Philosophical Problems: Selected Readings - Couverture souple

Stumpf, Samuel Enoch; Fieser, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0072833513 ISBN 13 : 9780072833515

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 2002

Synopsis

This topically organized introductory philosophy reader features a chronological organization within the topics and a wide selection of readings. Primarily a selection of Western philosophy, the fifth edition also includes classic eastern philosophy texts. New co-author James Fieser contributes fresh introductions to this respected anthology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Samuel Enoch Stumpf was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Emeritus Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University prior to his death in 1998, at the age of eighty. He earned a B.S. in Business and Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles, a B.D. in Theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1948 and served as Chair of the Philosophy Department from 1952 to 1967. After a five-year term as President of Cornell College, Professor Stumpf returned to Vanderbilt, where he remained until his retirement in 1984. Professor Stumpf's publications include Democratic Manifesto (1954), Morality and the Law (1966), and four McGraw-Hill textbooks: Socrates to Sartre: A History of Philosophy (1966; 6th ed., posthumous, 1999); Philosophical Readings: Selected Problems (1971; 4th ed., 1994); Philosophy: History and Problems (1971; 5th ed., 1994); and Elements of Philosophy: An Introduction (1979; 3rd ed., 1993). James Fieser is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received his B.A. from Berea College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University. He is author, co-author or editor of ten textbooks, including Philosophy: A Historical Survey with Essential Readings (9/e 2014), Scriptures of the World's Religions (5/e 2014), Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong (7/e 2012), Business Ethics and the Bottom Line (2012), A Historical Introduction to Philosophy (2003), and Moral Philosophy through the Ages (2001). He has edited and annotated the ten-volume Early Responses to Hume (2/e 2005) and the five-volume Scottish Common Sense Philosophy (2000). He is founder and general editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy web site (http://www.iep.utm.eduwww.iep.utm.edu). His personal website can be accessed at www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0072833513
• ISBN 13: 9780072833515
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible