Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy

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ISBN (شابک) : 9781444336375, 9781444344431 
ناشر: Wiley-Blackwell 
سال نشر: 2011 
تعداد صفحات: 414 
زبان: English 
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Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument. Cutting through dense philosophical prose, 100 famous and influential arguments are presented in their essence, with premises, conclusions and logical form plainly identified. Key quotations provide a sense of style and approach. Just the Arguments is an invaluable one-stop argument shop.

• A concise, formally structured summation of 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy
• The first book of its kind to present the most important and influential philosophical arguments in a clear premise/conclusion format, the language that philosophers use and students are expected to know
• Offers succinct expositions of key philosophical arguments without bogging them down in commentary
• Translates difficult texts to core arguments
• Designed to provides a quick and compact reference to everything from Aquinas’ “Five Ways” to prove the existence of God, to the metaphysical possibilities of a zombie world
• Visit www.justthearguments.com, the editor's site for students, teachers, researchers, and fans of philosophy
  

Content:
Chapter 1 Aquinas' Five Ways (pages 7–17): Timothy J. Pawl
Chapter 2 The Contingency Cosmological Argument (pages 18–21): Mark T. Nelson
Chapter 3 The Kalam Argument for the Existence of God (pages 22–24): Harry Lesser
Chapter 4 The Ontological Argument (pages 25–27): Sara L. Uckelman
Chapter 5 Pascal's Wager (pages 28–31): Leslie Burkholder
Chapter 6 James' will to believe Argument (pages 32–34): A. T. Fyfe
Chapter 7 The Problem of Evil (pages 35–36): Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone
Chapter 8 The free will Defense to the Problem of Evil (pages 37–39): Grant Sterling
Chapter 9 St. Anselm on Free Choice and the Power to Sin (pages 40–43): Julia Hermann
Chapter 10 Hume's Argument against Miracles (pages 44–48): Tommaso Piazza
Chapter 11 The Euthyphro Dilemma (pages 49–51): David Baggett
Chapter 12 Nietzsche's Death of God (pages 52–56): Tom Grimwood
Chapter 13 Ockham's Razor (pages 57–58): Grant Sterling
Chapter 14 Parmenides' Refutation of Change (pages 59–63): Adrian Bardon
Chapter 15 McTaggart's Argument against the Reality of Time (pages 64–67): M. Joshua Mozersky
Chapter 16 Berkeley's Master Argument for Idealism (pages 68–69): John M. DePoe
Chapter 17 Kant's Refutation of Idealism (pages 70–72): Adrian Bardon
Chapter 18 The Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus (pages 73–75): Ludger Jansen
Chapter 19 Lewis' Argument for Possible Worlds (pages 76–78): David Vander Laan
Chapter 20 A Reductionist Account of Personal Identity (pages 79–85): Fauve Lybaert
Chapter 21 Split?Case Arguments about Personal Identity (pages 86–87): Ludger Jansen
Chapter 22 The Ship of Theseus (pages 88–89): Ludger Jansen
Chapter 23 The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics (pages 90–92): Montserrat Bordes
Chapter 24 A Modern Modal Argument for the Soul (pages 93–98): Rafal Urbaniak and Agnieszka Rostalska
Chapter 25 Two Arguments for the Harmlessness of Death (pages 99–101): Steven Luper and Nicolas Bommarito
Chapter 26 The Existence of Forms: Plato's Argument from the Possibility of Knowledge (pages 102–105): Jurgis (George) Brakas
