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Elements of Philosophy: An Introduction
This introductory philosophy text takes a historical approach to important philosophical problems and includes primary source readings. This third edition includes the addition of more 20th-century thinkers such as Richard Rorty, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simone deBeauvoir and Joyce Tribilcot, among others. The Eastern philosophy of Radhakrishnan is included and Carol Gilligan and Annette Baier contribute their feminist voices to the study of philosophy.
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590 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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Samuel Enoch Stumpf
33 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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April 21, 2022
An excellent introduction to philosophy. It explores key areas (ethics, politics, the existence of God, metaphysics, etc.) through the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, James, Sarte, and many more. (I read this my freshman year for Intro to Philosophy.)
February 16, 2012
For anyone interested in philosophy I recommend this book. It's presented in an accessible way. It contains classical readings from Buddha, Plato, Thams Aquinas, Kant, Nietzsthe, Sarte to modern and contemporary readings by Amstrong, Nozick and Anthony O'Hear. This pedagogy contains seven chapters namely: Theory of knowledge; Philosophy of religion; Metaphysics; Personal identity and immortality; Freedom to choose; Ethics and Political and Social Philosophy. At the end there is a glossary that I found very useful. With this you will never find philosophy a stupefying mental gymnastics hitherto a valuable epistemology.
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