Fifty Readings Plus: An Introduction to Philosophy - Softcover

Abel, Donald C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073386723 ISBN 13: 9780073386720

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, 2009

Synopsis

Designed for an introductory course in philosophy that uses primary texts, Fifty Readings Plus by Donald C. Abel is an expanded version of his best-selling topical anthology Fifty Readings in Philosophy. It retains all the pedagogical aids of that book and has a wide variety of additional features such as study and discussion question that help students get the most from the readings and from their introduction to philosophy.

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About the Author

Donald C. Abel is Professor of Philosophy at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Gonzaga University, an M.A. in Philosophy from Tulane University, a Ph.L. in Philosophy from St. Michael's Institute, an M.Div. in Theology from Loyola University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. He is the author of Freud on Instinct and Morality (1989), Theories of Human Nature: Classical and Contemporary Readings (McGraw-Hill, 1992), Fifty Readings in Philosophy (McGraw Hill, 3d ed., 2008). He is the editor of Discourses (www.primisdiscourses.com), an electronic database of philosophy readings that is part of Primis, McGraw-Hill's online resource for creating customized textbooks. Professor Abel has received two awards for excellence in teaching and an award for outstanding scholarship. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0073386723
• ISBN 13: 9780073386720
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 597