Chapter 27 Plato, Aristotle, and the Third Man Argument (pages 106–110): Jurgis (George) Brakas
Chapter 28 Logical Monism (pages 111–114): Luis Estrada?Gonzalez
Chapter 29 The Maximality Paradox (pages 115–118): Nicola Ciprotti
Chapter 30 An Argument for Free Will (pages 119–120): Gerald Harrison
Chapter 31 Frankfurt's Refutation of the Principle of Alternative Possibilities (pages 121–122): Gerald Harrison
Chapter 32 Van Inwagen's Consequence Argument against Compatibilism (pages 123–124): Grant Sterling
Chapter 33 Fatalism (pages 125–127): Fernando Migura and Agustin Arrieta
Chapter 34 Sartre's Argument for Freedom (pages 128–130): Jeffrey Gordon
Chapter 35 The Cogito Arguments of Descartes and Augustine (pages 131–136): Joyce Lazier and Brett Gaul
Chapter 36 The Cartesian Dreaming Argument for External?World Skepticism (pages 137–141): Stephen Hetherington
Chapter 37 The Transparency of Experience Argument (pages 142–145): Carlos M. Munoz?Suarez
Chapter 38 The Regress Argument for Skepticism (pages 146–151): Scott Aikin
Chapter 39 Moore's Anti?Skeptical Arguments (pages 152–153): Matthew Frise
Chapter 40 The Bias Paradox (pages 154–155): Deborah Heikes
Chapter 41 Gettier's Argument against the Traditional Account of Knowledge (pages 156–158): John M. DePoe
Chapter 42 Putnam's Argument against Cultural Imperialism (pages 159–161): Maria Caamano
Chapter 43 Davidson on the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme (pages 162–168): George Wrisley
Chapter 44 Quine's Two Dogmas of Empiricism (pages 169–173): Robert Sinclair
Chapter 45 Hume and the Problem of Induction (pages 174–179): James E. Taylor and Stefanie Rocknak
Chapter 46 Argument by Analogy in Thales and Anaximenes (pages 180–182): Giannis Stamatellos
Chapter 47 Quine's Epistemology Naturalized (pages 183–187): Robert Sinclair
Chapter 48 Sellars and the Myth of the given (pages 188–192): Willem A. deVries
Chapter 49 Sellars' “Rylean Myth” (pages 193–197): Willem A. deVries
Chapter 50 Aristotle and the Argument to End all Arguments (pages 198–200): Toni Vogel Carey
Chapter 51 Justice Brings Happiness in Plato's Republic (pages 201–207): Joshua I. Weinstein
Chapter 52 Aristotle's Function Argument (pages 208–210): Sean McAleer
Chapter 53 Aristotle's Argument that Goods are Irreducible (pages 211–213): Jurgis (George) Brakas
Chapter 54 Aristotle's Argument for Perfectionism (pages 214–216): Eric J. Silverman
Chapter 55 Categorical Imperative as the Source for Morality (pages 217–220): Joyce Lazier
Chapter 56 Kant on why Autonomy Deserves Respect (pages 221–222): Mark Piper
Chapter 57 Mill's Proof of Utilitarianism (pages 223–228): A. T. Fyfe
Chapter 58 The Experience Machine Objection to Hedonism (pages 229–231): Dan Weijers
Chapter 59 The Error Theory Argument (pages 232–236): Robert L. Muhlnickel
Chapter 60 Moore's Open Question Argument (pages 237–239): Bruno Verbeek
Chapter 61 Wolff's Argument for the Rejection of State Authority (pages 240–241): Ben Saunders
Chapter 62 Nozick's Taxation is Forced Labor Argument (pages 242–243): Jason Waller
Chapter 63 Charity is Obligatory (pages 244–246): Joakim Sandberg
Chapter 64 The Repugnant Conclusion (pages 247–248): Joakim Sandberg
Chapter 65 Taurek on Numbers don't Count (pages 249–250): Ben Saunders
Chapter 66 Parfit's Leveling down Argument against Egalitarianism (pages 251–253): Ben Saunders
