CONTENTS

Preface
1. DO WE NEED PHILOSOPHY?(I) ....................................................................... 7

2. DO WE NEED PHILOSOPHY? (II) ................................................................... 14

3. LANGUAGE AND MIND ................................................................................... 18

4. THE CONCEPT OF NATURE............................................................................ 23

6. THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE..................................................................... 33

7. QUESTIONS IN ETHICS.................................................................................... 39

8. THE INTELLECTUAL TEMPER OF THE AGE ................................................ 44

9. JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS ..................................................................................... 49

10. EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION......................................................... 54

11. SOCIAL WILL AND TRADITION .................................................................... 60
12. PRAGMATISM AND NEOPRAGMATISM....................................................... 65

13. HOW TO DEFINE ART? .................................................................................. 70

14. WHAT IS THE SOUL?...................................................................................... 75

15. COMPUTER AS A MODEL FOR THE MIND ................................................. 80

FOR EXTENSIVE READING AND ANALYSIS ................................................ 87

William James: DOES CONSCIOUSNESS EXIST?............................................. 89

Bertrand Russell: HAS RELIGION MADE USEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CIVILIZATION?.................................................................................................. 107

Robert Nozick: WHY DO INTELLECTUALS OPPOSE CAPITALISM? ......... 127

An Interview with Michel Foucault: Truth, Power, Self ...................................... 137

LITERATURE: ...................................................................................................... 143