Essays In Skepticism

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Essays In Skepticism

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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-12-02

Essays In Skepticism written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with Philosophy categories.

From one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century: A collection of accessible and enlightening essays on topics from envy to intellectual rubbish. Russell, the sage non-conformist, is always meaningful, no matter what the topic or the issue. In this small book are some of his old but nonetheless remarkable observations, and some of the thoughts he expressed on his 90th birthday. Here are titles, taken at random from the Table of Contents: Psychoanalysis Takes a Look; Envy and Belief; On Male Superiority; What Social Science Can Do; Intellectual Rubbish; Don’t Be Too Certain; On Being Old.

Sceptical Essays

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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004

Sceptical Essays written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy categories.

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Essays On Skepticism Relativism And Ethics In The Zhuangzi

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Author : Paul Kjellberg
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1996-04-11

Essays On Skepticism Relativism And Ethics In The Zhuangzi written by Paul Kjellberg and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-11 with History categories.

The Chinese philosophical text Zhuangzi, written in part by a man named Zhuangzi in late fourth century B.C.E. China, is gaining recognition as one of the classics of world literature. Writing in beautiful prose and poetry, Zhuangzi mixes humor with relentless logic in attacking claims to knowledge about the world, particularly evaluative knowledge of what is good and bad or right and wrong. His arguments seem to admit of no escape. And yet where does that leave us? Zhuangzi himself clearly does not think that our situation is utterly hopeless, since at the very least he must have some reason for thinking we are better off aware of our ignorance. This book addresses the question of how Zhuangzi manages to sustain a positive moral vision in the face of his seemingly sweeping skepticism. Zhuangzi is compared to the Greek philosophers Plato and Sextus Empiricus in order to pinpoint more exactly what he doubts and why. Also examined is Zhuangzi's views on language and the role that language plays in shaping the reality we perceive. The authors test the application of Zhuangzi's ideas to contemporary debates in critical theory and to issues in moral philosophical thought such as the establishment of equal worth and the implications of ethical relativism. They also explore the religious and spiritual dimensions of the text and clarify the relation between Zhuangzi and Buddhism.

Essays In Moral Skepticism

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Author : Richard Joyce
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016

Essays In Moral Skepticism written by Richard Joyce and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Philosophy categories.

This volume draws together Richard Joyce's work from the last decade on moral skepticism, the view that there is no such thing as moral knowledge. Joyce's radical view is that in making moral judgments speakers attempt to state truths but that the world isn't furnished with the properties and relations necessary to render such judgments true.

Varieties Of Skepticism

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Author : James Conant
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2014-04-01

Varieties Of Skepticism written by James Conant and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Philosophy categories.

This volume brings out the varieties of forms of philosophical skepticism that have continued to preoccupy philosophers for the past of couple of centuries, as well as the specific varieties of philosophical response that these have engendered — above all, in the work of those who have sought to take their cue from Kant, Wittgenstein, or Cavell — and to illuminate how these philosophical approaches are related to and bear upon one another. The philosophers brought together in this volume are united by the thought that a proper appreciation of the depth of the skeptical challenge must reveal it to be deeply disquieting, in the sense that skepticism threatens not just some set of theoretical commitments, but also-and fundamentally-our very sense of self, world, and other. Second, that skepticism is the proper starting point for any serious attempt to make sense of what philosophy is, and to gauge the prospects of philosophical progress.

Essays On Skepticism Relativism And Ethics In The Zhuangzi

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Author : Paul Kjellberg
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01

Essays On Skepticism Relativism And Ethics In The Zhuangzi written by Paul Kjellberg and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Social Science categories.

The Chinese philosophical text Zhuangzi was written by Zhuangzi in the fourth century BCE. With humor and relentless logic Zhuangzi attacks claims to knowledge about the world, especially evaluative knowledge of what is good and bad or right and wrong. This book is about the man and the text.

Philosophers Past And Present

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Author : Barry Stroud
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2011-06-30

Philosophers Past And Present written by Barry Stroud and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-30 with Philosophy categories.

This volume of uncollected essays by Barry Stroud explores central issues and ideas in the work of individual philosophers, ranging from Descartes, Berkeley, Locke, and Hume to Quine, Burge, McDowell, Goldman, Fogelin, and Sosa in our own day. Seven of the essays focus on David Hume, and examine the sources and implications of his 'naturalism' and his 'scepticism'. Three others deal with the legacy of that 'naturalism' in the twentieth century. In each case Stroud moves beyond providing a description of historical contexts and developments, and confronts the philosophical issues as they present themselves to the philosophers in question.

Aspects Of Knowing

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2006-05-19

Aspects Of Knowing written by and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-19 with Psychology categories.

AcknowledgementsContributors1. Introduction: The art of precise epistemology Stephen HetheringtonPart A. Epistemology as scientific?2. A problem about epistemic dependenceTim Oakley3. Accounting for commitments: A priori knowledge, ontology, and logical entailmentsMichaelis Michael4. Epistemic bootstrappingPeter Forrest5. More praise for Moore's proofRoger White6. Lotteries and the Close Shave principleJohn Collins7. Skepticism, self-knowledge, and responsibilityDavid Macarthur8. A reasonable contextualism (or, Austin reprised)A. B. Dickerson9. Questioning contextualismBrian WeathersonPart B. Understanding knowledge?10. Truthmaking and the Gettier problemAdrian Heathcote11. Is knowing having the right to be sure?André Gallois12. Knowledge by intention? On the possibility of agent's knowledgeAnne Newstead13. Gettier's theoremJohn Bigelow14. Knowledge that works: A tale of two conceptual modelsStephen Hetherington

Skepticism

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Author : Keith DeRose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Skepticism written by Keith DeRose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Philosophy categories.

1 Introduction: Responding To Skepticism Keith DeRose 1 The Argument by Skeptical Hypothesis 2 "Aw, Come On!" 3 Moore's Response 4 The Response from Semantic Externalism 5 Responses from Epistemic Externalism 6 Relevant Alternatives and Denying Closure 7 Contextualist Responses 8 Concessive Responses Part One The Response From Semantic Externalism 2 Brains in a Vat Hilary Putnam 3 Semantic Answers to Skepticism Anthony Brueckner 4 Realism and Skepticism: Brains in a Vat Revisited Graeme Forbes 5 A Priori Knowledge of the World: Knowing the World by Knowing Our Minds Ted A. Warfield Part Two Responses From Epistemic Externalism 6 Philosophical Scepticism and Epistemic Circularity Ernest Sosa 7 Process Reliabilism and Cartesian Scepticism Christopher S. Hill Part Three Relevant Alternatives And Denying Closure 8 Epistemic Operators Fred Dretske 9 Skepticism, Relevant Alternatives, and Deductive Closure Gail Stine 10 Selections from Philosophical Explanations Robert Nozick Part Four Contextualist Responses 11 Solving the Skeptical Problem Keith DeRose 12 Elusive Knowledge David Lewis Part Five Concessive Responses 13 Selections from Philosophical Relativity Peter Unger The Hypothesis of Philosophical Relativity Aspects of Semantic Relativity A Relativistic Approach to Some Philosophical Problems 14 Selection from The View from Nowhere Thomas Nagel 1 Skepticism 2 Antiskepticism 3 Self-Transcendence 4 Evolutionary Epistemology 5 Rationalism 6 Double Vision 15 Scepticism, 'Externalism, ' and the Goal of Inquiry Barry Stroud Bibliography.