Introduction xiii
I What's It All About, Alfie?: The Meaning of Life 1
II Is It Now Yet?: The Philosophy of Time 17
III Is There Really Any Difference between Girls and Boys?: The New World of Gender Philosophy 33
IV If It Works, It's Right, Right?: The Epistemology of Pragmatism 45
V What Is the Fairest Way to Divvy Up Goods?: Capitalism, Marxism, and Libertarianism 53
VI You Call This Living?: Hedonism, Stoicism, and Mindful Living 65
VII A Technical Question: Is Technology Ruining Humankind?: Artificial Intelligence, Naturalism, Functionalism, and the Concept of Self 79
VIII Is There a Cosmic Scheme, and Who's Asking?: Cosmology and Other Metaphysics 97
IX What Do You Mean, "Mean"?: Language, Truth, and Logic 121
X What Makes You Think You Know What You Think You Know?: Theories of Knowledge 141
XI What's the Best Way to Organize Society, and What's in It for Me?: Social and Political Philosophy 161
XII Who Are You to Question Authority?: The Philosophy of Law and Moral Authority 173
XIII Who Says I'm Responsible?: Determinism, Free Will, and Existentialism 181
XIV What Went Wrong with Right and Wrong?: The Philosophy of Ethical Behavior 189
XV What If Your Right Is My Wrong?: Moral Relativity 207
XVI Is Love All There Is?: Eros and Beyond 219
XVII Why Won't God Tell Us Whether He or She Exists?: Theism, Proofs, and Strategies 235
XVIII Philosophy, Schmolosophy, Who Needs It?: Metaphilosophy 253
Biosketches 261
Acknowledgments 299
Image Credits 301