(With Paragraph Indent) Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

Back Cover:......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
WHAT ARE WE TO THINK ABOUT?......Page 3
WHAT IS THE POINT?......Page 5
Chapter One Knowledge......Page 8
LOSING THE WORLD......Page 9
COGITO, ERGO SUM......Page 10
MOTIVATIONS, QUESTIONS......Page 12
THE ELUSIVE "I"......Page 15
THE TRADEMARK ARGUMENT......Page 17
THE CARTESIAN CIRCLE......Page 19
FOUNDATIONS AND WEBS......Page 20
LOCAL SCEPTICISMS......Page 23
THE MORAL......Page 24
THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE......Page 25
ZOMBIES AND MUTANTS......Page 26
LOCKE AND LEIBNIZ AND GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE......Page 29
ANALYSIS......Page 32
A SCIENTIFIC MODEL......Page 34
INVERTED SPECTRA: PRIVATE LANGUAGES......Page 35
THOUGHT......Page 38
Chapter Three Free Will......Page 39
THE BONDS OF FATE......Page 40
FIG TREES AND WATERFALLS......Page 41
PULLING YOURSELF TOGETHER......Page 44
PUPPETS AND MARTIANS......Page 47
OBSESSIONS AND TWINKIES......Page 48
OBJECTIFYING PEOPLE......Page 51
FATE, ORACLES, AND DEATH......Page 53
FLEXIBILITY AND DIGNITY......Page 56
Chapter Four The Self......Page 57
AN IMMORTAL SOUL?......Page 58
OAK TREES AND SHIPS......Page 60
SOULS AND ELASTIC BALLS......Page 61
THE BRAVE OFFICER......Page 62
THE SELF AS BUNDLE......Page 65
THE SELF AS AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE......Page 66
DELUSIONS OF IMAGINATION......Page 67
SCRAMBLING THE SOUL......Page 69
BELIEFS AND OTHER THINGS......Page 71
ANSELM'S ARGUMENT: DREAMBOATS AND TURKEYS......Page 72
ELEPHANTS AND TORTOISES......Page 76
THE WISE ARCHITECT......Page 78
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL......Page 80
MIRACLES AND TESTIMONY......Page 84
INFINI -- RIEN......Page 88
EMOTION AND THE WILL TO BELIEVE......Page 90
Chapter Six Reasoning......Page 91
A LITTLE LOGIC......Page 92
TRUTH-TABLES......Page 93
NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF......Page 95
LANGUAGE AND LOGIC......Page 98
PLAUSIBLE REASONINGS......Page 100
THE LOTTERY FOR THE GOLDEN HARP......Page 101
CHANCY STUFF......Page 104
EXPLANATIONS AND PARADIGMS......Page 107
COLOURS, SMELLS, SOUNDS, FEELS, AND TASTES......Page 111
GOOD SOLID SENSE......Page 115
BERKELEY'S PROBLEMS......Page 116
FORCES, FIELDS, AND THINGS......Page 118
STRAIGHTJACKETS AND LAWS......Page 119
KANT'S REVOLUTION......Page 121
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER......Page 124
RULES, UNIVERSALS......Page 126
REAL CONCERNS......Page 128
THE VOICE WITHIN......Page 132
TRUTH AND GOODNESS......Page 134
GOOD BAD FEELINGS......Page 136
PRACTICAL REASONING......Page 137
COHERENCE, OBJECTIVITY, IMAGINATION......Page 139
RELATIVISM......Page 140
FAREWELL......Page 141
Notes......Page 142
Bibliography......Page 144