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Life's Ultimate Questions:

An Introduction to Philosophy
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Zondervan, Aug 3, 2010 - Religion - 400 pages
Life's Ultimate Questions is unique among introductory philosophy textbooks. By synthesizing three distinct approaches---topical, historical, and worldview/conceptual systems---it affords students a breadth and depth of perspective previously unavailable in standard introductory texts. Part One, Six Conceptual Systems, explores the philosophies of: naturalism, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, and Aquinas. Part Two, Important Problems in Philosophy, sheds light on: The Law of Noncontradiction, Possible Words, Epistemology I: Whatever Happened to Truth?, Epistemology II: A Tale of Two Systems, Epistemology III: Reformed Epistemology, God I: The Existence of God, God II: The Nature of God, Metaphysics: Some Questions About Indeterminism, Ethics I: The Downward Path, Ethics II: The Upward Path, Human Nature: The Mind-Body Problem and Survival After Death.
  

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Review: Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

User Review  - Christian - Goodreads

Very enjoyable read. I find the author quite helpful in his quite concise style in providing a good overview. Secular readers should be aware that on several occasions the author's apologetic nature ... Read full review

Review: Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

User Review  - Doug - Goodreads

This is a great text for personal use or the classroom; it was the first textbook that I taught philosophy from. Nash does an excellent job of dividing the subject up into worldviews, starting with ... Read full review

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Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter OneWorldview Thinking
PART ONESix Conceptual Systems
Chapter TwoNaturalism
Chapter ThreePlato
Chapter FourAristotle
Chapter FivePlotinus
A Tale of Two Systems
Reformed Epistemology
The Existence of God
The Nature of God
Some Questions About Indeterminism
The Downward Path
The Upward Path
The MindBody Problem and Survival After Death

Chapter SixAugustine
Chapter SevenAquinas
PART TWOImportant Problems in Philosophy
Chapter EightThe Law of Noncontradiction
Chapter NinePossible Worlds
Whatever Happened to Truth?
GLOSSARY
Some Other Books by Ronald Nash
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Ronald H. Nash (PhD, Syracuse University) was professor of philosophy at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of numerous books, including The Concept of God and Faith and Reason.

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