This Is Philosophy

This Is Philosophy: An Introduction

By Steven D. Hales

To get a quick sense of the book, you can see the Table of Contents HERE, and can read How To Use This Book and the Preface HERE. You can find useful supplementary material for both students and instructors below.

Lecture Slides

Here you will find slides for use with course lectures. Note these slides are pdf files (for the sake of speed of upload), but if you wish to receive the original PowerPoint slides, please contact us to receive your free instructor pack.

Lecture 1: Welcome To Philosophy
Lecture 2: Normativity And Approaches
Lecture 3: Divine Command Theory
Lecture 4: Egoism
Lecture 5: Moral Relativism
Lecture 6: Utilitarianism
Lecture 7: Quality of Pleasure
Lecture 8: Objections To Utilitarianism
Lecture 9: Deontology
Lecture 10: Virtue Ethics
Lecture 11: Attributes Of God
Lecture 12: Scripture, Ontological Args
Lecture 13: Cosmological Argument
Lecture 14: Design Argument
Lecture 15: Pascal's Wager
Lecture 16: Religious Pluralism
Lecture 17: Problem of Evil
Lecture 18: Free Will Defense
Lecture 19: Divine Foreknowledge
Lecture 20: Reasons and Sphexishness
Lecture 21: Delemma Arg, Moral Resp
Lecture 22: Agent Causation And Compatibalism
Lecture 23: Personal Identity
Lecture 24: Physical Criterion
Lecture 25: Psychological Criterion
Lecture 26: Psychological Loss
Lecture 27: Bundle Theory
Lecture 28: Substance Dualism
Lecture 29: Mind-Body Problem, Other Minds
Lecture 30: Behaviorism
Lecture 31: Mind-Brain Identity Theory
Lecture 32: Functionalism
Lecture 33: Value Of Truth
Lecture 34: Value Of Evidence
Lecture 35: How Much Evidence Part 1
Lecture 36: How Much Evidence Part 2
Lecture 37: Sources of Evidence
Lecture 38: Nature Of Knowledge
Lecture 39: Skeptic's Challenge
Lecture 40: Counterfeit Detector.

Links by Chapter:

If you're reading the print edition of This Is Philosophy, you can click through links chapter by chapter. Digital ebook editions have the links built in live. You can find digital editions at Amazon.com (for the Kindle), BarnesandNoble.com (for the Nook), iBooks (for the iPad) and at the book's Wiley.com page.

Vocabulary & Concepts - Self-Assessment:

A glossary of philosophical terms used in This Is Philosophy is available for free download.
Students are also directed to the This Is Philosophy Quizlet to aid in their studies. The Quizlet includes flashcards, self-testing exercises, and learning games.
Flashcards and exercises are also available by chapter:

'Instructor Pack' on request:

Please contact us here to request your free 'Instructor Pack'. Be sure to provide information about your course and institution in a manner that demonstrates that you are an instructor. The instructor pack includes:

A PDF test bank with of 175 questions
The same test bank with answers highlighted
PowerPoint slides for use with your course lectures

External Resources

Be sure to visit our page of carefully selected external resources.

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Steven D. Hales, Series Editor