Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy

ISBN-13:	9781666278231
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/19/2021
Pages:	348
Sales rank:	239,616
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

The world's best introduction to philosophy, Knowledge, Reality, and Value explains basic philosophical problems in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, such as: How can we know about the world outside our minds? Is there a God? Do we have free will? Are there objective values? What distinguishes right actions from wrong actions? The text clearly explains the most important arguments about these things, and it does so a lot less boringly than most books written by professors."My work is all a series of footnotes to Mike Huemer." –Plato"This book is way better than my lecture notes." –Aristotle"When I have a little money, I buy [Mike Huemer's] books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." –ErasmusContentsPrefacePart I: Preliminaries1. What Is Philosophy?2. Logic3. Critical Thinking, 1: Intellectual Virtue4. Critical Thinking, 2: Fallacies5. Absolute TruthPart II: Epistemology6. Skepticism About the External World7. Global Skepticism vs. Foundationalism8. Defining "Knowledge"Part III: Metaphysics9. Arguments for Theism10. Arguments for Atheism11. Free Will12. Personal IdentityPart IV: Ethics13. Metaethics14. Ethical Theory, 1: Utilitarianism15. Ethical Theory, 2: Deontology16. Applied Ethics, 1: The Duty of Charity17. Applied Ethics, 2: Animal Ethics18. Concluding ThoughtsAppendix: A Guide to WritingGlossaryMichael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, where he has taught since the dawn of time. He is the author of a nearly infinite number of articles in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy, in addition to seven other amazing and brilliant books that you should immediately buy.