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In Praise Of Reason
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Author : Michael P. Lynch
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2012-03-16
In Praise Of Reason written by Michael P. Lynch and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-16 with Philosophy categories.
A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution. Why does reason matter, if (as many people seem to think) in the end everything comes down to blind faith or gut instinct? Why not just go with what you believe even if it contradicts the evidence? Why bother with rational explanation when name-calling, manipulation, and force are so much more effective in our current cultural and political landscape? Michael Lynch's In Praise of Reason offers a spirited defense of reason and rationality in an era of widespread skepticism—when, for example, people reject scientific evidence about such matters as evolution, climate change, and vaccines when it doesn't jibe with their beliefs and opinions. In recent years, skepticism about the practical value of reason has emerged even within the scientific academy. Many philosophers and psychologists claim that the reasons we give for our most deeply held views are often little more than rationalizations of our prior convictions. In Praise of Reason gives us a counterargument. Although skeptical questions about reason have a deep and interesting history, they can be answered. In particular, appeals to scientific principles of rationality are part of the essential common currency of any civil democratic society. The idea that everything is arbitrary—that reason has no more weight than blind faith—undermines a key principle of a civil society: that we owe our fellow citizens explanations for what we do. Reason matters—not just for the noble ideal of truth, but for the everyday world in which we live.
In Praise Of Reason
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Author : Voltaire
language : en
Publisher: Newcomb Livraria Press
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In Praise Of Reason written by Voltaire and has been published by Newcomb Livraria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Philosophy categories.
A new translation directly from the original French manuscript of Voltaire's 1774 In Praise of Reason (sometimes translated "Historical Praise of Reason"). This edition also contains supplemental material on Voltaire including an afterword by the translator, a timeline of Voltaire's life and works, summaries of each of the works in his corpus, and a glossary of Philosophic Terminology used by Voltaire. This is a historical account of Voltaire's view of the development of human reason and rationality against superstition on religion, mimicking and referencing Erasmus' In Praise of Folly. Voltaire's understanding of Reason does not recognize the complex environment of Enlightenment rationality, but it generally emphasizes the importance of reason and critical inquiry in understanding the world.
Neither Slave Nor Master Digital Original Edition
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Author : Michael P. Lynch
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Neither Slave Nor Master Digital Original Edition written by Michael P. Lynch and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Philosophy categories.
Why does rationality matter for democracy? In this BIT, Michael Lynch offers a spirited defense of reason and rationality in an era of widespread skepticism. Lynch investigates how our reason is affected by emotion and intuition, discussing, among other things, fMRIs of the brains of George Bush supporters, the Platonist ideal of reason, and Huck Finn's moral dilemma.
In Praise Of Desire
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Author : Nomy Arpaly
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014
In Praise Of Desire written by Nomy Arpaly 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 2014 with Philosophy categories.
"'In Praise of Desire' aims to show that ordinary desires belong at the heart of moral psychology, basing its thesis on a doctrine called Spare Conativism. It gives a full defence of the central role intrinsic desires have in our moral lives".
In Praise Of Wisdom
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Author : Kim Paffenroth
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2004-01-01
In Praise Of Wisdom written by Kim Paffenroth and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Religion categories.
Examines the ways that our rich literary tradition in the West deals with the questions of reason and faith.
In Praise Of Failure
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Author : Costica Bradatan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-03
In Praise Of Failure written by Costica Bradatan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Philosophy categories.
Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need to be humble in the face of life’s challenges. Costica Bradatan mounts his case for failure through the stories of four historical figures who led lives of impact and meaning—and assiduously courted failure. Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but transformative. In Praise of Failure explores several arenas of failure, from the social and political to the spiritual and biological. It begins by examining the defiant choices of the French mystic Simone Weil, who, in sympathy with exploited workers, took up factory jobs that her frail body could not sustain. From there we turn to Mahatma Gandhi, whose punishing quest for purity drove him to ever more extreme acts of self-abnegation. Next we meet the self-styled loser E. M. Cioran, who deliberately turned his back on social acceptability, and Yukio Mishima, who reveled in a distinctly Japanese preoccupation with the noble failure, before looking to Seneca to tease out the ingredients of a good life. Gleefully breaching the boundaries between argument and storytelling, scholarship and spiritual quest, Bradatan concludes that while success can make us shallow, our failures can lead us to humbler, more attentive, and better lived lives. We can do without success, but we are much poorer without the gifts of failure.
In Praise Of Idleness And Other Essays
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Author : Bertrand Russell
language : en
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Release Date : 1976
In Praise Of Idleness And Other Essays written by Bertrand Russell and has been published by Unwin Hyman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of "In Praise of Idleness," a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. With characteristic clarity and humour, Russell surveys the social and political consequences of his beliefs. From a devastating critique of the ancestry of fascism to a vehement defense of 'useless' knowledge, with consideration given to everything from insect pests to the human soul, " In Praise of Idleness " is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.
In Praise Of Heteronomy
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Author : Merold Westphal
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-22
In Praise Of Heteronomy written by Merold Westphal and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-22 with Philosophy categories.
Recognizing the essential heteronomy of postmodern philosophy of religion, Merold Westphal argues against the assumption that human reason is universal, neutral, and devoid of presupposition. Instead, Westphal contends that any philosophy is a matter of faith and the philosophical encounter with theology arises from the very act of thinking. Relying on the work of Spinoza, Kant, and Hegel, Westphal discovers that their theologies render them mutually incompatible and their claims to be the voice of autonomous and universal reason look dubious. Westphal grapples with this plural nature of human thought in the philosophy of religion and he forwards the idea that any appeal to the divine must rest on a historical and phenomenological analysis.
In Praise Of Blame
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Author : George Sher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2006
In Praise Of Blame written by George Sher and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
Blame is an unpopular & neglected notion that goes against the grain of a therapeutically-orientated culture & has received relatively little philosophical attention. George Sher discusses questions about the nature, normative status & the relation to character of blame, arguing that it is inseparable from morality itself.
In Praise Of Dharmadhatu
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Author : Nagarjuna
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2021-06-01
In Praise Of Dharmadhatu written by Nagarjuna and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Religion categories.
Nagarjuna is famous in the West for his works not only on Madhyamaka but his poetic collection of praises, headed by In Praise of Dharmadhatu. This book explores the scope, contents, and significance of Nagarjuna's scriptural legacy in India and Tibet, focusing primarily on the title work. The translation of Nagarjuna's hymn to Buddha nature—here called dharmadhatu—shows how buddha nature is temporarily obscured by adventitious stains in ordinary sentient beings gradually uncovered through the path of bodhisattvas and finally revealed in full bloom as buddhahood. These themes are explored at a deeper level through a Buddhist history of mind's luminous nature and a translation of the text's earliest and most extensive commentary by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339), supplemented by relevant excerpts from all other available commentaries. The book also provides an overview of the Third Karmapa's basic outlook, based on seven of his major texts. He is widely renowned as one of the major proponents of the shentong (other-empty) view. However, as this book demonstrates, this often problematic and misunderstood label needs to be replaced by a more nuanced approach which acknowledges the Karmapa's very finely tuned synthesis of the two great traditions of Indian mahayana Buddhism, Madhyamaka and Yogacara. These two, his distinct positions on Buddha nature, and the transformation of consciousness into enlightened wisdom also serve as the fundamental view for the entire vajrayana as it is understood and practiced in the Kagyu tradition to the present day.