Fate & Philosophy
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Fate & Philosophy

A Journey Through Life's Great Questions

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eBook - ePub

Fate & Philosophy

A Journey Through Life's Great Questions

About this book

A provocative sequel to The Torchlight List, this book examines the answers that thinkers throughout the ages—from Plato in ancient Greece to contemporary psychologists and scientists—have proposed for life's great questions: Do human beings have free will? Is a good society possible? Is patriotism ethical? and Ā Can modern science penetrate the mind? Exploring the moral ideals, attitudes, and religious beliefs that affect everyday life, this account is an exhilarating introduction to philosophy and a manual for becoming a fully alive member of the human race. It is also a stunning exploration of the challenges that 21st-century science—from brain research to the discovery of dark matter in the universe—pose to long-held philosophic beliefs.

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Information

Publisher
Awa Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781877551437

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. On becoming a philosopher
  6. WHAT IS GOOD?
  7. Does a moral reality tell us what is good?
  8. Does moral language tell us what is good?
  9. Does economics tell us what is good?
  10. Do we tell ourselves what is good?
  11. Can we debate what is good?
  12. WHAT IS POSSIBLE?
  13. Is the good society possible?
  14. Is free will possible?
  15. What if both possibilities are open?
  16. Are spontaneous occurrences possible?
  17. WHAT EXISTS?
  18. Does sense experience tell us what exists?
  19. Do instruments tell us what exists?
  20. Has science taught us what exists?
  21. Does God exist?
  22. Does the absolute exist?
  23. Changing the person you are
  24. Further reading
  25. Teasers
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Also by Jim Flynn
  28. The Torchlight List
  29. Copyright