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The thirty articles in Puzzles and Perplexitie, displaying clarity and acumen, present a balanced picture of Steven M. Cahn's wide-ranging work over more than four decades. Taken together, the signal essays in this volume guide the reader on a journey through Cahn's remarkable career as a philosopher and educator.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Random Choices
Chapter 3 Time, Truth, and Ability
Chapter 4 Does God Know the Future?
Chapter 5 Does God Exist?
Chapter 6 The Problem of Goodness
Chapter 7 The Moriarty Hypothesis
Chapter 8 Job's Protest
Chapter 9 The Noes Have It: Hume'sDialogues
Chapter 10 Suppose God Exists
Chapter 11 Religion Without God
Chapter 12 The Question: Plato'sEuthyphro
Chapter 13 False Beliefs
Chapter 14 A Supreme Moral Principle?
Chapter 15 Happiness and Immorality
Chapter 16 Meaningless Lives?
Chapter 17 Two Concepts of Affirmative Action
Chapter 18 The Curious Tale of Atlas College
Chapter 19 Why Not Tell the Truth?
Chapter 20 The Divestiture Puzzle
Chapter 21 The Strange Case of John Shmarb
Chapter 22 The Wife of Lear
Chapter 23 John Dewey at Eighty
Chapter 24 Are the Humanities Useful?
Chapter 25 Should Liberal Education Change?
Chapter 26 How to Improve Your Teaching
Chapter 27 How to Teach Introductory Philosophy
Chapter 28 Taking Teaching Seriously
Chapter 29 Teaching Graduate Students to Teach
Chapter 30 Searching for Adminstrators: The Missing Step
Product details
Published | May 15 2007 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 2nd |
Extent | 176 |
ISBN | 9780739121160 |
Imprint | Lexington Books |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Not only Cahn's lucidity but his philosophical passion and honesty shine through these essays. He is both scrupulously fair to opposing positions and straightforward in advocating his own, whether popular or not. The book will engage students and scholars alike. I found it a pleasure to read.
Alan H. Goldman, College of William & Mary, APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy
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Steven M. Cahn is a master of the philosophical essay. In each chapter he confronts a perennial issue, such as God, free will, art, and social justice, and provides an original and provocative philosophical discussion. The chapters combine crisp thinking, elegant writing, and careful, imaginative analysis. These essays are models of philosophical writing.
Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University, APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy