Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • What Is Philosophy? 1
    • Part 1 The Study of Knowledge
    • Chapter 1 Logic and Truth: What Is Truth? 16
    • Chapter 2 Epistemology: How Do We Know? 47
    • Chapter 3 Philosophy of Science: What Can Science Tell Us? 101
    • Part 2 The Study of Being
    • Chapter 4 Metaphysics: What Is Real? 144
    • Chapter 5 Human Nature: What Am I? 198
    • Chapter 6 Philosophy of Religion: Is There a God? 254
    • Part 3 The Study of Value
    • Chapter 7 Ethics: How Should We Live? 318
    • Chapter 8 Political Philosophy: What Is a Just Society? 373
    • Chapter 9 Aesthetics: What Is Beauty? 418
    • Glossary 451
    • Index 465