Contents
Preface;
Introduction;
What is Philosophy?
Part I;
Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Being and Knowing;
1 Some Puzzles about Existence;
2.The Existence of God;
3.The Existence and Identity of Persons;
4.The Problem of Free Will;
5.The Existence of Evil;
6 .The Problem of Knowledge;
Part II;
Ethics: The Philosophy of Value;
7 .Morality and Illusion;
8.Egoism and Altruism;
9 .Utility and Principles;
10. Life and Death;
Part III ;
Political Philosophy: The Philosophy of State and Citizen;
11 .Authority and Anarchy;
12 .Liberty;
13 .Equality;
14 .Marx and Marxism;
15 .Politics and Sex;
Part IV;
The Philosophy of Science;
16 .The Methods of Science;
17 .Causation;
18 .Induction;
Part V;
Logic: The Philosophy of Inference and Argument;
19 .The Subject Matter of Logic;
20 .Syllogistic Logic;
21 .Modern Logic;
22 .The Propositional Calculus;
23 .The Predicate Calculus;
Part VI;
Philosophy and Life;
24 .The Meaning of Life;
25 .The Influence of Philosophy on Life;
Appendix I ;
The Great Philosophers;
Appendix II ;
Philosophy in the Twentieth Century;
Appendix III ;
Some Well-known Contemporary Philosophers;
Bibliography and Further Reading;
Index