The rediscovery of common sense philosophy [electronic resource] / Stephen Boulter.
How should one go about conducting the business of philosophy? And what should we make of the paradoxical conclusions defended by the great and the good of the discipline? In this book it is argued that, contrary to common practice, philosophical paradoxes and counter-intuitive theses ought to be ta...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Summary: | How should one go about conducting the business of philosophy? And what should we make of the paradoxical conclusions defended by the great and the good of the discipline? In this book it is argued that, contrary to common practice, philosophical paradoxes and counter-intuitive theses ought to be taken as clear indications that errors of one form or another have been committed. The author presents a new account, defense, and illustration of this meta-philosophy of common sense, drawing on a variety of sources including the work of Aristotle, Reid, Moore, Ryle, Austin and Grice, current thinking in evolutionary biology and psychology, as well as an historically informed view of the origins of the 'spirit of modernity' so clearly exemplified by Descartes. This approach to philosophy is then illustrated in a series of studies on topical issues ranging from metaphysics to ethics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230223134 0230223133 1281360244 9781281360243 9781349280636 1349280631 |