Abstract

This book will not introduce you to any philosopher or philosophy in particular. Instead it will introduce you to the main questions and answers that interest philosophy and its major practitioners. If you ever asked yourself: What, exactly, is philosophy? and what do philosophers do, anyway? or, if you are a new student in this field and in search of guidance, then, this book is for you. Contents: Metaphysics: Introduction to Aristotelian Metaphysics, The Existence or Inexistence of God, The Mind and Body Problem, Free Will Vs Determinism, Personal Identity; Epistemology: Introduction, What are the Sources of Knowledge, Perceptual Knowledge and Scepticism, Probability and Introduction, Scientific Knowledge; Ethics: Introduction, The Hellenic Era, The Hellenistic Era, The Middle Ages, The Modern Era, The 19th Century, The 20th Century, Applied Ethics; and Appendix.