Additional Readings
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Chapter 1: Differences That Make No Difference
- 1.4 – The True and the Useful (p. 38)
Chapter 2: God
- 2.4 – Proving the Existence of God (a) (p. 58)
- 2.4 – Proving the Existence of God (b) (p. 64)
Chapter 3: Taking Chances
- 3.4 – You’re Wrong (p. 83)
Chapter 4: Making Decisions: Decision Theory
- 4.5 – Slipping Down the Slope (p. 104)
Chapter 5: Logic
- 5.2 – Thinking in Circles (p. 115)
- 5.3 – The Unspoken Implication (p. 117)
- 5.5 – Paradoxes of Self-Reference (p. 126)
- 5.6 – Oh No! More Silly Proofs of God’s Existence (p. 127)
Chapter 6: Belief, Logic, and Intentions
- 6.1 – Believe It or Not (p. 142)
- 6.3 – Self-Fulfilling, Self-Defeating (p. 147)
Chapter 7: Good and Bad Reasoning
- 7.1 – Thought-Traps for the Unwary (p. 161)
- 7.2 – The Reasoning of Other Cultures and Past Cultures (p. 169)
Chapter 8: Learning from Experience
- 8.2 – Sceptical Doubts and Puzzles (p. 194)
- 8.5 – Cause and Effect (p. 203)
- 8.6 – Science and Non- (p. 206)
Chapter 9: Knowing without Experience
- 9. – Knowing without Experience (p. 211)
- 9.1 – The A Priori and Definitions (p. 213)
Chapter 10: Thinking, Saying, and Meaning: The Philosophy of Mind and Language
- 10.1 – Thinking Machines (a) (p. 244)
- 10.1 – Thinking Machines (b) (p. 250)
- 10.2 – The Thoughts of Animals (p. 255)
Chapter 11: Here and Now; You and I
- 11.1 – Time Travel (p. 269)
- 11.2 – When, Where, and Who (p. 272)
- 11.3 – The Identity of Things (p. 279)
- 11.4 – The Identity of Animals and People (a) (p. 288)
- 11.4 – The Identity of Animals and People (b) (p. 291)
- 11.4 – The Identity of Animals and People (c) (p. 293)
- 11.5 – Identity and Essence (p. 294)
Chapter 12: Why Should I Be Moral?
- 12.4 – The Paradox of Deterrence (p. 316)
Chapter 13: How To Think Morally
- 13.2 – Punishment (p. 327)
- 13.3 – Rights and Wrongs (a) (p. 330)
- 13.3 – Rights and Wrongs (b) (p. 332)
Chapter 14: Moral Conundrums
- 14.2 – Disease as an Ethical Category (p. 345)
- 14.3 – Moral Miscellany (p. 349)
Chapter 15: Law, Action, and Responsibility
- 15.6 – Cans and Can’ts (p. 369)
- 15.7 – Free Will (p. 376)
NEW! Chapter XVa: Jokes and Other Aesthetic Matters