From Plato to Plantinga, from Aristotle to Ayer, and from Socrates to Singer, this text brings the power of both ancient and modern philosophy to students of the twenty-first century! This seventh edition of The Study of Philosophy presents a comprehensive treatment of the major fields and figures of philosophy alongside primary readings to fuel debate and further study. New chapters in this edition feature: A substantive account of philosophical theology A reorganized treatment of early modern rationalism and empiricism A discussion of the major highlights of twentieth- and twenty-first-century philosophy A survey of major contemporary moral problems.