Chapter 1 - ReligionPhilosophy and Western Religions
Ontological Argument
Intelligence and Design
Problem of Evil
Pascal's Wager
Faith and Irrationality
Doubts about Religion
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Chapter 2 - MetaphysicsThe First Philosophers
Ultimate Reality in the East
Plato and Aristotle
Descartes
Spinoza
Leibniz |
Chapter 3 - EpistemologyDescartes
Locke the Empiricist
Locke and Berkely
Hume - the sceptic
Kant's Revolution
After Kant: Absolutism vs Rationalism
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics |
Chapter 4 - The SelfConsciousness: Descartes to Kant
Existentialism: Identity and Choice
Individual and Community
Questioning the "Self" |
Chapter 5 - Mind and BodyWhat is Consciousness
The Problem of Dualism
Rejection of Dualism
Problem of Consciousness |
Chapter 6 - FreedomFatelism, Karma and Predestination
Determinism
"Freedom" in Practice
Radical Freedom: Existentialism |
Chapter 7 - EthicsIs Morality Relative?
Egoism and Altruism
Morality as Virtue: Aristotle
Kant
Utilitarianism
Existentialism, Ethics and Gender |
Chapter 8 - PoliticsProblem of Justice
2 Contemporary Theories: Rawls and Nozick
Individual Rights and Freedom |