Robert Nozick

The books begins by examining Anarchy, State and Utopia(1974), and moves to explore Nozicks´s influential work on the theory of knowledge and his notion of "trackng the truth". His metaphysical writings are explored, including those on personal identity and free will. The moral basis of Nozicks´s political philosophy, as outlined in Philosophical Explanations is considered in depth. Later chapters discuss his ideas of "symbolic utility", his evolutionariy account of rationality and his varying treatments of Newcomb´s paradox. The final chapter concludes with a discussion of more general topics such as the meaning of life.