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  • Pathways Through Academia
    Steven M. Cahn
    Philosopher Steven M. Cahn, the author of numerous works about higher education, here offers his most recent thoughts about life in academia. Among the issues he discusses are building a professorial career, motivating one’s students, making strong faculty appointments, choosing effective administrators, and maintaining a commitment to academic ethics. His approach is principle...
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    13,36 €

  • Religion Within Reason, Second Edition
    Steven M. Cahn
    Most believers and their critics agree that religious commitment relies on the acceptance of supernaturalism. Steven M. Cahn argues to the contrary. He maintains that theism is neither necessary nor sufficient for adherence to a religious outlook. He writes in a nonpolemical spirit about morality, the problem of evil, faith, miracles, heaven, mystical experience, and religious ...
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    13,38 €

  • Exploring Academic Ethics
    Steven M. Cahn
    Academic ethics is the study of moral problems arising in higher education. These may concern the responsibilities of professors or the institutional policies of colleges and universities. In this work, Steven M. Cahn, a pioneer in the field, brings together his essays concerning four provocative issues: curricular controversies, tenure processes, affirmative action, and pedago...
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    15,16 €

  • Bronx Socrates
    Steven M. Cahn
    Academic life regularly honors leading scholars but rarely recognizes those who have excelled in undergraduate teaching. This volume salutes Professor of Philosophy Robert H. Gurland, a paragon in the classroom, who recently retired after having taught over 25,000 students, primarily at New York University but also for a couple of years at the United States Military Academy at ...
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    12,16 €

  • From Student to Scholar
    Steven M. Cahn
    This expanded edition of a celebrated book by philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn offers sound advice on building a successful academic career. He explains how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to handle interviews for academic positions; how to improve your teaching; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garn...
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    16,04 €

  • Professors as Teachers
    Steven M. Cahn
    Too many professors view themselves primarily not as teachers but researchers. How can the system be changed so that success in the classroom will be promoted and receive greater emphasis? Noted philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn presents proposals to achieve that end, including changes in graduate education, the appointment process, the evaluation of teaching, the tenure ...
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    12,42 €

  • Philosophical Debates
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    This volume completes a trilogy of Steven M. Cahn’s shorter writings that includes The Road Traveled and Other Essays (2019) and A Philosopher’s Journey (2020). Included here are his contributions to three philosophical debates: first, whether events are fated to occur; second, whether God is knowable; and third, whether morality can conflict with happiness. The book contains n...
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    14,35 €

  • Navigating Academic Life
    Steven M. Cahn
    This engaging collection of recent essays reveals how a professorial career involves not only pursuit of a scholarly discipline but also such unwelcome features as the tribulations of graduate school, the trials of teaching, and the tensions that develop from membership in a department. The author, who enjoyed a distinguished career as a professor of philosophy and senior unive...
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    49,39 €

  • A Philosopher’s Journey
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    For over fifty years Steven M. Cahn has been a prolific contributor to discussions of philosophical and educational issues. In this volume he has chosen his favorite articles from the 1960s to the present, reflecting his long-standing interests in the concept of free will, the rationality of religious belief, the insights of John Dewey, the affirmative action debate, the aims o...
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    15,95 €

  • The Road Traveled and Other Essays
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    The Road Traveled and Other Essays presents the recent work of philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn. This book offers his latest reflections on the nature of well-being, the rationality of religious belief, and the aims of higher education. Also included are a selection of his challenging philosophical puzzles. The work concludes with a detailed account of his career as a fa...
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    16,12 €

  • Foundations of Moral Philosophy
    Andrew T. Forcehimes / Steven M. Cahn
    Foundations of Moral Philosophy: Readings in Metaethics is a comprehensive collection of fifty-six contemporary readings and historical sources on major issues in metaethics. It focuses on the meaning of moral terms, the nature of moral psychology, whether we can know moral truths (if there are any), and the role of moral reasons. The book features unparalleled representation o...
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    152,96 €

