Philosophy Matters: An Introduction to Philosophy

Part I: What is Philosophy?:.

1. The Origins of Philosophy.

2. The Contemporary Situation.

3. Knowledge and Reason.

4. Progress in Philosophy.

5. Philosophy and the World.

Part II: Science and the World:.

6. Empiricism.

7. The Authority of Science.

8. Many Universes.

9. Physicalism and Naturalism.

Part III: Can We Understand the World?:.

10. Science and Reason.

11. The Influence of the Enlightenment.

12. What makes Science Successful?.

13. Autonomy and Choice.

Part IV: Modernity:.

14. Laws of Nature.

15. Mechanism and Machines.

16. The Reaction against Modernity.

17. The Lure of Pragmatism.

Part V: Relativism and its Flaws:.

18. Tradition and Truth.

19. A Shared World.

20. Translation and Conceptual Differences.

21. The Incoherence of Relativism.

Part VI: The Impact of Darwinism:.

22. Relativism and Scientism.

23. Darwinism.

24. A Vicious Circle.

25. Causes and Content.

Part VII: The Challenge of Determinism:.

26. The Limits of Causation?.

27. Blind Matter.

28. Reasons and Causes.

29. Do Causes Undermine Reasons?.

Part VIII: Materialism and the Laws of Nature:.

30. The Status of Mathematics.

31. Mathematics and Materialism.

32. Laws of Nature.

33. Contingent Order.

Part IX: The Brain and the Mind:.

34. The Attack on Dualism.

35. Are We Machines?.

36. The Importance of Feelings.

37. Emergence and Causation.

Part X: Reason and Philosophy:.

38. Reason and Matter.

39. Can We Accept the Non-material?.

40. Two Worlds.

41. Philosophy Matters.