Introduction. 1. Doing Philosophy 2. Some Philosophical Terms 3. Argument and Logic 4. Possibility 5. What Do We Know? 6. Perceiving the World 7. Mind 8. Right and Wrong 9. Equality 10. God 11. Science 12. Time 13. Human Rights 14. Freedom and Determinism 15. Politics, Political Equality and the State of the World 16. War 17. Punishment 18. Abortion 19. Euthanasia 20. Animal Rights 21. Genetics 22. Life, Death, Immortality and Reincarnation 23. Evolution 24. Cosmology 25. The Meaning of Life. Annotated Bibliography. Extended Reading. Internet Resources. Index
Biography
Gerald Rochelle has worked as a visiting philosopher in schools for the Royal Institute of Philosophy Jacobsen Scheme and was editor of the journal Practical Philosophy. He has conducted workshops in Europe and in the US. His work with practical philosophy, in particular Café Philosophy, led him to write this simple down to earth guide to how to do philosophy.
