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  • FROM STUDENT TO SCHOLAR
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    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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  • NAVIGATING ACADEMIC LIFE
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    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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  • THINKING ABOUT LOGIC
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    THINKING ABOUT LOGIC
    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. The editors have selected each essay for its brevity, clarity, and impact ...

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  • TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
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    TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    Some students find philosophy engrossing; others are merely bewildered. How can professors meet the challenge of teaching introductory-level philosophy so that their students, regardless of initial incentive or skill, come to understand and even enjoy the subject? For nearly a decade, renowned philosopher and teacher Steven M. Cahn offered doctoral students a fourteen-week, cre...

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  • POLITICAL PROBLEMS
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    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...

    $1,799.00

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  • HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS
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    HAPPINESS AND GOODNESS
    STEVEN M. CAHN / CHRISTINE VITRANO
    “A phenomenal book that offers innovative and penetrating insights into the most fundamental questions of human concern . . . vivid and enjoyable.”—Dov Weiss, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   How should we evaluate the success of each person’s life? Countering the prevalent philosophical perspective on the subject, Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano defend the vie...

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  • THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEBATE
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    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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  • PROFESSORS AS TEACHERS
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    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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  • SEVEN MASTERPIECES OF PHILOSOPHY
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    SEVEN MASTERPIECES OF PHILOSOPHY
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    This highly anticipated anthology, compiled by noted author and scholar Steven Cahn, presents the seven major works central to any introductory philosophy course in their entirety.  Each work has had a profound influence on philosophical thought, and the authors are generally regarded as among the world’s greatest philosophers. Seven Masterpieces in Philosophy features the most...

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  • PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES
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    PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    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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  • THE ROAD TRAVELED AND OTHER ESSAYS
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    THE ROAD TRAVELED AND OTHER ESSAYS
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    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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  • A PHILOSOPHER'S JOURNEY
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    A PHILOSOPHER'S JOURNEY
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    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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  • FATE, LOGIC, AND TIME
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    FATE, LOGIC, AND TIME
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    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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  • A NEW INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
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    A NEW INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
    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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  • THE ECLIPSE OF EXCELLENCE
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    THE ECLIPSE OF EXCELLENCE
    STEVEN M. CAHN
    It is...a refreshing and promising event when an accomplished young philosopher and dedicated teacher like Prof. Cahn turns his mind to the present crisis in higher education and concentrates on some home truths. Prof. Cahn has his eye on the future, not the past. He is as full of divine discontent as contemporaries of his who have acquired a certain flash fame, and he has much...

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