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First Philosophy II: Knowledge and Reality - Second Edition

Author : Andrew Bailey

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 34,41 MB

Release : 2011-07-08

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1551119730

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Book Description

First Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality brings together classic and ground-breaking readings on epistemology and the philosophy of science. Andrew Bailey’s highly regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new edition. The comprehensive introductory material for each chapter and selection remains, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added. New readings include Edmund Gettier on justified true belief, Wesley Salmon on induction, and Helen Longino on feminist science.



Introducing Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality

Author : Jack S. Crumley II

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 22,14 MB

Release : 2016-08-15

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1770486291

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This book introduces the central issues of metaphysics and epistemology, from skepticism, justification, and perception to universals, personal identity, and free will. Though topically organized, the book integrates positions and examples from the history of philosophy. Plato, Descartes, and Leibniz are discussed alongside Quine, Kripke, and Haslanger. Peripheral ideas and related historical asides are offered in boxes interspersed within the text, providing further depth without disrupting the author’s lucid explanations of central themes and arguments. Original illustrations by Gillian Wilson are included throughout, giving interesting and clear visual representations of many of the book’s examples and thought experiments.



Theory and Reality

Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 412 pages

File Size : 49,42 MB

Release : 2021-07-16

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 022677113X

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How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Examples and asides engage the beginning student, a glossary of terms explains key concepts, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow. The second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded by the author with a new chapter on truth, simplicity, and models in science.



First Philosophy: Concise - Second Edition

Author : Andrew Bailey

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 753 pages

File Size : 15,16 MB

Release : 2012-01-30

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1554810574

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Andrew Bailey’s highly-regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new concise edition. Mindful of the intrinsic difficulty of the material, the editors provide comprehensive introductions both to each topic and to each individual selection. By presenting a detailed discussion of the historical and intellectual background to each piece, the editors enable readers to approach the material without unnecessary barriers to understanding. Helpful explanatory footnotes are provided throughout, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added.



Discourse on the Method

Author : René Descartes

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 19,86 MB

Release : 1996-01-01

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780300067736

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Descartes' ideas not only changed the course of Western philosophy but also led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics, psychoanalysis, and literature and the arts. This book reprints Descartes' major works, Discourse on Method and Meditations, and presents essays by leading scholars that explore his contributions in each of those fields and place his ideas in the context of his time and our own. There are chapters by David Weissman on metaphysics and psychoanalysis, John Post on epistemology, Lou Massa on physics and mathematics, William T. Bluhm on politics and ethics, and Thomas Pavel on literature and art. These essays are accompanied by others by David Weissman and by Stephen Toulmin that introduce the idea of intellectual lineages, discuss the period in which Descartes wrote, and reexamine the premises of his philosophy in light of contemporary philosophical, political, and social thinking.



First Philosophy: Knowing and Being - Second Edition

Author : Andrew Bailey

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 558 pages

File Size : 39,7 MB

Release : 2013-06-17

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1554811813

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First Philosophy: Knowing and Being brings together over thirty classic and contemporary readings in epistemology and metaphysics. Mindful of the intrinsic difficulty of the material, the editors provide comprehensive introductions both to each topic and to each individual selection. By presenting a detailed discussion of the historical and intellectual background to each piece, the editors enable readers to approach the material without unnecessary barriers to understanding. A brief introduction to arguments is included, as are appendices on terminology and philosophical puzzles and paradoxes.



Language and Reality

Author : Michael Devitt

Publisher : MIT Press

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 47,8 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780262540995

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What is language? How does it relate to the world? How does it relate to the mind? Should our view of language influence our view of the world? These are among the central issues covered in this spirited and unusually clear introduction to the philosophy of language. Making no pretense of neutrality, Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny take a definite theoretical stance. Central to that stance is naturalism--that is, they treat a philosophical theory of language as an empirical theory like any other and see people as nothing but complex parts of the physical world. This leads them, controversially, to a deflationary view of the significance of the study of language: they dismiss the idea that the philosophy of language should be preeminent in philosophy. This highly successful textbook has been extensively rewritten for the second edition to reflect recent developments in the field.



First Philosophy I: Values and Society - Second Edition

Author : Andrew Bailey

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 393 pages

File Size : 31,10 MB

Release : 2011-07-08

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1551119722

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First Philosophy: Values and Society brings together classic and ground-breaking readings on ethics and political philosophy. Andrew Bailey’s highly regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new edition. The comprehensive introductory material for each chapter and selection remains, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added. New to this edition is an article by Susan Moller Okin on justice and gender.





First Philosophy III: God, Mind, and Freedom - Second Edition

Author : Andrew Bailey

Publisher : Broadview Press

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 36,55 MB

Release : 2011-07-08

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1551119749

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First Philosophy: God, Mind, and Freedom brings together classic and ground-breaking readings on metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. Andrew Bailey's highly regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new edition. The comprehensive introductory material for each chapter and selection remains, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added. New to this edition are readings from Alvin Plantinga, Frank Jackson, David Chalmers, A.J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, and Thomas Nagel.