Chapter 67 Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain Argument (pages 254–257): Fabian Wendt
Chapter 68 Liberal Feminism (pages 258–262): Julinna C. Oxley
Chapter 69 Moral Status of Animals from Marginal Cases (pages 263–264): Julia Tanner
Chapter 70 The Ethical Vegetarianism Argument (pages 265–268): Robert L. Muhlnickel
Chapter 71 Thomson and the Famous Violinist (pages 269–272): Leslie Burkholder
Chapter 72 Marquis and the Immorality of Abortion (pages 273–274): Leslie Burkholder
Chapter 73 Tooley on Abortion and Infanticide (pages 275–276): Ben Saunders
Chapter 74 Rachels on Euthanasia (pages 277–280): Leslie Burkholder
Chapter 75 Leibniz' Argument for Innate Ideas (pages 281–289): Byron Kaldis
Chapter 76 Descartes' Arguments for the Mind–Body Distinction (pages 290–296): Dale Jacquette
Chapter 77 Princess Elisabeth and the Mind–Body Problem (pages 297–300): Jen McWeeny
Chapter 78 Kripke's Argument for Mind–Body Property Dualism (pages 301–303): Dale Jacquette
Chapter 79 The Argument from Mental Causation for Physicalism (pages 304–307): Amir Horowitz
Chapter 80 Davidson's Argument for Anomalous Monism (pages 308–310): Amir Horowitz
Chapter 81 Putnam's Multiple Realization Argument against Type?Physicalism (pages 311–313): Amir Horowitz
Chapter 82 The Supervenience Argument against Non?Reductive Physicalism (pages 314–317): Andrew Russo
Chapter 83 Ryle's Argument against Cartesian Internalism (pages 318–319): Agustin Arrieta and Fernando Migura
Chapter 84 Jackson's Knowledge Argument (pages 320–323): Amir Horowitz
Chapter 85 Nagel's “What is it like to be a Bat” Argument against Physicalism (pages 324–326): Amy Kind
Chapter 86 Chalmer's Zombie Argument (pages 327–329): Amy Kind
Chapter 87 The Argument from Revelation (pages 330–333): Carlos M. Munoz?Suarez
Chapter 88 Searle and the Chinese Room Argument (pages 334–336): Leslie Burkholder
Chapter 89 Sir Karl Popper's Demarcation Argument (pages 337–340): Liz Stillwaggon Swan
Chapter 90 Kuhn's Incommensurability Arguments (pages 341–343): Liz Stillwaggon Swan and Michael Bruce
Chapter 91 Putnam's no Miracles Argument (pages 344–345): Liz Stillwaggon Swan
Chapter 92 Galileo's Falling Bodies (pages 346–347): Liz Stillwaggon Swan
Chapter 93 Eliminative Materialism (pages 348–349): Charlotte Blease
Chapter 94 Wittgenstein's Private Language Argument (pages 350–354): George Wrisley
Chapter 95 Fodor's Argument for Linguistic Nativism (pages 355–358): Majid Amini
Chapter 96 Fodor and the Impossibility of Learning (pages 359–361): Majid Amini
Chapter 97 Quine on the Indeterminacy of Translation (pages 362–366): Robert Sinclair
Chapter 98 Davidson's Argument for the Principle of Charity (pages 367–369): Maria Caamano
Chapter 99 Frege's Argument for Platonism (pages 370–372): Ivan Kasa
Chapter 100 Mathematical Platonism (pages 373–375): Nicolas Pain

Content: Acknowledgments xiv    Introduction: Show Me the Arguments 1  Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone     Part I Philosophy of Religion 7     1 Aquinas\' Five Ways 9  Timothy J. Pawl     2 The Contingency Cosmological Argument 18  Mark T. Nelson     3 The Kalam Argument for the Existence of God 22  Harry Lesser     4 The Ontological Argument 25  Sara L. Uckelman     5 Pascal\'s Wager 28  Leslie Burkholder     6 James\' Will to Believe Argument 32  A. T. Fyfe     7 The Problem of Evil 35  Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone     8 The Free Will Defense to the Problem of Evil 