Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON PAPERBACK EDITION xi
4. PREFACE TO THE 1972 EDITION xiii
5. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xvii
6. I. THE PHILOSOPHIC FLIGHT
7. 1. PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
8. 2. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUTH 4
9. 3. STYLE 6
10. 4. THE PHILOSOPHER'S DILEMMA 7
11. 5. THE PHILOSOPHIC FLIGHT 9
12. 6. A SERIES OF ETCHINGS 10
13. 7. HEGEL AND NIETZSCHE 11
14. 8. WHY MOST PHILOSOPHERS CANNOT LAUGH 13
15. 9. WHAT LONG APHORISMS CAN MEAN 14
16. 10. RELATIVITY AND CRITICISM 17
17. II. POSITIVISM AND EXISTENTIALISM
18. 11. TWO REVOLTS 20
19. 12. ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY 22
20. 13. EXISTENTIALISM 26
21. 14. TWO TIMELESS TENDENCIES 31
22. 15. EMPIRICISM AS EMPIRICIDE 34
23. 16. PLATO'S VISION OF MAN 37
24. 17. THE BRITISH VISION OF MAN 41
25. 18. DONNISH DOUBT 47
26. 19. WITTGENSTEIN 52
27. 20. WITTGENSTEIN AND SOCRATES 56
28. 21. FOLLOWERS 60
29. III. TRUTH, LANGUAGE, AND EXPERIENCE
30. 22. Truth; True and Fake 62
31. 23. THE ASPIRATION FOR TRUTH 63
32. 24. TRUTH AND CORRECTNESS 66
33. 25. TRUTH AND MEANING, OR: HOW TO READ A PHILOSOPHER 69
34. 26. THEORIES OF TRUTH 74
35. 27. WORDS AND EXPERIENCE 78
36. 28. LANGUAGE AND EMOTION 79
37. 29. "LOVE." 82
38. 30. WORDS AS CATEGORIES 85
39. 31. WORKS OF ART AS CATEGORIES 91
40. 32. COMMON SENSE 93
41. IV. RELIGION, FAITH, AND EVIDENCE
42. 33. DEFINITIONS OF RELIGION 100
43. 34. RELIGION AT THE BAR 104
44. 35. "SUBJECTIVE" TRUTH 107
45. 36. KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF, AND FAITH 108
46. 37. FAITH, EVIDENCE, AND JAMES 114
47. 38. THREE TYPES OF RELIGIOUS PROPOSITIONS 120
48. 39. RECOURSE TO REVELATION OR MIRACLES 124
49. 40. FAITH AND ITS CAUSES: CONTRA JAMES 129
50. 41. SEVEN CAUSES 132
51. 42. FREUD AND WISHFUL THINKING 134
52. V. THE GOD OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
53. 43. GODLESS RELIGIONS 137
54. 44. PLATO'S PROOF THAT GODS EXIST 139
55. 45. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 143
56. 46. PERFECTION AND THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 162
57. 47. KANT'S POSTULATE 166
58. 48. CAN ONE PROVE GOD'S EXISTENCE? 168
59. 49. PASCAL'S WAGER 170
60. VI. GOD, AMBIGUITY, AND THEOLOGY
61. 50. GOD AND AMBIGUITY 173
62. 51. THE AMBIGUITY OF DOGMA 181
63. 52. ANALOGY 183
64. 53. SYMBOLS: CONTRA TILLICH 189
65. 54. DEMYTHOLOGIZING AND VALUATIONS 196
66. 55. CONTRA BULTMANN 206
67. 56. GERRYMANDERING 219
68. 57. THEOLOGY 220
69. VII. SATANIC INTERLUDE or HOW TO GO TO HELL
70. 58. DIALOGUE BETWEEN SATAN AND A THEOLOGIAN 228
71. 59. DIALOGUE BETWEEN SATAN AND A CHRISTIAN 243
72. 60. DIALOGUE BETWEEN SATAN AND AN ATHEIST 255
73. VIII. TRUTH IN THREE RELIGIONS
74. 61. RELIGION AND TRUTH 260
75. 62. BUDDHISM AND TRUTH 261
76. 63. ZEN BUDDHISM AND TRUTH 263
77. 64. JUBAISM AND TRUTH 268
78. 65. JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN FAITH 278
79. 66. INFIDEL PIETY 285
80. 67. LIBERAL PROTESTANTISM AND TRUTH 287
81. 68. REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND TRUTH 296
82. 69. A PLATONIC ERROR, REASON, AND CHRISTIANITY 303
83. 70. CHRISTIANITY AND TRUTH 311
84. IX. THE GORE OF RELIGION
85. 71. CLAIMS FOR MYSTICISM 314
86. 72. INEFFABILITY 315
87. 73. MYSTICISM AS A HISTORICAL PHENOMENON 322
88. 74. CRITERIA OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE 324
89. 75. THE EXPERIENCE OF INSPIRATION 329
90. 76. MYSTICISM, INSPIRATION, AND RELIGION 330
91. 77. CONTRA FROMM: RELIGION AND TRAGEDY 331
92. 78. RELIGION AND LOYALTY 347
93. 79. THOMIST VERSUS NON-THOMIST 348
94. 80. LOYALTY AND TRUTH 350
95. 81. RELIGION, ASPIRATION, AND THE HOLY 354
96. 82. OTHERWORLDLINESS 359
97. 83. RELIGION AND POETRY 360
98. X. SCRIPTURES AND POETRY or HOW TO READ THE BIBLE
99. 84. INEXHAUSTIBILITY 369
100. 85. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERPRETATION 370
101. 86. EXPLANATION 371
102. 87. INCONSISTENCIES 373
103. 88. QUELLENSCHEIDUNG 377
104. 89. THE TWO MOSAIC THEORIES 378
105. 90. RELIGION AND PROGRESS 388
106. 91. THE GOSPELS AND POETRY 392
107. 92. A BUDDHIST TEXT 396
108. 93. AGAINST ECLECTICISM 405
109. XI. REASON AND EROS
110. 94. PLATO AS EDUCATOR 409
111. 95. THE UNCLOISTERED VIRTUE 410
112. 96. KANT AND FREUD 412
113. 97. FREUD AND ASPIRATION 416
114. 98. MAN'S ONTOLOGICAL INTEREST 421
115. 99. REASON AND ASPIRATION 429
116. 100. EPITAPH 431
117. BIBLIOGRAPHY 432
118. INDEX 447