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The questions below have been divided on a part-by-part, chapter-by-chapter basis, and act as a method of consolidating your knowledge, stimulating discussion and are excellent revision exercises.

• Part I: Our Knowledge of the External World
• Part II: Understanding the Individual
• Part III: Understanding our Relations with Others

Part I: Our Knowledge of the External World

• Chapter 5: Knowledge
• Chapter 6: Truth
• Chapter 7: Scepticism
• Chapter 8: Perception: Rationalism and Empiricism
• Chapter 9: Perception: Idealism and Phenomenalism
• Chapter 10: Explanations: Purposive and Casual Explanations
• Chapter 11: Explanations: Confirming and Falsifying Theories
• Chapter 12: Religion
• Chapter 13: Reason and Faith

Part II: Understanding the Individual

• Chapter 14: The Mind and Mental Events
• Chapter 15: The Problem of Dualism
• Chapter 16: The Essence of Self
• Chapter 17: Creating the Self
• Chapter 18: Determinism and Freedom
• Chapter 19: Freedom in Context
• Chapter 20: Responsibility and Punishment

Part III: Understanding our Relations with Others

• Chapter 21: Metaethics
• Chapter 22: Normative Ethics: Deontology
• Chapter 23: Normative Ethics: Consequentialism and Virtue Ethics
• Chapter 24: Politics: Legitimacy and the State
• Chapter 25: Politics: The Extent of Power
• Chapter 26: Politics: Forms of Government
• Chapter 27: Politics: Political Theories