37  Grant Sterling     9 St. Anselm on Free Choice and the Power to Sin 40  Julia Hermann     10 Hume\'s Argument against Miracles 44  Tommaso Piazza     11 The Euthyphro Dilemma 49  David Baggett     12 Nietzsche\'s Death of God 52  Tom Grimwood     13 Ockham\'s Razor 57  Grant Sterling     Part II Metaphysics 59     14 Parmenides\' Refutation of Change 61  Adrian Bardon     15 McTaggart\'s Argument against the Reality of Time 64  M. Joshua Mozersky     16 Berkeley\'s Master Argument for Idealism 68  John M. DePoe     17 Kant\'s Refutation of Idealism 70  Adrian Bardon     18 The Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus 73  Ludger Jansen     19 Lewis\' Argument for Possible Worlds 76  David Vander Laan     20 A Reductionist Account of Personal Identity 79  Fauve Lybaert     21 Split-Case Arguments about Personal Identity 86  Ludger Jansen     22 The Ship of Theseus 88  Ludger Jansen     23 The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics 90  Montserrat Bordes     24 A Modern Modal Argument for the Soul 93  Rafal Urbaniak and Agnieszka Rostalska     25 Two Arguments for the Harmlessness of Death 99     Epicurus\' Death is Nothing to Us Argument 99  Steven Luper     Lucretius\' Symmetry Argument 100  Nicolas Bommarito     26 The Existence of Forms: Plato\'s Argument from the Possibility of Knowledge 102  Jurgis (George) Brakas     27 Plato, Aristotle, and the Third Man Argument 106  Jurgis (George) Brakas     28 Logical Monism 111  Luis Estrada-Gonzalez     29 The Maximality Paradox 115  Nicola Ciprotti     30 An Argument for Free Will 119  Gerald Harrison     31 Frankfurt\'s Refutation of the Principle of Alternative Possibilities 121  Gerald Harrison     32 Van Inwagen\'s Consequence Argument against Compatibilism 123  Grant Sterling     33 Fatalism 125  Fernando Migura and Agustin Arrieta     34 Sartre\'s Argument for Freedom 128  Jeffrey Gordon     Part III Epistemology 131     35 The Cogito Arguments of Descartes and Augustine 133     Descartes\' Cogito 133  Joyce Lazier     Augustine\'s \"Si fallor, sum\"Argument (If I Am Mistaken, I Exist) 135  Brett Gaul     36 The Cartesian Dreaming Argument for External-World Skepticism 137  Stephen Hetherington     37 The Transparency of Experience Argument 142  Carlos Mario Munoz-Suarez     38 The Regress Argument for Skepticism 146  Scott Aikin     39 Moore\'s Anti-Skeptical Arguments 152  Matthew Frise     40 The Bias Paradox 154  Deborah Heikes     41 Gettier\'s Argument against the Traditional Account of Knowledge 156  John M. DePoe     42 Putnam\'s Argument against Cultural Imperialism 159  Maria Caamano     43 Davidson on the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme 162  George Wrisley     44 Quine\'s Two Dogmas of Empiricism 169  Robert Sinclair     45 Hume and the Problem of Induction 174     Hume\'s Problem of Induction 174  James E. Taylor     Hume\'s Negative Argument concerning Induction 176  Stefanie Rocknak     46 Argument by Analogy in Thales and Anaximenes 180  Giannis Stamatellos     47 Quine\'s Epistemology Naturalized 183  Robert Sinclair     48 Sellars and the Myth of the Given 188  Willem A. deVries     49 Sellars\' \"Rylean Myth\" 193  Willem A. deVries     50 Aristotle and the Argument to End All Arguments 198  Toni Vogel Carey     Part IV Ethics 201     51 Justice Brings Happiness in Plato\'s Republic 203  Joshua I. Weinstein     52 Aristotle\'s Function Argument 208  Sean McAleer     