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Philosophy Matters

Autor Roger Trigg, Trigg
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 sep 2001
Written for those who may be approaching the subject for the first time, Philosophy Matters shows that philosophy is crucial in questioning our presuppositions, and for helping us to establish our own beliefs about the nature of the world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631225461
ISBN-10: 0631225463
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

general readers, beginning undergraduates

Notă biografică

Roger Trigg is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Senior Research Fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of International Society for Science and Religion. His latest book is Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics (Templeton Press, 2015). He is also joint editor, with Justin Barrett, of The Roots of Religion: Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion (Routledge, 2014).

Cuprins

Preface.Part I: What is Philosophy?:.
1. The Origins of Philosophy.
2. The Contemporary Situation.
3. Knowledge and Reason.
4. Progress in Philosophy.
5. Philosophy and the World.
Part II: Science and the World:.
6. Empiricism.
7. The Authority of Science.
8. Many Universes.
9. Physicalism and Naturalism.
Part III: Can We Understand the World?:.
10. Science and Reason.
11. The Influence of the Enlightenment.
12. What makes Science Successful?.
13. Autonomy and Choice.
Part IV: Modernity:.
14. Laws of Nature.
15. Mechanism and Machines.
16. The Reaction against Modernity.
17. The Lure of Pragmatism.
Part V: Relativism and its Flaws:.
18. Tradition and Truth.
19. A Shared World.
20. Translation and Conceptual Differences.
21. The Incoherence of Relativism.
Part VI: The Impact of Darwinism:.
22. Relativism and Scientism.
23. Darwinism.
24. A Vicious Circle.
25. Causes and Content.
Part VII: The Challenge of Determinism:.
26. The Limits of Causation?.
27. Blind Matter.
28. Reasons and Causes.
29. Do Causes Undermine Reasons?.
Part VIII: Materialism and the Laws of Nature:.
30. The Status of Mathematics.
31. Mathematics and Materialism.
32. Laws of Nature.
33. Contingent Order.
Part IX: The Brain and the Mind:.
34. The Attack on Dualism.
35. Are We Machines?.
36. The Importance of Feelings.
37. Emergence and Causation.
Part X: Reason and Philosophy:.
38. Reason and Matter.
39. Can We Accept the Non-material?.
40. Two Worlds.
41. Philosophy Matters.

Descriere

Shows that philosophy is helpful in questioning our presuppositions, and for helping us to establish our own beliefs about the nature of the world. This book takes on the task of confronting and elucidating the philosophical issues that play their part in guiding our lives.