Man the Rational Animal

Questions and Arguments

AvEdo Pivcevic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

We share the capacity for knowledge with animals, but it is the nature and the scope of what we may rationally believe that makes us human. Yet what kind of beliefs do qualify as ‘rational’? This challenging and refreshingly innovative book addresses certain fundamental questions concerning rational legitimacy of some widely held beliefs and provides argument-based answers to such questions, while at the same time encouraging the reader to actively engage with the views put forward and form his/her own judgement. The book is typically discursive rather than simply informative, and introduces philosophy by doing it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-02
Mått:161 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:467 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780761867920

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Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

The author has taught Philosophy for many years at the University of Bristol (UK), as well as periodically as a Visiting Professor in Germany, the United States and China. The author's previous books include Husserl and Phenomenology, The Concept of Reality, Change and Selves, What is truth? and The Reason Why.

Innehållsförteckning

Prefatory NoteIntroduction1. What Can We Know and What May We Rationally Believe?2. What Are the Necessary and What Are the Sufficient Conditions of Rational Belief?3. Can It Ever Be Truly Rational to Believe a Falsehood?4. Does Natural Science Set a Norm for What Can Be Rationally Believed?5. Is the Belief in Creation Ex Nihilo a Rationally Sustainable Belief?6. What Rational Justification Might There Be for Acting Morally?7. Is the Existence of Rational Beings Merely a Fortuitous By-Product of Natural Selection?Index