ISE LOOKING AT PHILOSOPHY : the unbearable heaviness of philosophy made lighter

Distilled from Donald Palmer's more than thirty years of teaching experience, this text exemplifies his very successful approach to teaching introductory philosophy. Through the use of humor and nearly 400 drawings, charts, and diagrams, serious philosophical topics come alive for the reader without compromising the importance of the subject matter. In the author's words, “This book takes philosophy seriously, but not gravely.”Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following:• SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content.• Access to your instructor's homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course.• Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement.• The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping.Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Preface Contents Introduction 1. The Pre-Socratic Philosophers Thales Anaximander Anaximenes Pythagoras Xenophanes Heraclitus Parmenides Zeno Empedocles Anaxagoras Leucippus and Democritus 2. The Athenian Period The Sophists Protagoras Gorgias Thrasymachus Callicles and Critias Socrates Plato Aristotle 3. The Hellenistic and Roman Periods Epicureanism Stoicism Skepticism Neoplatonism 4. Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Saint Augustine The Encyclopediasts John Scotus Eriugena Saint Anselm Muslim and Jewish Philosophies Averroës Maimonides The Problem of Faith and Reason The Problem of the Universals Saint Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Renaissance Philosophers 5. Continental Rationalism and British Empiricism Descartes Spinoza Leibniz Hobbes Locke Berkeley Hume Kant 6. Post-Kantian British and Continental Philosophy Hegel Schopenhauer Kierkegaard Marx Nietzsche Utilitarianism Bentham Mill 7. The Phenomenological Tradition and Its Aftermath Husserl Heidegger Sartre Structuralism and Poststructuralism Saussure Lévi-Strauss Lacan Derrida 8. Pragmatism and the Analytic Tradition Pragmatism James Dewey The Analytic Tradition Frege Moore Russell Logical Positivism Wittgenstein Quine Farewell to the Twentieth Century Nussbaum Glossary of Philosophical Terms Selected Bibliography Index