The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy »

Steven Cowan is associate professor and advisor of Philosophy and Apologetics at Southeastern Bible College as well as associate director of the Apologetics Resource Center and editor of its Areopagus Journal in Birmingham, Alabama. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. Steve and his wife have one son.

James Spiegel is professor of Philosophy at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and is also the author of How to Be Good in a World Gone Bad which won a 2005 Award of Merit from Christianity Today. James and his wife have four children.

This Christian-based introduction to philosophy textbook is all the more appealing to its student audience for including humor and popular culture illustrations to teach important concepts.

Introduction

What Is Philosophy? 1

Part 1 The Study of Knowledge

Chapter 1 Logic and Truth: What Is Truth? 16

Chapter 2 Epistemology: How Do We Know? 47

Chapter 3 Philosophy of Science: What Can Science Tell Us? 101

Part 2 The Study of Being

Chapter 4 Metaphysics: What Is Real? 144

Chapter 5 Human Nature: What Am I? 198

Chapter 6 Philosophy of Religion: Is There a God? 254

Part 3 The Study of Value

Chapter 7 Ethics: How Should We Live? 318

Chapter 8 Political Philosophy: What Is a Just Society? 373

Chapter 9 Aesthetics: What Is Beauty? 418

Glossary 451

Index 465