Author: Harry Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: logic, introduction
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2010-01-21
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415996511
ISBN-13: 9780415996518

Introduction to Logic combines likely the broadest scope of any logic textbook available with clear, concise writing and interesting examples and arguments.  Its key features, all retained in the Second Edition, include: • Simpler ways to test arguments than those available in competing textbooks, including the star test for syllogisms• A wide scope of materials, making it suitable for introductory logic courses (as the primary text) or intermediate classes (as the primary or supplementary book)• Engaging and easy-to-understand examples and arguments, drawn from everyday life as wel

Author: Harry Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: logic, introduction
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-12-29
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0415226759
ISBN-13: 9780415226752

Introduction to Logic offers one of the most clear, interesting and accessible introductions to what has long been considered one of the most challenging subjects in philosophy. Harry Gensler engages readers with the basics of logic through practical examples and important arguments in the history of philosophy and from contemporary philosophy. Using simpler and manageable methods for testing arguments, readers are led through in a careful step-by-step way to master the complexities of logic.

Author: Harry Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: logic, introduction
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-12-28
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0415226740
ISBN-13: 9780415226745

Introduction to Logic offers one of the most clear, interesting and accessible introductions to what has long been considered one of the most challenging subjects in philosophy. Harry Gensler engages readers with the basics of logic through practical examples and important arguments in the history of philosophy and from contemporary philosophy. Using simpler and manageable methods for testing arguments, readers are led through in a careful step-by-step way to master the complexities of logic.

Author: Harry Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, philosophy, introductions, introduction, ethics, routledge
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1998-09-21
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0415156246
ISBN-13: 9780415156240

Ethics introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy, and relates them to specific issues, such as racism, education and abortion. The book allows for a fair treatment of different views, and suggests the practical method for forming moral beliefs.

Author: Harry J. Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, philosophy, introductions, introduction, ethics, routledge
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1998-09-18
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415156254
ISBN-13: 9780415156257

Ethics introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy to undergraduate students who have already done an introductory course in philosophy. It will help students to think more clearly about how to form their moral beliefs in the wisest and most rational way. The basic approaches to metaethics and normative ethics are related to specific issues, particularly those of racism, education, and abortion. Written in a clear and concise way by an experienced textbook author, Ethics will also be of interest to the general reader.Unique features of the textbook:* boxed key id

Author: Harry J. Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, philosophy, introductions, introduction, ethics, routledge
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2011-01-10
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0415803861
ISBN-13: 9780415803861

Harry Gensler’s Ethics introduces undergraduates to the main issues in contemporary moral philosophy. It also relates these issues to practical controversies, with special attention paid to racism, moral education, and abortion. It gives a practical method for thinking about moral issues, a method based largely on the golden rule. Key Features:• Serves as either the sole textbook for a lower-level introduction to ethics/moral philosophy course or a supplementary text for a more advanced undergraduate ethics course• Provides clear, direct writing throughout, making each chapter easily

Author: Harry J. Gensler
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: ethics, formal
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1996-05-24
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415130662
ISBN-13: 9780415130660

Formal Ethics focuses on the golden rule ("Treat others as you want to be treated") and other formal ethical principles (like "Be logically consistent in your beliefs," "Follow your conscience," and "Make similar evaluations about similar cases"). The book formulates such principles clearly, defends them from various perspectives on the foundations of ethics, and shows how to use them to reason about practical problems (like racism and moral education). While addressed to specialists in moral philosophy and logic, the book’s simple language and practical relevance make it suitable for gr