Philosophical ExplanationsIn this highly original work, Robert Nozick develops new views on philosophy’s central topics and weaves them into a unified philosophical perspective. It is many years since a major work in English has ranged so widely over philosophy’s fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, the foundations of ethics, the meaning of life. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Identity of the Self | 27 |
Reflexivity | 71 |
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? | 115 |
Knowledge and Skepticism | 167 |
Skepticism | 197 |
Evidence | 248 |
VALUE | 283 |
Retributive Punishment | 363 |
Foundations of Ethics | 399 |
Ethical Pull | 451 |
The Structure of Ethical Pull | 474 |
Fact and Value | 535 |
The Basis of Value | 552 |
Philosophy and the Meaning of Life | 571 |
Notes | 651 |