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Philosophical Problems: Selected Readings in Ethics, Religion, Political Philosophy, Epistemology, and Metaphysics
This text brings together Stumpf's SOCRATES TO SARTRE,Fifth Edition (1993) and PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS,Fourth Edition (1994) in one hardcover volume. It offers an accessible,single author survey of philosophical ideas (Book SOCRATES TO SARTRE) and a wealth of primary source readings (Book PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS) at an excellent value. In this fifth edition,the contributions of contemporary philosophers,Simone de Beauvoir,Richard Rorty,and Maurice Merleau-Ponty are added to the Book I sections. Book II's new additions include Bertrand Russell on appearance and reality,John Hick on the problem of evil,Carol Gilligan on a feminine voice in ethics,Walter Stace on ethical relativism,Simone de Beauvior and Joyce Trebilcot on the relevance of gender in the assignment of roles in society,and David Swenson,A. J. Ayer,and Leo Tolstoy on the question of human destiny.
- GenresPhilosophy
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
About the author
Samuel Enoch Stumpf
34 books15 followersHe was born to Hungarian immigrants Louis and Elizabeth Jergens Stumpf. 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).
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).
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Read this for an introduction to philosophy class with Ron Horton.
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