Invitation to Philosophy Issues and Options

First ponder the concepts, then discover how experts debate it. INVITATION TO PHILOSOPHY: ISSUES AND OPTIONS walks you through each major topic in philosophy using language you can understand, shows you how it's all connected, and manages to be entertaining at the same time.

Preface

ix

Prologue

1

(18)

What Is Philosophy?

19

(12)

Philosophical Thinking

31

(22)

Perception and Truth

53

(16)

Epistemology: How We Know

69

(30)

Metaphysics: What Is Real

99

(18)

Freedom and Determinism

117

(18)

Philosophy and Religion

135

(26)

Philosophy and Ethics

161

(24)

Philosophy and Esthetics

185

(16)

Philosophy and Human Nature

201

(18)

Philosophy and Politics

219

(22)

Epilogue

241

(2)

Glossary

243

(16)

Index

259

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