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Preface | |
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Plato and the Trial of Socrates | |
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Euthyphro | |
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The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito | |
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The Value of Philosophy | |
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The Value of Philosophy | |
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Philosophical Methodologies | |
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Four Approaches to Philosophy | |
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The Scientific Approach | |
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Philosophy of Religion | |
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The Ontological Argument | |
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The Cosmological Argument | |
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The Teleological Argument | |
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It Is Better to Believe in God's Existence than to Deny It | |
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God's Existence Cannot be Proved | |
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A Good God Would Exclude Evil | |
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God Can Allow Some Evil | |
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Ethics | |
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Man Is Determined | |
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Man Is Free | |
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Ethics Are Relative | |
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Ethics Are Not Relative | |
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Humans Are Always Selfish | |
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Humans Are Not Always Selfish | |
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Happiness Is Living Virtuously | |
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Happiness Is to Do What Is Good for All People | |
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Duty Is Prior to Happiness | |
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Happiness Is Having Power | |
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Existentialist Ethics | |
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Feminist Ethics are Different | |
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Knowledge | |
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Knowledge Is Not Ultimately Sense Knowledge | |
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Knowledge Is Ultimately Sensed | |
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Knowledge Is Both Rational and Empirical | |
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Knowledge Is Ultimately Intuitive | |
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Only the Verifiable is Knowledge | |
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Humans Know Themselves by Their Consciousness | |
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Humans Have No Identical Self | |
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Truth Is Established by Correspondence | |
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Truth Is Established by Coherence | |
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Truth Is Established on Pragmatic Grounds | |
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Cause Means Regular Association | |
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Causes and Becauses | |
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There Are No Possible Grounds for Induction | |
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Metaphysics | |
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Reality Consists of Matter | |
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Reality Consists of Ideas | |
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Universals Are Real | |
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Particulars are Real | |
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Political Philosophy | |
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Freedom Comes Through Authority | |
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Freedom Is Democracy and Free Speech Should Be Unlimited | |
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Women Are Not Free | |
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The Abortion Issue: Abortion Is Immoral | |
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Most Abortions Are Moral | |
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The Pornographic Issue: Pornography Is Immoral | |
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Pornography's Critics Have Problems | |
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Which Government Is Best? | |
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Democracy Provides Good Government | |
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Democracy Can Have Serious Problems | |
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Communist Manifesto and Alienated Labor | |
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Aesthetics | |
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Tastes Cannot Be Disputed | |
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Tastes Can Be Disputed | |
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Magic or Amusement | |
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Art Communicates Emotions | |
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The Meaning of Life | |
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Faith Provides Life's Meaning | |
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Each Person Determines His Life's Meaning | |
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Glossary | |