CHAPTER 4. FREE SOCIETIES, FREE MARKETS, AND FREE PEOPLE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. CHAPTER 1. THE DAWN OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY 1
5. CHAPTER 2. A TRUCE BE TWEEN FAITH AND REASON 20
6. CHAPTER 3. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE 40
7. CHAPTER 4. FREE SOCIETIES, FREE MARKETS, AND FREE PEOPLE 73
8. CHAPTER 5. MODERN LOGIC AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS 92
9. CHAPTER 6. LOGIC , COMPUTATION, AND THE BIRTH OF THE DIGITAL AGE 113
10. CHAPTER 7. THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE 133
11. CHAPTER 8. THE SCIENCE OF RATIONAL CHOICE 157
12. CHAPTER 9. MIND, BODY, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE 188
13. CHAPTER 10. PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS 220
14. CHAPTER 11. LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND THE GOOD SOCIETY 250
15. CHAPTER 12. LAWS, CONSTITUTIONS, AND THE STATE 303
16. CHAPTER 13. THE OBJECTIVITY OF MORALITY 341
17. CHAPTER 14. VIRTUE, HAPPINESS, AND MEANING IN THE FACE OF DEATH 373
18. APPENDIX. THE NOBLE DEATHS OF SOCRATES AND DAVID HUME 386
19. BIOS OF LEADING FIGURES 397
20. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 405
21. NOTES 407
22. REFERENCES 425
23. INDEX 435