Philosophy The Big Questions [Paperback]

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• Presents, in one volume, canonical and contemporary works in ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and epistemology.
  
• Topics discussed include knowledge, religion, freedom, morality, and the meaning of life.
  
• Serves as a comprehensive and compelling introduction to philosophy.
  
• Together with traditional readings it also presents non-traditional, feminist eadings from a continental perspectives.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: What Can We Know?.

Introduction.

1. René Descartes, From Meditations On First Philosophy.

2. David Hume, From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

3. Jonathan Vogel, “Cartesian Skepticism And Inference To The Best Explanation”.

4. Helen Longino, From Science As Social Knowledge.

5. Charles W. Mills, “Alternative Epistemologies”.

6. Genevieve Lloyd, From The Man Of Reason.

7. W. K. Clifford, “The Ethics Of Belief”.

8. Peter Van Inwagen, “It Is Wrong, Everywhere, Always, And For Anyone, To Believe Anything Upon Insufficient Evidence”.

Part II: What Can We Know About The Nature And Existence Of God?.

Introduction.