Pojman (philosophy emeritus, US Military Academy, West Point) provides a text that goes deeper than the usual introductory work, while providing 31 clear chapters that cover a wide variety of philosophical issues, including the philosophy of religion, the theory of knowledge, the philosophy of mind, freedom of the will and determinism, ethics, and existentialism and the meaning of life. Topics within those categories include logic, cosmological and teleological arguments on the existence of God, the problem of evil, skepticism, perception, materialist monism, identity; libertarianism, ethical relativism and objectivism, self-love and altruism, virtue ethics and the fear of death. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)