Description: Beginning Philosophy offers readers a uniquely straightforward yet rigorous introduction to fundamental philosophical problems. Combining serious philosophical investigation with a clear, user-friendly writing style, it covers logic and reasoning, the theory of knowledge, the nature of the external world, the mind/body problem, ethics, free will, the existence of God, and the problem of evil. It includes both extensive quotes from historical figures such as Aquinas, Hume, and Descartes, and references to philosophically-minded non-philosophers like Dostoevsky and Carl Sagan. Easily accessible to novices, Beginning Philosophy is unique in that it also represents serious, systematic thinking across a wide range of subjects in analytical philosophy, emphasizing the interconnection of philosophical problems and the relationship of philosophy and science throughout.

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