The Tree of Philosophy
(Enlarged
fourth edition with Glossary and eight new lectures)
Read the Chinese translation / Read the Indonesian translation
Note:
The full text, excluding diagrams, of the (now outdated) third edition is also still
available on this site. The most important of the many differences between the
two editions is briefly summarized in the Preface to this fourth edition.
List
of Lectures
Preface - viii
PART ONE: THE
ROOTS
METAPHYSICS AND
THE RECOGNITION OF IGNORANCE
Week I. Insight: Preparing
for Life
Lecture 1. What
is Philosophy? - 2
Lecture 2. Some
Guidelines for Writing Insight Papers - 8
Lecture 3. Philosophy
as Myth - 13
Lecture 4. Philosophy
as Metaphysical Demythologizing - 21
Lecture 5. Philosophy
as Rational Dialogue - 26
Lecture 6. Philosophy
as Teleological Science - 33
Lecture 7. Philosophy
as Meditative Doubt - 40
Lecture 8. Philosophy
as Transcendental Critique - 47
Lecture 9. Philosophy
after Critique - 55
PART TWO: THE
TRUNK
LOGIC AND THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WORDS
Week IV.
From Metaphysics to Logic
Lecture 10. What is Logic? -
64
Lecture 11. Two Kinds of
Logic - 70
Lecture 12. Synthetic Logic -
78
Lecture 13. Mapping Analytic
Relations - 87
Lecture 14. Mapping Synthetic
Relations - 96
Lecture 15. Mapping Insights
onto New Perspectives - 102
Week VI.
Philosophies of Language
Lecture 16. Analytic
Philosophy: Positivism and Ordinary Language - 110
Lecture 17. Synthetic
Philosophy: Existentialism and God Talk - 118
Lecture 18. Hermeneutic Philosophy:
Insight and the Return to Myth - 125
PART THREE: THE
BRANCHES
SCIENCE AND THE
LOVE OF WISDOM
Week VII.
Philosophy of Science
Lecture 19. What is Wisdom? -
134
Lecture 20. Science and the
Anatomy of Wisdom - 141
Lecture 21. Causality and the
Boundary of Science - 150
Week VIII.
Philosophy of Morals
Lecture 22. Freedom and the
Boundary of Morals - 161
Lecture 23. Transvaluation: A Moral Breakthrough? - 169
Lecture 24. Perspectivism: Reconstructing the Boundaries - 177
Week IX.
Philosophy of Politics
Lecture 25. Power and the
Boundary of Politics - 186
Lecture 26. Theocracy: The
Ultimate Breakthrough - 195
Lecture 27. Wisdom on the
Boundary: Ideas vs. Ideology - 203
PART FOUR: THE
LEAVES
ONTOLOGY AND THE
WONDER OF SILENCE
Week X. Diverse Experience: Feeling
United
Lecture 28. What is Silence?
- 212
Lecture 29. Finality and the
Paradox of Beauty - 220
Lecture 30. Reunion and the
Mystery of Love - 229
Week XI.
Symbolic Wonder: Being Religious
Lecture 31. The Numinous and
its Symbols - 239
Lecture 32. Evil and the
Paradox of Grace - 247
Lecture 33. Community and the
Mystery of Worship - 255
Week XII.
Meaning: Preparing for Death
Lecture 34. Angst and the
Paradox of Courage - 263
Lecture 35. Death and the
Mystery of Life - 271
Lecture 36. What is
Philosophy? - 278
Bibliography: Key to
Abbreviations - 285
Glossary - 288
Index of Names - 300
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