The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
Martin Gardner
Quill
The world : why I am not a solipsist -- Truth : why I am not a pragmatist -- Science : why I am not a paranormalist -- Beauty : why I am not an aesthetic relativist -- Goodness : why I am not an ethical relativist -- Free will : why I am not a determinist or haphazardist -- The state : why I am not an anarchist -- The state : why I am not a Smithian -- Libertiy : why I am not a Marxist -- The gods : why I am not a polytheist -- The all : why I am no a panthiest -- The proofs : why I do not believe God's existence can be demonstrated -- Faith : why I am not an atheist -- Prayer : why I do not think it foolish -- Evil : why -- Evil : why we don't know why -- Immorality : why I am not resigned -- Immorality : why I do not think it strange -- Immorality : why I do not think it impossible -- Surprise : why I cannot take the world for granted -- Faith and the future : a prologue -- Notes -- Index