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Volume Preface

The publication of this sixth edition of Questions That Thing comes 24 years after its initial press and over a quarter century since the manuscript was fi rst completed. This provides a sort of landmark considering for the fi rst time the book is older than many of the students likely to be enrolled in a traditional introduction to philosophy course. Apparently much has changed in the earth in the by twenty plus years, and the book has evolved in response to these changes. But the bulk of the textile has not changed. It is a hallmark of philosophy that well-nigh of the "questions that matter" are timeless and remain equally pressing today every bit they were more 2,000 years ago when Socrates and his contemporaries were debating the nature of existence. The attempt throughout the life of this textbook has been to sustain the timeless while adapting to irresolute times. Hopefully we have succeeded in this effort.

While maintaining the basic structure and approach, two major changes mark this sixth edition. First, the book is shorter by three capacity than previous editions. Nosotros responded to feedback from teachers and reviewers that the text was simply besides long for the one-semester introduction to philosophy courses in which it is used. Iii capacity have been cutting from this editon to make a leaner, more than user-friendly text. In each instance, some key elements of the onetime accept been adapted into neighboring chapters, then the basic questions are not lost fifty-fifty as the handling is condensed signifi cantly. Although we recognize that annihilation cut from the fi fth edition will be missed by some users, we accept listened to feedback in deciding where to trim the text. We promise you will agree that the benefi ts of a slightly shorter text outweigh the loss of important textile. The 2nd major change comes in the fi nal section of the book, "The Question of Society," which deals with issues in social and political philosophy. Here a new affiliate on democracy and a reworking of the material on liberalism update this area of philosophy that changes the most because of its inherent ties to our society and the real globe of politics. We have attempted to make this department more relevant to our gimmicky world while remaining firmly committed to a historical approach to the subject matter.

In addition to these changes, we have, of course, made pocket-sized adjustments throughout in the interest of accurateness, readability, and updating. Some new sections take been added and the whole has been enhanced by some new boxed material. We have continued the ongoing attempt to do justice to contempo philosophical developments, especially the philosophical role and contributions of women. Across these improvements the book remains basically unchanged—which we take to be a plus.

As stated in previous prefaces, the book is intended equally an introductory text for students whose higher experience may not include a subsequent course in philosophy. We accept endeavored to make lucid a very diffi cult and often confusing field of study and, at the same fourth dimension, to do justice to its history and importance. Nosotros hope that the integrity of the bailiwick has survived our efforts at simplifi cation and abridgement.

In the pursuit of this goal nosotros take been mindful of the classroom setting: (a) The instructor'due south job. The best way of showing respect and concern for the goals and methods of the private instructor is to provide a text that is not confi ning or burdensome. Instead, it provides instructors with a point of departure that will heighten and strengthen their personal approaches to the bailiwick and their goals for their students. (b) The student's job. Most of the students using this text volition have no groundwork in philosophy and are likely to exist baffl ed by their fi rst encounter with the subject'south language, distinctions, concepts, and the similar. This fi rst encounter is probable to be the pupil's best (and for many, merely) opportunity to master a subject area that really does pose the questions that thing. A pupil can exist cheated of that mastery simply can never avoid the questions. Thus we take been guided throughout past a business organisation to stand for and discuss the bug in a coherent, readable, and stimulating manner. Furthermore, we have attempted to organize the content so that the students will be able to appreciate for themselves that there really are coherence and direction amid the twists and turns. We take as well been guided by a conviction that explanatory aids tin be utilized to promote agreement in an frequently diffi cult subject. Our attempts to present the material in a mode that will almost profi t the student and the classroom are evident in the following:
• Major historical thinkers have been discussed, only not to the exclusion of contemporary contributions.
• Appropriate and extended selections from primary sources take been included, interspersed throughout the discussions, making it possible for students to read the major thinkers for themselves.
• Major fi elds in philosophy accept been included, as well every bit the major issues and traditions in those fi elds.
• No topic or event has been excluded on the grounds that information technology was too difficult.
• The volume seeks to arrange the instructor's creative apply of the primary materials, thus assuasive him or her to develop cocky-designed exchange with the students.
• Fields and issues have been chosen that are about likely to be relevant to the educatee's mastery of elementary philosophy.