A Little History of Philosophy

by Warburton, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780300187793
• ISBN10: 0300187793
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-30
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Author Biography

Nigel Warburton is senior lecturer in philosophy, The Open University. He is the author of several popular introductions to philosophy and is the interviewer on the Philosophy Bites podcast. He lives in Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

The Man Who Asked Questions	p. 1
True Happiness	p. 9
We Know Nothing	p. 15
The Garden Path	p. 22
Learning Not to Care	p. 28
Who Is Pulling Our Strings?	p. 34
The Consolation of Philosophy	p. 40
The Perfect Island	p. 46
The Fox and the Lion	p. 51
Nasty, Brutish, and Short	p. 57
Could You Be Dreaming?	p. 62
Place Your Bets	p. 69
The Lens Grinder	p. 76
The Prince and the Cobbler	p. 81
The Elephant in the Room	p. 87
The Best of All Possible Worlds?	p. 93
The Imaginary Watchmaker	p. 99
Born Free	p. 105
Rose-Tinted Reality	p. 110
What if Everyone Did That?	p. 115
Practical Bliss	p. 121
The Owl of Minerva	p. 126
Glimpses of Reality	p. 132
Space to Grow	p. 138
Unintelligent Design	p. 145
Life's Sacrifices	p. 152
Workers of the World Unite	p. 158
So What?	p. 164
The Death of God	p. 171
Thoughts in Disguise	p. 176
Is the Present King of France Bald?	p. 183
Boo!/Hooray!	p. 190
The Anguish of Freedom	p. 196
Bewitched by Language	p. 202
The Man Who Didn't Ask Questions	p. 208
Learning from Mistakes	p. 214
The Runaway Train and the Unwanted Violinist	p. 222
Fairness Through Ignorance	p. 228
Can Computers Think?	p. 234
A Modem Gadfly	p. 239
Index	p. 246
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