HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
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In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues of atheism and theism.
* Considers one of the oldest and most widely disputed philosophical questions: is there a God?
* Presents the atheism/theism issue in the form of philosophical debate between two highly regarded scholars, widely praised for the clarity and verve of their work.
* This second edition contains new essays by each philosopher, responding to criticisms and building on their previous work.
Eyewitness: Civil War This illustrated history offers a stunning array of reproductions and photographs of the sites, people, and artifacts associated with the war. The book is divided into 29 two-page chapters covering such topics as the slavery debate, the election of 1860, raising armies, camp life, women during the war, Gettysburg, and the Confederacy surrender.
Written by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. Each essay provides a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, and makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate. Taken together, this volume is a key text and indispensable reference for philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics and epistemology.