53 Aristotle\'s Argument that Goods are Irreducible 211  Jurgis (George) Brakas     54 Aristotle\'s Argument for Perfectionism 214  Eric J. Silverman     55 Categorical Imperative as the Source for Morality 217  Joyce Lazier     56 Kant on Why Autonomy Deserves Respect 221  Mark Piper     57 Mill\'s Proof of Utilitarianism 223  A. T. Fyfe     58 The Experience Machine Objection to Hedonism 229  Dan Weijers     59 The Error Theory Argument 232  Robert L. Muhlnickel     60 Moore\'s Open Question Argument 237  Bruno Verbeek     61 Wolff\'s Argument for the Rejection of State Authority 240  Ben Saunders     62 Nozick\'s Taxation Is Forced Labor Argument 242  Jason Waller     63 Charity is Obligatory 244  Joakim Sandberg     64 The Repugnant Conclusion 247  Joakim Sandberg     65 Taurek on Numbers Don\'t Count 249  Ben Saunders     66 Parfit\'s Leveling Down Argument against Egalitarianism 251  Ben Saunders     67 Nozick\'s Wilt Chamberlain Argument 254  Fabian Wendt     68 Liberal Feminism 258  Julinna C. Oxley     69 Moral Status of Animals from Marginal Cases 263  Julia Tanner     70 The Ethical Vegetarianism Argument 265  Robert L. Muhlnickel     71 Thomson and the Famous Violinist 269  Leslie Burkholder     72 Marquis and the Immorality of Abortion 273  Leslie Burkholder     73 Tooley on Abortion and Infanticide 275  Ben Saunders     74 Rachels on Euthanasia 277  Leslie Burkholder     Part V Philosophy of Mind 281     75 Leibniz\' Argument for Innate Ideas 283  Byron Kaldis     76 Descartes\' Arguments for the Mind   Body Distinction 290  Dale Jacquette     77 Princess Elisabeth and the Mind   Body Problem 297  Jen McWeeny     78 Kripke\'s Argument for Mind   Body Property Dualism 301  Dale Jacquette     79 The Argument from Mental Causation for Physicalism 304  Amir Horowitz     80 Davidson\'s Argument for Anomalous Monism 308  Amir Horowitz     81 Putnam\'s Multiple Realization Argument against Type-Physicalism 311  Amir Horowitz     82 The Supervenience Argument against Non-Reductive Physicalism 314  Andrew Russo     83 Ryle\'s Argument against Cartesian Internalism 318  Agustin Arrieta and Fernando Migura     84 Jackson\'s Knowledge Argument 320  Amir Horowitz     85 Nagel\'s \"What Is It Like to Be a Bat\" Argument against Physicalism 324  Amy Kind     86 Chalmer\'s Zombie Argument 327  Amy Kind     87 The Argument from Revelation 330  Carlos Mario Munoz-Suarez     88 Searle and the Chinese Room Argument 334  Leslie Burkholder     Part VI Science and Language 337     89 Sir Karl Popper\'s Demarcation Argument 339  Liz Stillwaggon Swan     90 Kuhn\'s Incommensurability Arguments 341  Liz Stillwaggon Swan and Michael Bruce     91 Putnam\'s No Miracles Argument 344  Liz Stillwaggon Swan     92 Galileo\'s Falling Bodies 346  Liz Stillwaggon Swan     93 Eliminative Materialism 348  Charlotte Blease     94 Wittgenstein\'s Private Language Argument 350  George Wrisley     95 Fodor\'s Argument for Linguistic Nativism 355  Majid Amini     96 Fodor and the Impossibility of Learning 359  Majid Amini     97 Quine on the Indeterminacy of Translation 362  Robert Sinclair     98 Davidson\'s Argument for the Principle of Charity 367  Maria Caamano     99 Frege\'s Argument for Platonism 370  Ivan Kasa     100 Mathematical Platonism 373  Nicolas Pain     Appendix A: Learning the Logical Lingo 377     Appendix B: Rules of Inference and Replacement 378     Notes on Contributors 380     Index 391