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| Author | : Nicholas Rescher |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2001-10-10 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780631230182 |
This book is a study in the methodology of philosophical inquiry. It expounds and defends the thesis that systematization is the proper instrument of philosophical inquiry and that the effective pursuit of philosophy's mission calls for constructing a doctrinal system that answers our questions in a coherent and comprehensive manner.
| Author | : James H. Fetzer |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Charles Taylor |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1995-02-24 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780674664760 |
Charles Taylor is one of the most important English-language philosophers at work today; he is also unique in the philosophical community in applying his ideas on language and epistemology to social theory and political problems. In this book Taylor brings together some of his best essays, including "Overcoming Epistemology," "The Validity of Transcendental Argument," "Irreducibly Social Goods," and "The Politics of Recognition." As usual, his arguments are trenchant, straddling the length and breadth of contemporary philosophy and public discourse. The strongest theme running through the book is Taylor's critique of disengagement, instrumental reason, and atomism: that individual instances of knowledge, judgment, discourse, or action cannot be intelligible in abstraction from the outside world. By developing his arguments about the importance of "engaged agency," Taylor simultaneously addresses themes in philosophical debate and in a broader discourse of political theory and cultural studies. The thirteen essays in this collection reflect most of the concerns with which he has been involved throughout his career--language, ideas of the self, political participation, the nature of modernity. His intellectual range is extraordinary, as is his ability to clarify what is at stake in difficult philosophical disputes. Taylor's analyses of liberal democracy, welfare economics, and multiculturalism have real political significance, and his voice is distinctive and wise.
| Author | : John Arthur Passmore |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : Reasoning |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Anthony Simon Laden |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2012-05-31 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0199606196 |
Anthony Simon Laden explores the kind of reasoning we engage in when we live together: when we are responsive to others and neither commanding nor deferring to them. He argues for a new, social picture of the activity of reasoning, in which reasoning is a species of conversation—social, ongoing, and governed by a set of characteristic norms.
| Author | : Jonathan Dancy |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2018-06-27 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0192528025 |
Everyone allows that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning establishes this possibility of reasoning to action, in a way that allows also for reasoning to intention, hope, fear, and doubt. While many philosophers have found little sense in Aristotle's claim, Dancy offers a general theory of reasoning that is sensitive to current debates but still Aristotelian in spirit. The text clearly sets out the similarities between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, which are far more striking than any dissimilarities. Its detailed account of practical reasoning, a topic inadequately covered in current literature, is presented in such a way as to be intelligible to a variety of readers, making it an ideal resource for students of philosophy but also of interest to academics in related disciplines.
| Author | : M. Andrew Holowchak |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2011-09-16 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 1442205237 |
Critical Reasoning & Philosophy has been praised as an innovative and clearly written handbook that teaches new philosophy students how to read, evaluate, and write in a critical manner. Concise, accessible language and ample use of examples and study modules help students gain the basic knowledge necessary to succeed in undergraduate philosophy courses, and to apply that knowledge to achieve success in other disciplines as well. With a reorganized presentation, fresh modules, new examples and illustrations, the second edition is even more clear and accessible to students.
| Author | : Robert Brandom |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780674034495 |
An emphasis on our capacity to reason, rather than merely to represent, has been growing in philosophy over the years. This book gives an overview of the author's understanding of the role of reason as the structure at once of our minds and our meanings - what constitutes us as free, responsible agents.
| Author | : Christopher W. Tindale |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2015-04-30 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1107101115 |
This book approaches the topic of argumentation from the perspective of audiences, rather than the perspective of arguers or arguments.
| Author | : Maralee Harrell |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 479 |
| Release | : 2016-10-21 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0262529270 |
Exploring philosophy through detailed argument analyses of texts by philosophers from Plato to Strawson using a novel and transparent method of analysis. The best way to introduce students to philosophy and philosophical discourse is to have them read and wrestle with original sources. This textbook explores philosophy through detailed argument analyses of texts by philosophers from Plato to Strawson. It presents a novel and transparent method of analysis that will teach students not only how to understand and evaluate philosophers' arguments but also how to construct such arguments themselves. Students will learn to read a text and discover what the philosopher thinks, why the philosopher thinks it, and whether the supporting argument is good. Students learn argument analysis through argument diagrams, with color-coding of the argument's various elements—conclusion, claims, and “indicator phrases.” (An online “mini-course” in argument diagramming and argument diagramming software are both freely available online.) Each chapter ends with exercises and reading questions. After a general introduction to philosophy and logic and an explanation of argument analysis, the book presents selections from primary sources, arranged by topics that correspond to contemporary debates, with detailed analysis and evaluation. These topics include philosophy of religion, epistemology, theory of mind, free will and determinism, and ethics; authors include Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Ryle, Fodor, Dennett, Searle, and others. What Is the Argument? not only introduces students to great philosophical thinkers, it also teaches them the essential skill of critical thinking.
