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The Philosophy Of As If
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Author : Hans Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Philosophy Of As If written by Hans Vaihinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Fictions, Theory of categories.
The Philosophy Of As If
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Author : Hans Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-08
The Philosophy Of As If written by Hans Vaihinger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Philosophy categories.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Philosophy Of As If
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Author : Hans Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
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The Philosophy Of As If
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Author : Hans Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
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The Philosophy Of As If
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Author : H. Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985-11
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Philosophy Of As If
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Author : Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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The Philosophy Of As If A System Of The Theoretical Practical And Religious Fictions
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Author : Hans Vaihinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
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What If
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Author : Nicholas Rescher
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-06
What If written by Nicholas Rescher and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Philosophy categories.
Thought experimentation has been a staple of philosophical methodology since classical antiquity, when Xenophanes of Colophon speculated that if horses had gods, they would be equine in form. Nicholas Rescher's What If? undertakes a systematic survey of the role and utility of thought experiments in philosophy. After surveying the historical issues, Rescher examines the principles involved, and explains the conditions under which thought experimentation can validly yield instructive results in philosophy. The reader gains understanding of the differences between scientific and philosophical experiments. What If? begins by examining the nature of thought experiments. It presents an overview of how thought experiments have figured in natural science and in historical studies, before moving on to examine how they function as an instrument of philosophical inquiry. After examining thought experiments from the pre-Socratics to the present day, Rescher turns from history to analysis, and examines the modes of reasoning involved in the use of speculative hypotheses in philosophical problem solving. He shows the limitations of speculative ontology, showing that thought experimentation can lead readily to paradox in a way that increasingly diminishes its usefulness. The book concludes by arguing and illustrating how and when it becomes pointless to push speculation, or thought experimentation beyond the limits of intelligibility and cogent sense. Among the principal features of Rescher's book is its elaborate analysis of the appropriate conditions for philosophical thought experimentation. Its cardinal thesis is that there indeed are limits to the appropriateness of this important methodological resource and that transgressing these limits destroys the prospect of drawing any valid lessons for the philosophical enterprise. What If? will be of interest to philosophers, students of philosophy, and theorists of logic and reasoning.
The Philosophy Of The As If
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Author : William B. Chalfant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
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As If
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Author : Kwame Anthony Appiah
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-14
As If written by Kwame Anthony Appiah 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 2017-08-14 with Philosophy categories.
“Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... [He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection... A rich and illuminating book.” —Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books Idealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we encounter. Our beliefs, desires, and sense of justice are bound up with these ideals, and we proceed “as if” our representations were true, while knowing they are not. In this elegant and original meditation, Kwame Anthony Appiah suggests that this instinct to idealize is not dangerous or distracting so much as it is necessary. As If explores how strategic untruth plays a critical role in far-flung areas of inquiry: decision theory, psychology, natural science, and political philosophy. A polymath who writes with mainstream clarity, Appiah defends the centrality of the imagination not just in the arts but in science, morality, and everyday life. “Appiah is the rare public intellectual who is also a first-rate analytic philosopher, and the characteristic virtues associated with each of these identities are very much in evidence throughout the book.” —Thomas Kelly, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews