The Philosopher's Way: Thinking Critically About Profound Ideas

Key differences between 5th and 4th editions

• Time lapse between previous and current publications: 3 years (2015 vs 2013).
• Chaffee's The Philosopher's Way was originally published in 2004.
• Major differences between the 5th and 4th Editions are summarized below:
• Chapter 3: New section 3.3 on Medieval philosophy covers St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.
• Chapter 4:
• New section section on feminist theory.
• New section covering interconnection of neuroscience and free will.
• Chapter 5: New section covering Plato's "Ladder of Love" (Symposium).
• Chapter 6: New section on trends in feminist epistemology and epistemological constructivism.
• Chapter 9:
• New section on environmental ethics, a branch of philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to the environment.
• New section on narrative ethics (the ethics derived from stories rather than from fixed principles).