tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/philosophy?page=2Open Textbook Library - Philosophy Textbooks2022-01-17T19:07:48Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png11262022-01-17T19:07:48Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzMwNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b1d2ce593e013ff8c747f3c349e021b9279e3242/Aesthetics-Digital-Cover-JL-Update-v2-683x1024.png" />Aesthetic Theory and Practice offers fresh perspectives on canonical and emerging topics in aesthetics, and also brings attention to a number of culturally sensitive topics that are customarily silenced in introductions to philosophical aesthetics. The papers are heterogeneous in terms of length and degrees of difficulty, inviting the reader into the study of contemporary aesthetics, which spans a lifetime.11162021-12-13T17:11:48Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Epistemology<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzE2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ff9dff34e902535e694a3367734aed88957c258c/Epistemology-Digital-Cover-683x1024.jpg" />Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology engages first-time philosophy readers on a guided tour through the core concepts, questions, methods, arguments, and theories of epistemology—the branch of philosophy devoted to the study of knowledge. The book progresses systematically while placing key ideas and thinkers in historical and contemporary context. Central topics include the analysis of knowledge, the nature of epistemic justification, rationalism vs. empiricism, skepticism, the value of knowledge, the ethics of belief, Bayesian epistemology, social epistemology, and feminist epistemologies.10882021-10-15T13:42:27Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZThe Primacy of the Public<img alt="Read more about The Primacy of the Public" title="The Primacy of the Public cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="466" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk2OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2bb4d7a283f67f36b9f4724704818cc6b712b932/robot-4153544-350x466.png" />The Primacy of the Public presents a framework for engineering and technology ethics focused around three core ethical principles: the principle of welfare, the autonomy principle, and the fairness principle. To support this framework, the book begins with an examination of multiple perspectives we may take on engineering and technology, all of which support the centrality of ethical analysis and evaluation. These include the nature of engineering as a profession, the social context of engineering and technology, and the view that many technologies constitute social experiments.9422020-12-27T05:20:43Z2024-01-22T14:52:15ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTg3NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e9b1a3f73abd8e40aa1c507a863931558260a15/Rebus-Digital-Cover-Religion-683x1024.jpg" />Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion introduces some of the major traditional arguments for and against the existence of God, as well as some less well-known, but thought-provoking arguments for the existence of God, and one of the most important new challenges to religious belief from the Cognitive Science of Religion. An introductory chapter traces the connection between philosophy and religion throughout Western history, and a final chapter addresses the place of non-Western and non-monotheistic religions within contemporary philosophy of religion.9372020-11-30T23:40:15Z2024-01-22T14:52:14ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Logic<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Logic" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Logic cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc5MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--030c8b0f458dba664f6c6311509e193bb5040ad8/Rebus-Digital-Cover-Logic-683x1024.jpg" />Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively. The chapters, all written by experts in the field, provide an overview of what arguments are, the different types of arguments one can expect to encounter in both philosophy and everyday life, and how to recognise common argumentative mistakes.9322020-11-30T21:52:30Z2024-01-22T14:52:14ZPlato's 'Republic': An Introduction<img alt="Read more about Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction" title="Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction cover image" class="cover " width="664" height="1000" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc4NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--46c70f9a39ba3ee02c1a81fdff888ec2325f4ab1/Plato.jpg" />This book is a lucid and accessible companion to Plato’s Republic, throwing light upon the text’s arguments and main themes, placing them in the wider context of the text’s structure. In its illumination of the philosophical ideas underpinning the work, it provides readers with an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and literary artistry of Plato’s Republic. McAleer not only unpacks the key overarching questions of the text – What is justice? And Is a just life happier than an unjust life? – but also highlights some fascinating, overlooked passages which contribute to our understanding of Plato’s philosophical thought. Plato’s 'Republic': An Introduction offers a rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the text, helping readers navigate one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. With its approachable tone and clear presentation, it constitutes a welcome contribution to the field, and will be an indispensable resource for philosophy students and teachers, as well as general readers new to, or returning to, the