40)

6 The Myth of the Cave

143

(4)

PLATO

7 The Way of the Universe

147

(3)

LAO-TZU

8 The Nature of Reality

150

(5)

WANG CHUNG

9 On the Nature of Things

155

(9)

LUCRETIUS

10 The Monadology

164

(7)

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ

11 An Introduction to Metaphysics

171

(7)

HENRI BERGSON

12 The True Features of Reality

178

(5)

KITARO NISHIDA

Chapter III Knowledge And Truth

183

(110)

How Do We Know What We Know?

185

(75)

1 Meditations on the Nature of Knowledge

185

(10)

RENE DESCARTES

2 Principles of Human Knowledge

195

(6)

GEORGE BERKELEY

3 Some Stages of Logical Thought

201

(14)

JOHN DEWEY

4 Pragmatism's Conception of Truth

215

(8)

WILLIAM JAMES

5 Methods and Modes of Knowing

223

(4)

JOSE VASCONCELOS

6 What the West Can Learn from Oriental Thought

227

(5)

CHIA-SEN CHANG

7 Truth and Existence

232

(7)

KARL JASPERS

8 Navajo Ways of Knowing

239

(6)

HERBERT JOHN BENALLY

9 Feminist Politics and Epistemology: Justifying Feminist Theory

245

(15)

ALISON M. JAGGAR

Is Knowledge Really Attainable?

260

(33)

10 A Dialogue on Dogmatism and Truth FROM THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES

260

(3)

11 The Sorting Which Evens Things Out

263

(5)

CHUANG-TZU

12 Circles

268

(7)

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

13 Doubts Concerning the Possibility of Knowledge

275

(9)

DAVID HUME

14 The Elimination of Metaphysics

284

(9)

ALFRED JULES AYER

Chapter IV Ethics

293

(100)

How Do We Determine What We Ought to Do?

297

(52)

1 The Proper Function of Man and Its Relation to the Good Life

297

(7)

ARISTOTLE

2 On Human Goodness

304

(4)

MENCIUS

3 The Good Will and Morality

308

(9)

IMMANUEL KANT

4 Creative Freedom

317

(8)

ALEJANDRO KORN

5 The Principle of Utility

325

(5)

JEREMY BENTHAM

6 Mysticism and Ethics in Hindu Thought

330

(6)

SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

7 Ethics of Compassion

336

(5)

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

8 The Moral Insight

341

(8)

JOSIAH ROYCE

What Are Some Reasons for Questioning Traditional Values?

349

(44)

9 Ahimsa: Respect for Life FROM THE JAIN SCRIPTURES

349

(2)

10 Mitakuye Oyasin: We Are All Related ED McGAA, EAGLE MAN

351

(5)

11 The Land Ethic

356

(10)

ALDO LEOPOLD

12 Women's Rights and Women's Judgement

366

(5)

CAROL GILLIGAN

13 Transvaluation of Values: The End of Phallic Morality

371

(12)

MARY DALY

14 What Means This Freedom

383

(10)

JOHN HOSPERS

Chapter V Politics

393

(146)

What Is the Basis of Our Obligations to Society?

397

(73)

1 Crito

397

(8)

PLATO

2 The Social Contract

405

(9)

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

3 The Declaration of Independence

414

(4)

THOMAS JEFFERSON

4 The Communist Manifesto

418

(17)

KARL MARX

FRIEDRICH ENGELS

5 We Are Practical Revolutionaries

435

(6)

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

6 The Political Theory of Islam

441

(10)

ABUL A'LA MAUDUDI

7 Who Is Your Mother? Red Roots of White Feminism

451

(10)

PAULA GUNN ALLEN

8 In Defense of Anarchism

461

(9)

ROBERT PAUL WOLFF

Where Do Our Obligations to Society End?

470

(69)

9 On Liberty

470

(12)

JOHN STUART MILL

10 The Rebel

482

(7)

ALBERT CAMUS

11 Principles of Nonviolence

489

(5)

MOHANDAS K. GANDHI

12 Power and Racism

494

(6)

STOKELY CARMICHAEL

13 Racism and Feminism

500

(10)

BELL HOOKS

14 Socialist Feminism: Our Bridge to Freedom

510

(7)

NELLIE WONG

15 On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

517

(12)

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

16 Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

529

(10)

EMMA GOLDMAN

Chapter VI Religion

539

(126)

What Is the Nature of Religious Belief?

543

(53)

1 Confessions on the Nature of God

543

(8)

SAINT AUGUSTINE

2 The Power of the Bison and the Elk

551

(5)

BLACK ELK

3 A Panegyric upon Abraham

556

(6)

SOREN KIERKEGAARD

4 I and Thou

562

(6)

MARTIN BUBER

5 Letter from Birmingham Jail

568

(11)

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

6 Involvement in the Liberation Process

579

(10)

GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ

7 Witchcraft and Women's Culture

589

(7)

STARHAWK

Is Religious Belief Beneficial or Harmful?

596

(69)

8 Myth and Society

596

(7)

JOSEPH CAMPBELL

9 Why Women Need the Goddess

603

(10)

CAROL P. CHRIST

10 Religion and Science

613

(9)

ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD

11 How Not to Compare African Thought with Western Thought

622

(9)

KWASI WIREDU

12 Gods

631

(13)

JOHN WISDOM

13 Why I Am a Pagan

644

(7)

LIN YUTANG

14 Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

651

(14)

BERTRAND RUSSELL

Appendix Writing Philosophically

665

(20)

Glossary

685

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