Philosophy & This Actual World An Introduction to Practical Philosophical Inquiry

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Summary

Martin Benjamin bridges the gap between academic philosophy and the questions of educated nonspecialists.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Agent and Spectator	p. 5
No Way Out	p. 7
The Cartesian Subject	p. 16
The Pragmatic Subject	p. 20
Agent and Spectator	p. 21
The Irrepressible Skeptic	p. 25
Language, Meaning, and Truth	p. 28
Language	p. 28
Meaning	p. 36
Truth	p. 44
Summary and Conclusion	p. 49
Knowledge and Reality	p. 53
Knowledge	p. 54
Reality	p. 70
Knowledge and Reality: Pragmatic Questions	p. 71
Mind and Will	p. 77
Mind	p. 78
Will	p. 89
Conclusion	p. 98
Ethics	p. 100
Origins	p. 102
Moral Reasoning and Reflection	p. 112
Democratic Pluralism	p. 124
Moral Pluralism	p. 125
Democratic Temperament	p. 131
Compromise	p. 134
Physician-Assisted Suicide	p. 142
Determining Death	p. 149
Background	p. 150
The Main Question	p. 153
The Subject of Life and Death	p. 158
Law and Public Policy	p. 164
Meaningful Lives	p. 170
God, Meaning, and Mortality	p. 171
Meaning without God	p. 174
Pragmatism and Religion	p. 180
The Priority of Democracy	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 185
Bibliographical Essay	p. 188
Introduction	p. 188
Agent and Spectator	p. 189
Language, Meaning, and Truth	p. 192
Knowledge and Reality	p. 194
Mind and Will	p. 195
Ethics	p. 196
Democratic Pluralism	p. 198
Determining Death	p. 199
Meaningful Lives	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 203
Index	p. 215
About the Author	p. 223
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