Quest for meaning : philosophy made easy for Filipinos /
Florentino T. Timbreza.
- Quezon City : New Day Pub, c2000.
- xxxix, 268 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents: Introduction Philosophical wonder Intellectual search for meaning Characteristics of philosophical inquiry Various types of intellectual search Chp. I: Theories of reality Origin and finality Nature of life Chp. II: Theories of Knowledge Skepticism Empiriticism Rationalism Pragmatism Authoritarianism Phenomenological realism Logical positivism Moderate realism Chp. III: Theories of Ethics Hedonism Stoicism Epicureanism Situationism Power Ethics Humanistic ethics Thomistic ethics Filipino Centripetal ethics Chp. IV: Theories of Freedom Determinism Indeterminism Alternativism Predestination Chp. V: Theories of of the Soul Indian materialism (Charvaka School) Western materialism (Atomist School) Plato's theory Plotinus St. Augustine Boethius Kant's view St. Thomas theory Reincarnation theory Chp. VI: Theories of God Theism Ontological arguments Cosmological arguments The Wager argument Atheism Agnosticism Brahmanism Taoism Chp. VII: Theories of Evil Plotinus Origen, et. al Ambrose, Augustine Leibniz Spinoza Aquinas Manes Zoroaster Filipino concept of Good and evil Chp. VIII: Theories of Death Ancient Men's view Biological View Psychological View Theological view Philosophical view Death by choice Existentialist view Atomist and reincarnationist views Filipino view