Arranged by discipline - social and political philosophy, philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of art and aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science- each section of the book offers a solid introduction to western philosophy and the ground breaking writing of the major philosophers. Includes an index.

(Key Words: Philosophy, Reference, Politics, Religion, Science, Plato, Kant, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Reason, Rationalism, Human Nature, Reference, Decartes, Stanley Rosen).