•  Additional material on the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato's allegory of the cave, mental causation, compatibilism, libertarianism, skepticism, rationalism, empiricism, Kantianism, existentialism, evidentialism, the narrative view of the self, the ethics of care, and virtue ethics.

•  New readings by Russell, Swinburne, MacIntyre, Lamont, and Bisson.

•  New “In the News” boxes that relate classical issues to current events and discoveries.

•  New thought probes designed to encourage students to think critically and creatively about the material.

•  Updated web content including glossaries, flashcards, crossword puzzles, sample exam questions, and links to web sites dealing with the material presented in the text.

•  Updated PowerPoint presentations covering the theories, concepts, and thought probes discussed.

•  Over 200 new statistically tested questions included in the test bank and EZ test program

•  Extensive review questions included in the Instructor's Manual to help students prepare for exams

•  Study Guides and Exercises included in the Instructor's Manual that can be distributed to students to help them get a better grasp of the concepts covered in each chapter