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The Tree of Philosophy

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The Tree of Philosophy

(Enlarged fourth edition with Glossary and eight new lectures)
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Note: The full text, excluding diagrams, of the (now outdated) third edition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
List of Figures
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

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Lecture 3.Philosophy as Myth - 13

Week II. Philosophy's Origins
Lecture 4.Philosophy as Metaphysical Demythologizing - 21
Lecture 5.Philosophy as Rational Dialogue - 26
Lecture 6.Philosophy as Teleological Science - 33
Week III. The Modern Legacy
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
Week V. The Geometry of Logic
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

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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

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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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