The Central Questions of Philosophy  30677

  • Preface
  1. The Claims of Metaphysics
    • Philosophy and Science
    • Evaluation of Mystical Experience
    • Appearance and Reality: Some Metaphysical Positions
    • Time and Motion: Some Metaphysical Arguments
  2. Meaning and Common Sense
    • The Verification Principle
    • The Criterion of Falsifiability
    • Meaning and Use
    • The Claims of Common Sense
  3. Philosophical Analysis
    • Formal Analyses
    • Logical Grammar
    • Analyses of Ordinary Usage
    • Looking at the Facts
    • The Theory of Knowledge
  4. The Problem of Perception
    • What do we Perceive?
    • The Argument from Illusion
    • The Causal Theory of Perception
  5. Construction of the Physical World
    • The Elements
    • The Question of Privacy
    • Outline of the Construction
    • Phenomenalism
    • Common Sense and Physics
  6. Body and Mind
    • Persons and their Experiences
    • Are There Mental Substances?
    • Vagaries of Personal Identity
    • Physicalism
    • One’s Knowledge of Other Minds
  7. Facts and Explanations
    • The Problem of Induction
    • The Primary System
    • Necessity and Law
    • Theory and Observation
  8. Order and Chance
    • The Uniformity of Nature
    • Statements of Probability
      • The Calculus of Chances
      • The Frequency Theory
      • The Logical Theory and Statements of Credibility
    • The Problem of Confirmation
    • Cause and Effect
  9. Logic and Existence
    • The Laws of Logic
      • The Propositional Calculus
      • Predicate-Logic and the Theory of Descriptions
      • Set-Theory and the Theory of Types
      • Semantic Necessities
      • Identity
    • Analyticity
    • The Existence of Abstract Entities
  10. The Claims of Theology
    • The Existence of God
    • The Argument from Design
    • Religious Hypotheses
    • Religion and Morality
    • The Freedom of the Will
    • The Meaning of Life
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