Philosophy and Mystification

A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity

AvGuy Robinson

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Philosophy and Mystification reflects on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry are carefully grounded in the central problems that have dogged Western philosophy in the modern era: logical necessity, machine intelligence, the relation of science and religion, determinism, scepticism and the questions of foundations and origins.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-27
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415757416

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Guy Robinson taught philosophy at the University of Southampton until his early retirement in 1982. He now lives and works in Dublin.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Philosophy and mystification 1 Understanding nonsense 2 Following and formalization 3 Infinity 4 Miracles 5 How to tell your friends from machines 6 Nature and necessity 7 Skepticism about skepticism 8 Fool’s intelligence 9 Language and the society of others 10 Deus sive natura: science, nature, and ideology 11 On misunderstanding science 12 History and human nature 13 Newton, Euclid, and the foundation of geometry 14 Coda: philosophy and history