1. INTRODUCING THE BOOK
A. Philosophical Questions and Wonder
B. Features of this Book
C. A Little Logic
2. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
A. Challenges to Religious Belief
1: David Hume: The Irrationality of Believing in Miracles
2: Karl Marx: Religion as the Opium of the Masses
3: Friedrich Nietzsche: The Death of God
B. The Problem of Evil
C. Mysticism and Religious Experience
1: Hindu Mysticism
D. The Ontological Argument for God's Existnece
E. The Cosmological Argument for God's Existence
F. The Design Argument for God's Existence
G. Faith and Rationality
3. HUMAN NATURE AND THE SELF
A. Determinism Versus Free Will
B. Identity and Survival
C. The Self as Active Being
D. The Self Connected with a Larger Reality
4. SOULS, MINDS, BODIES, AND MACHINES
A. Ancient Western Views on Body, Soul, and Mind
B. Classic Hindu Views on Soul, Self, and God
C. Modern Views on Mind and Body
D. Twentieth-Century Views on Mind and Body
E. Intentionality
F. Minds and Machines
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
A. Skepticism and Certainty
B. Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism and Empiricism
C. A Priori Knowledge
D. Foundationalism and Coherence
E. Problems with Justified Belief
F. The Social Construction of Knowledge
6. ETHICS
A. Are Moral Values Objective?
B. Can Human Conduct Be Selfless?
C. Reason and Moral Judgments
D. Gender and Morality
E. Virtues
F. Duties
G. Pleasure and Consequences
7. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
A. Anarchism
B. Sources of Political Authority
C. Liberalism and Communitarianism
D. Virtuous Leadership
E. Limits of Political Coercion
F. Civil Obedience, Disobedience, and Revolution