Returning Questions: A Dialogical Introduction to Philosophy [Paperback]

The readings presented inReturning Questions: A Dialogical Introduction to Philosophyare short, clear and direct. They are meant to stimulate meaningful dialogue and interactive learning to populations of students who do not have the time, energy or background to commit hours of heavy study to a required three hour philosophy course. This text presents a broad scope of philosophical issues and primary sources from the history of philosophy with the intent of providing students with a general introduction to significant and relevant questions in philosophy, the humanities, and the history of thought.

Otto R. Piechowskiis a teacher of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Lexington Catholic High School and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Midway College, Kentucky.
Joseph R. Croninis Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy Department, Thomas More College, Kentucky.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction: What is Philosophy?
Chapter 4Philosophical Anthropology:What Kind of Beings are We?; Are We?; What is Real?
Chapter 5Logic:Categories; Logical Fallacies; Rhetoric
Chapter 6Metaphysics; Transcendentals and Aesthetics:Existence; Beauty, Structure and Catharsis; Poetics; Rhetoric and Fine Speech
Chapter 7Dialogue and Learning:Learning and Coercion; Learning and Friendship; Learning in Isolation; Teacher as Midwife; The Student as a Blank Slate; Learning without Thinking; Intelligibility
Chapter 8Morality and Ethics:Excellence of Character; Virtues and Vices; Types of Persons; Natural Law; Freedom on Conscience; Doing Good; Professional Ethics
Chapter 9Political Philosophy:Leadership, Deceit, and Virtue; The Human Condition in the State of Nature; The Types of Governments; Property; Wealth; Goodness or Happiness; Factions, Minorities and Separation of Powers
Chapter 10Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom and Censorship:Heliocentrism; Evoluls5