Preface | |
Introduction | |
What Are We Doing in This Class? Is Philosophy Possible? | |
The Origins of Philosophy | |
Contemporary Branches of Philosophy | |
The Philosophy of Socrates | |
Truth Is Beauty, Beauty Is Truth Rationalist Epistemology | |
The Philosophy of Plato | |
René Descartes’ Rationalism | |
What You See Is What You Get Empiricist Epistemology | |
Aristotle as a Precursor to Empiricism | |
The Empiricism of John Locke | |
Berkeley’s Correction of Locke | |
Hume’s Radicalization of Berkeley’s Empiricism | |
Kant’s Compromise | |
Conclusion | |
Who’s on First, What’s on Second? Ontology | |
Dualism | |
Materialistic Monism | |
Pluralism | |
Conclusion | |
Mount Olympus, Mount Moriah, and Other Godly Places Philosophy of Religion | |
Theism | |
Atheism | |
Volitional Justifications of Religious Belief | |
Religious Mysticism | |
Religious Existentialism | |
Conclusion | |
The Largest Airline in the Free World Philosophy of Freedom | |
Determinism: Ancient Greek and Enlightenment Views | |
Hard Determinism: Modern Views | |
Soft Determinism | |
Indeterminism | |
Conclusion | |
Thou Shalt Become Perfected Ethics | |
Ancient Greek Moral Philosophers | |
Egoism | |
Hedonism | |
Utilitarianism | |
Duty-Oriented Morality | |
Conclusion | |
Different Strokes for Different Folks Critiques of Traditional Ethical Theories | |
Existentialism | |
Hume and the Naturalistic Fallacy | |
Logical Positivism | |
Cultural Relativism | |
Ethics and Feminism | |
Ethics and Deep Ecology | |
Conclusion | |
Let Them Eat Cake Political and Social Philosophy | |
Political Philosophy | |
Social Philosophy | |
Conclusion | |
But Is It Art? Philosophy of Art | |
Plato and Freud | |
Aristotle | |
The Interlude between Aristotle and the Nineteenth Century | |
Marx | |
Marcuse | |
Existentialism | |
Wittgenstein | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Glossary | |
Credits | |
Index | |
At the end of each chapter: Topics for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading: Paperback Editions | |
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