Core Questions in Philosophy: A Text with Readings - Softcover

Sober, Elliott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131898698 ISBN 13: 9780131898691

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For introductory philosophy courses.

Presented in an engaging lecture-style format, this text/reader focuses on the basic issues and ideas in philosophy with lectures/discussions, supported by readings from historically important sources. Discussions emphasize the logic of philosophical arguments and how they relate to the content of modern physical and social sciences.

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Presented in an engaging lecture-style format, Elliot Sober's text with readings leads students through a series of discussions on the basic issues and ideas in philosophy, with lectures supported by related readings from historically important sources. The discussions emphasize the logic of philosophical arguments; and, in particular, how they relate to the content of modern physical and social sciences. While Sober's lecture approach lends this book a natural flow and sense of immediacy, it comprises a fully integrated textbook with all of the traditional organizational and pedagogical features, including chapter summaries, boxed inserts, discussion questions, problems, lecture review questions, glossary, and index.

New to this Edition:

• Significantly enhanced section on epistemology
• New lecture that introduces the basics of probability theory
• Writing that has been further simplified and clarified throughout the text

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131898698
• ISBN 13: 9780131898691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 576