PHILOSOPHY 101
INTRODUCTION TO
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
Edited by:
DR. BARRY F. VAUGHAN
, Table of Content
UNIT ONE – Introduction (What is Philosophy?)
Introduction 1-4
Plato – The Defense of Socrates 5-22
John Locke – “Philosophy as the Love of Truth” 23-28
Bertrand Russell – “The Value of Philosophy” 29-32
UNIT TWO – Epistemology (What is knowledge and how do we get it?)
Introduction 33
Plato – Republic (selections) 34-46
Plato – Meno (selections) 47-67
Rene Descartes – Meditations on First Philosophy 1-3 68-86
John Locke – An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (selections) 87-99
David Hume – An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (selections) 100-110
UNIT THREE – Metaphysics (What is the ultimate nature of reality?)
Introduction 111-112
Part One: Philosophy of Religion -
St. Anselm – Proslogium (selections) - The Ontological Argument 113-121
St. Thomas – Summa Theologica (selections) - The Cosmological Argument 122-125
William Paley – Natural Theology (selections) - The Teleological Argument 126-128
David Hume – Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (selections) 129-137
Part Two – Philosophy of Mind -
UNIT FOUR – Ethics (What is good and how do I do it?)
Introduction 138-140
Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics (selections) 141-151
Immanuel Kant – Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (selections) 152-168
John Stuart Mill – On Utilitarianism (selections) 169-183
INTRODUCTION TO
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
Edited by:
DR. BARRY F. VAUGHAN
, Table of Content
UNIT ONE – Introduction (What is Philosophy?)
Introduction 1-4
Plato – The Defense of Socrates 5-22
John Locke – “Philosophy as the Love of Truth” 23-28
Bertrand Russell – “The Value of Philosophy” 29-32
UNIT TWO – Epistemology (What is knowledge and how do we get it?)
Introduction 33
Plato – Republic (selections) 34-46
Plato – Meno (selections) 47-67
Rene Descartes – Meditations on First Philosophy 1-3 68-86
John Locke – An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (selections) 87-99
David Hume – An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (selections) 100-110
UNIT THREE – Metaphysics (What is the ultimate nature of reality?)
Introduction 111-112
Part One: Philosophy of Religion -
St. Anselm – Proslogium (selections) - The Ontological Argument 113-121
St. Thomas – Summa Theologica (selections) - The Cosmological Argument 122-125
William Paley – Natural Theology (selections) - The Teleological Argument 126-128
David Hume – Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (selections) 129-137
Part Two – Philosophy of Mind -
UNIT FOUR – Ethics (What is good and how do I do it?)
Introduction 138-140
Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics (selections) 141-151
Immanuel Kant – Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (selections) 152-168
John Stuart Mill – On Utilitarianism (selections) 169-183
