Philosophy: Thinkers, Theories and Questions - Student Text

© 2011
by Jeff Stickney Stephen Anderson David Jopling Joy Martyr-Andre Leo Oja Ellen Quejada Andrew Wilson

1st Edition Active, In-Print Hardcover
9780070738751 0070738750

http://www.mhrphilosophy.ca

Connecting Your Classroom to the World's Philosophies.
Written specifically for Grade 12 University Philosophy,
Philosophy: Questions, Thinkers and Theories focuses on World Philosophies and ways of thinking, including Eastern, Muslim, First Nations, and Aboriginal peoples.

Introduction
What Is Philosophy?
The Seven Areas
Why Study Philosophy?
An Introduction to Your Course Challenge

Unit 1: Foundations

1 Reasoning About Reasoning
2 Informal Logic
3 Formal Logic

Unit 2: Metaphysics

4 Understanding Metaphysics
5 Exploring Metaphysics
6 Connecting to Metaphysics

Unit 3: Ethics

7 Understanding Ethics
8 Exploring Ethics
9 Connecting to Ethics

Unit 4: Epistemology

10 Understanding Epistemology
11 Exploring Epistemology
12 Connecting to Epistemology

Unit 5: The Philosophy of Science

13 Understanding the Philosophy of Science
14 Exploring the Philosophy of Science
15 Connecting to the Philosophy of Science

Unit 6: Social and Political Philosophy

16 Understanding Social and Political Philosophy
17 Exploring Social and Political Philosophy
18 Connecting to Social and Political Philosophy

Unit 7: Aesthetics

19 Understanding Aesthetics
20 Exploring Aesthetics
21 Connecting to Aesthetics

  • Skill development, research skills, and critical thinking skill development is incorporated throughout the program
  • An abundance of primary source materials
  • Chapter Opener includes the Specific Expectations from the curriculum guide, including the skills focus. Key Philosophers discussed in the chapter are included on a timeline.
  • Chapter Review questions enable students to recall, inquire, research, and apply what they have learned in various forms of communication. Questions include a multiple intelligences approach to learning.
  • Philosophers on Philosophy explains the basic philosophical theories of different philosophers within the area in question and how they have influenced other philosophers
  • Philosophical Reasoning in Context provides an opportunity to explore a new fallacy and connect the foundations unit to each area of philosophy