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• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Where do we start?
• Premises
• Forms of rational justification
• Critiquing arguments
• Beyond demolition
• Becoming a philosopher
• 1 Theory of Knowledge
• What is the theory of knowledge?
• Rationalism
• Empiricism
• Foundationalism
• The tripartite account of knowledge
• Against the tripartite account
• The nature of belief
• Scepticism concerning knowledge
• Scepticism concerning perception
• Realism
• Idealism
• Phenomenalism
• Kant and the Synthetic A Priori
• The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Objectivity and relativism
• Conclusion
• 2 Moral Philosophy
• What is moral philosophy?
• The divisions of moral philosophy
• Morality and realism
• Non-cognitivism
• The role of reason
• Prescriptivism
• Deontological and consequentialist ethics
• Virtue ethics
• Utilitarianism
• Kantian ethics
• Aristotelian ethics
• Animal rights
• Abortion
• Euthanasia
• Approaches to applied ethics
• Conclusion
• 3 Philosophy of Mind
• What is the philosophy of mind?
• Dualism
• Arguments against dualism
• Behaviourism
• Arguments against behaviourism
• Physicalism
• Functionalism
• Non-reductive materialism and epiphenomen
• Eliminativism
• Other minds
• Personal identity
• Personhood
• The problem of free will
• Conclusion
• 4 Philosophy of Religion
• What is the philosophy of religion?
• What is God?
• The problem of evil
• Faith and reason
• Betting on God
• The status of religious language
• The ontological argument
• The cosmological argument
• The teleological argument
• Religious experience
• Miracles
• God and morality
• Conclusion
• 5 Political Philosophy
• What is political philosophy?
• Liberalism
• Socialism
• Conservatism
• Anarchism
• Freedom
• Justice
• Rights
• Tolerance
• The justification of the state and its authority
• Laws and law-breaking
• Justifications for punishment
• Conclusion
• 6 Aesthetics
• What is aesthetics?
• What counts as art?
• Art as imitation
• Conventions and representation
• Art as expression
• Art as form
• Art and society
• Authorship and meaning
• Art and morality
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Further Reading
• Index