Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1. What is Philosophy? 1
6. 2. Metaphysics: The Search for the God’s-Eye View 23
7. 3. Wittgenstein’s Ladder: The Modern Reaction to Metaphysics 65
8. 4. Epistemology: The Ghost in the Metaphysical Machine? 93
9. 5. Logic and its Place in the Universe 136
10. 6. Ethics: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful 168
11. 7. Philosophy and Language: The House of Being 203
12. Appendix 1. The Twelve-Coin Puzzle and The Paradox of the Heap 247
13. Appendix 2. Ethics and the ‘Other’ 251
14. Notes 255
15. Glossary of Names 303
16. Glossary of Key Terms 321
17. Glossary of Greek Terms 341
18. Suggested Readings 343
19. Index 351