Is philosophy dispensable? : and other philosophical essays /

During 2005-2006 I continued my longstanding practice of writing occasional studies on philosophical topics, both for formal presentation and for informal discussion with colleagues. While my forays of this kind have usually issued in journal publications, this has not been so in the preset case so...

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Egile nagusia: Rescher, Nicholas
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
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Argitaratua: Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2007.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=603488
Aurkibidea:
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 IS PHILOSOPHY DISPENSABLE? (AN APORETIC ANALYSIS)
  • Chapter 2 FIRST PRINCIPLES AND THEIR PLACE IN PHILOSOPHY
  • Chapter 3 THE HUME-EDWARDS PRINCIPLE AND ITS PROBLEMS
  • Chapter 4 THE LIMITS OF NATURALISM (NATURE AND CULTURE IN PERSPECTIVAL DUALITY)
  • Chapter 5 ON UNIVERSALS, NATURAL KINDS, AND LAWS OF NATURE
  • Chapter 6 AQUINAS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF EPISTEMIC DISPARITY
  • Chapter 7 SELF-SUBSTANTIATING STATEMENTS
  • Chapter 8 REGRET
  • Chapter 9 THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
  • Chapter 10 RATIONALITY, SELF-INTEREST, ALTRUISM, AND OBLIGATION
  • Chapter 11 WHAT IS PRAGMATISM?Chapter 12 THE TRANSFORMATION OFAMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
  • NAME INDEX