<p><u>1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS</u></p> <p> </p> <p>Chapter 1What is Philosophy? Thinking Philosophically About Life</p> <p>Chapter 2 What is the Philosopher’s Way? Socrates and the Examined Life</p> <p>Chapter 3 Who are You? Consciousness, Identity, and the Self</p> <p>Chapter 4 Are You Free? Freedom and Determinism</p> <p>Chapter 5 How Can We Know the Nature of Reality? Philosophical Foundations</p> <p>Chapter 6 What is Real? What is True? Further Explorations</p> <p>Chapter 7 Is there a Spiritual Reality? Exploring the Philosophy of Religion</p> <p>Chapter 8 Are there Moral Truths?Thinking About Ethics</p> <p>Chapter 9 What are Right Actions? Constructing an Ethical Theory</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><u>2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS </u></p> <p> </p> <p>Preface </p> <p> </p> <p>Chapter 1: What is Philosophy? Thinking Philosophically About Life</p> <p>1.1 Why Study Philosophy?</p> <p>1.2 Defining Philosophy </p> <p>Philosophy Is the Pursuit of Wisdom </p> <p>Philosophy Begins with Wonder </p> <p>Philosophy Is a Dynamic Process </p> <p>The Ultimate Aim of Philosophy </p> <p>1.3 Thinking Philosophically: Becoming a Critical Thinker </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically What Is Your Philosophy of Life? </p> <p>Qualities of a Critical Thinker </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Who Are Your Models of Critical Thinking? </p> <p>The Process of Critical Thinking </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Applying the Critical Thinking Model </p> <p>Stages in Critical Thinking </p> <p>1.4 Understanding Arguments </p> <p>The Structure of Arguments </p> <p>Evaluating Arguments </p> <p>Deductive Arguments </p> <p>Inductive Arguments </p> <p>Informal Fallacies </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Evaluating Arguments </p> <p>1.5 Branches of Philosophy </p> <p>Metaphysics </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Are You Willing to Question Your Beliefs? </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically How Do You Know What Is True? </p> <p>Epistemology </p> <p>Ethics </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Do You Have a Moral Philosophy? </p> <p>Political and Social Philosophy </p> <p>Aesthetics </p> <p>1.6 Reading Critically: Working with Primary Sources </p> <p>Bertrand Russell, from The Value of Philosophy </p> <p>Reading Critically Analyzing Russell on the Value of Philosophy </p> <p>1.7 Making Connections: The Search for a Meaningful Life </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically What Do You Hope to Learn? </p> <p>Writing About Philosophy Analyzing Your Beliefs </p> <p>visual summary </p> <p>chapter review </p> <p>for further reading, viewing & research </p> <p> </p> <p>Chapter 2: What is the Philosopher’s Way? Socrates and the Examined Life</p> <p>2.1 Socrates: A Model for Humanity </p> <p>Hesiod, Homer, and the Birth of Philosophy</p> <p>Karl Jaspers, The Axial Period</p> <p>A Man of Greece </p> <p>A Midwife of Ideas </p> <p>The Wisest of Men? </p> <p>Plato, from The Apology </p> <p>Reading Critically Analyzing Socrates on Wisdom and Humility </p> <p>2.2 The Socratic Method </p> <p>Plato, from The Republic </p> <p>Reading Critically Analyzing a Socratic Dialogue </p> <p>2.3 Socrates’ Central Concern: The Soul </p> <p>Plato, from The Apology </p> <p>Reading Critically Analyzing the Core Teachings of Socrates </p> <p>2.4 The Trial and Death of Socrates </p> <p>Plato, from The Apology </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Countering Personal Attacks </p> <p>Reading Critically Analyzing Socrates on Trial </p> <p>2.5 Making Connections: Socrates’ Legacy </p> <p>Thinking Philosophically Is Socrates Relevant Today? </p> <p>Writing About Philosophy A Socratic Dialogue </p> <p>visual summary </p> <p>chapter review </p> <p>for further reading, viewing & research </p>