text.9292020-11-15T04:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZA Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated<img alt="Read more about A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated" title="A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--18f1fc04747942606c6b4d5f9cafd73e8a45bc28/guidetogooreasoning-cover-350x453.png" />A Guide to Good Reasoning has been described by reviewers as “far superior to any other critical reasoning text.” It shows with both wit and philosophical care how students can become good at everyday reasoning. It starts with attitude—with alertness to judgmental heuristics and with the cultivation of intellectual virtues. From there it develops a system for skillfully clarifying and evaluating arguments, according to four standards—whether the premises fit the world, whether the conclusion fits the premises, whether the argument fits the conversation, and whether it is possible to tell.9272020-11-10T06:47:16Z2024-01-22T14:52:13ZPhilosophical Ethics<img alt="Read more about Philosophical Ethics" title="Philosophical Ethics cover image" class="cover " width="609" height="727" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcwOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--66971c8f7c0392d02d836a462ce06f6ddfe3fb6b/Ethics.PNG" />This book is an introduction to philosophical ethics intended for use in introductory college or high school level courses. It has grown out of lecture notes I shared with the first students who took my online Ethics course at the Pennsylvania College of Technology almost 20 years ago. Since then it has seen more development in a variety of forms – starting out as a pdf document, and then evolving into a static set of WordPress pages and finally now as a book written in bookdown and hosted at GitHub. This text represents my attempt to scratch a couple of itches. The first is my wanting a presentation of the major philosophical approaches to ethics that I can actually agree with and that is integrated into my overall teaching method. I tend to teach philosophy to beginners and so there is a fair amount of discussion of the tools used by philosophers and of the ways in which their approach differs from that of their colleagues in other disciplines. There are of course many good quality ethics textbooks out there, and yet none has exactly matched my way of wanting to present the material. Teaching ethics over the years has been a process of active exploration and constant revision of my approach as I have come to a more nuanced and richer appreciation of what ethical thinking and theorizing is all about, as well as some ideas about how I think the main strands of argument relate to each other. Yes this is a partisan effort, but it’s all subject to revision and refinement based on, I hope at least, the better argument. That’s what I am trying to get across here. The second itch I am trying to scratch has to do with initiatives in open education, and I’d like this text to contribute in its own small way to the much larger and more influential open source movement and philosophy of which I consider it a part. Knowledge is only ours to share. Yes of course writers, developers and publishers do hard work that deserves compensation. But intellectual property, it seems to me, is a false idol that deserves to be smashed. So here is my effort to chip away at it – knowledge should free us and and not sink us into both literal and figurative debt.7972019-12-27T17:00:35Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Ethics<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzU2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--15c59a537cdff7699ecafc9823dab71d94e5a941/978-1-989014-08-0.jpg" />We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have developed over the last couple of millenia, mostly within the Western cultural tradition. It considers basic questions about moral and ethical judgment: Is there such a thing as something that is really right or really wrong independent of time, place and perspective? What is the relationship between religion and ethics? How can we reconcile self-interest and ethics? Is it ever acceptable to harm one person in order to help others? What do recent discussions in evolutionary biology or have to say about human moral systems? What is the relation between gender and ethics? The authors invite you to participate in their exploration of these and many other questions in philosophical ethics.7912019-11-09T16:49:31Z2023-08-31T14:10:14ZResponsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology<img alt="Read more about Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology" title="Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology cover image" class="cover " width="300" height="370" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzUwLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--02a919f4167821018872f0e3a416e99bd8d56c4d/978-94-6366-202-4.jpg" />This textbook is based on the MOOC Responsible Innovation offered by the TU Delft. It provides a framework to reflect on the ethics and risks of new technologies. How can we make sure that innovations do justice to social and ethical values? How can we minimize (unknown)risks?The book explains: The concept and importance of responsible innovation for society Key ethical concepts and considerations to analyse the risks of new technologies Different types of innovation (e.g. radical, niche, incremental, frugal) Roadmap for Responsible Innovation by Industry The concept of Value Sensitive Design (VSD) It includes a link to all the web lectures as well as case studies ranging from care robots and nuclear energy to Artificial Intelligence and self-driving vehicles.
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