  • Principles of Moral Philosophy
    Andrew T. Forcehimes / Steven M. Cahn
    Principles of Moral Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Approaches covers all the major theories in normative ethics--relativism, egoism, divine command theory, natural law, Kantian ethics, consequentialism, pluralism, social contract theory, virtue ethics, the ethics of care, and particularism--and also includes sections on applied ethics and metaethics. It provides students ...
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    180,40 €

  • Political Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century
    Robert B. Talisse / Steven M. Cahn
    Political Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century covers five main topics: equality, justice, liberty, democracy, and human rights. To assist readers, the editors have also provided section introduction and study questions as well as an overall introduction explaining the background to contemporary work in political philosophy. ...
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    88,07 €

  • Saints and Scamps
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    In its 25th anniversary edition, Steven M. Cahn has updated and expanded upon his critical look at the duties and responsibilities of college professors; presenting us with a masterfully decisive and learned probe into the ethical standards and practices of the academic world and bringing Saints and Scamps to a new generation. Cahn discusses every issue, from grades to degree r...
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    36,68 €

  • Thinking about Logic
    Robert B. Talisse / Scott F. Aikin / Steven M. Cahn
    Thinking about Logic is an accessible and thought-provoking collection of classic articles in the philosophy of logic. An ideal companion to any formal logic course or textbook, this volume illuminates how logic relates to perennial philosophical issues about knowledge, meaning, rationality, and reality. ...
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    77,57 €

  • Political Problems
    Steven M. Cahn
    This anthology is intended to be used in Political Philosophy courses. It focuses on contemporary political problems, and it is intended to be paired with any of the numerous readers which are dedicated to the history of political philosophy. History, theory, and political problems are the three pillars of the political philosophy course. However, while the anthologies on the h...
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    135,77 €

  • Philosophy of Education
    Steven M. Cahn
    This anthology is organized around ten of the most widely taught and read classic philosophers of education. From Plato to John Dewey, this book offers the 'essential texts' that lay the foundation for education students’ course of study. ...
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    105,32 €

  • The Elements of Philosophy
    Steven M. Cahn / Susanna Siegel / Tamar Szabo Gendler
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    214,19 €

  • Puzzles & Perplexities
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    A revised edition of Steven Cahn’s book of short philosophical essays. ...
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    71,17 €

  • Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion
    Steven M. Cahn
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    173,91 €

  • Fate, Logic, and Time
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
    This book is the first full-length treatment of the philosophical problem of fatalism, the thesis that the laws of logic alone suffice to prove that no person ever acts freely. After a critical examination of the history of the problem, from Aristotle through Stoic and medieval thought, Cahn analyzes contemporary discussions of the issue, revealing how a belief in free will is ...
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    19,43 €

  • A New Introduction to Philosophy
    Steven Cahn / Steven M. Cahn
    An accessible and engaging introduction to philosophical inquiry, this book concentrates on topics of greatest interest to beginning students: the nature and tools of philosophy, free will, philosophy of religion, ethics, and social philosophy. The work throughout is clearly written and carefully argued. ...
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    20,35 €

  • Scholars Who Teach
    Steven M. Cahn / Steven MCahn
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    27,72 €

  • The Eclipse of Excellence
    Steven Cahn / Steven M. Cahn
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    10,15 €

  • Education and the Democratic Ideal
    Steven M. Cahn
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    18,73 €

  • Philosophy for the 21st Century
    Samuel William Bloom / Steven M. Cahn
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    214,76 €

  • The Affirmative Action Debate
    Steven M. Cahn
    This book is an essential guide to the full range of arguments surrounding　affirmative action. Following the debate, as no other collection does,　from all the early foundational articles to up-to-date selections, the book presents the strongest contributions from both sides of this highly charged issue. For students and general readers seeking to understand the controversy, thi...
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    77,27 €