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Book Synopsis Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2 by : David Lewis
Download or read book Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2 written by David Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is part of a three-volume collection of most of David Lewis' papers in philosophy, except for those that previously appeared in his Philosophical Papers (Oxford University Press, 1983 and 1986). They are now offered in a readily accessible form. This second volume is devoted to Lewis' work in metaphysics and epistemology. The purpose of this collection, and the volumes that precede and follow it, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher. The volume will serve as a useful work of reference for teachers and students of philosophy.
Book Synopsis Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2 by : David Lewis
Download or read book Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2 written by David Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-13 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is devoted to Lewis's work in metaphysics and epistemology. Topics covered include properties, ontology, possibility, truthmaking, probability, the mind-body problem, vision, belief, and knowledge. The purpose of this collection, and the volumes that precede and follow it, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher. The volume will serve as a useful work of reference for teachers and students of philosophy.
Book Synopsis Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3 by : David Lewis
Download or read book Papers in Ethics and Social Philosophy: Volume 3 written by David Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume of Lewis's papers is devoted to his work in ethics and social philosophy. Topics covered include the logic of obligation and permission; decision theory and its relation to the idea that beliefs might play the motivating role of desires; a subjectivist analysis o f value; dilemmas in virtue ethics; the problem of evil; problems about self-prediction; social coordination, linguistic and otherwise; alleged duties to rescue distant strangers; toleration as a tacit treaty; nuclear warfare; and punishment. The purpose of this collection, and the two preceding volumes, is to disseminate more widely the work of an eminent and influential contemporary philosopher.
Author :David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 13 :0198020422 Total Pages :301 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (98 download)
Book Synopsis Philosophical Papers : Volume I by : David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University
Download or read book Philosophical Papers : Volume I written by David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1983-06-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of this series presents fifteen selected papers dealing with a variety of topics in ontology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
Book Synopsis Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology by : David Kellogg Lewis
Download or read book Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology written by David Kellogg Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Epistemology; an Introduction to General Metaphysics by : Peter Coffey
Download or read book Epistemology; an Introduction to General Metaphysics written by Peter Coffey and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII. External Reality Of All Sense Qualities Vindicated. "Hvperphysical Idealism And "Physical Realism ." 122. In Normal Conditions Of Perception This RelaTivity Is Compatible With External Reality Of Sense QUALITIES.--That all the sense qualities alike are extramental, that the proper sensibles no less than the cpmmon sensibles (i 15) are real characteristics of a domain of reality which exists independently of the perceiver's mind, a domain which he apprehends as "material reality" and distinguishes into two parts, viz. the "external universe" and "his own body or material organism," we consider to be as certain as the already established extramental existence of this material domain itself. Of this domain he becomes aware by becoming aware of the sense qualities. If these are not really in it and do not really characterize it, how can he be certain even of its extramental existence? And if they are not extramentally real how can they be in an extramental reality or characterize it or reveal it to him? But when they appear to him in actual perception as affecting the external ox extra-organic or non-self domain of reality, can he be sure that they are really in this domain notwithstanding the fact that for the specific determinations with which they are presented to his consciousness they are partially dependent on the subjective or self factor which is his own organism? The answer is that he can, provided that this organic, subjective or self factor is normal: and this he can determine with certitude by experience. He attributes the particular taste, or smell, or colour, or sound, or temperature, or texture and resistance, to the datum which he apprehends as external. He is right in doing so provided he knows, as he...
Book Synopsis Mind, Values, and Metaphysics by : Anne Reboul
Download or read book Mind, Values, and Metaphysics written by Anne Reboul and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three themed parts to this book: values, ethics and emotions in the first part, epistemology, perception and consciousness in the second part and philosophy of mind and philosophy of language in the third part. Papers in this volume provide links between emotions and values and explore dependency between language, meanings and concepts and topics such as the liar’s paradox, reference and metaphor are examined. This book is the second of a two-volume set that originates in papers presented to Professor Kevin Mulligan, covering the subjects that he contributed to during his career. This volume opens with a paper by Moya, who proposes that there is an asymmetrical relation between the possibility of choice and moral responsibility. The first part of this volume ends with a description of foolishness as insensitivity to the values of knowledge, by Engel. Marconi’s article makes three negative claims about relative truth and Sundholm notes shortcomings of the English language for epistemology, amongst other papers. This section ends with a discussion of the term ‘subjective character’ by Nida-Rümelin, who finds it misleading. The third part of this volume contains papers exploring topics such as the mind-body problem, whether theory of mind is based on simulation or theory and Künne shows that the most common analyses of the so-called 'Liar' paradox are wanting. At the end of this section, Rizzi introduces syntactic cartography and illustrates its use in scope-discourse semantics. This second volume contains twenty nine chapters, written by both high profile and upcoming researchers from across Europe, North America and North Africa. The first volume of this set has two main themes: metaphysics, especially truth-making and the notion of explanation and the second theme is the history of philosophy with an emphasis on Austrian philosophy.
Download or read book Modality written by Bob Hale and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions—are they objective features of mind-independent reality? If so, are they irreducible, or can modal facts be explained in other terms? This volume presents new work on modality by established leaders in the field and by up-and-coming philosophers. Between them, the papers address fundamental questions concerning realism and anti-realism about modality, the nature and basis of facts about what is possible and what is necessary, the nature of modal knowledge, modal logic and its relations to necessary existence and to counterfactual reasoning. The general introduction locates the individual contributions in the wider context of the contemporary discussion of the metaphysics and epistemology of modality.
Book Synopsis Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind by : G. E. M. Anscombe
Download or read book Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind written by G. E. M. Anscombe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anscombe on thought, experience, sensation, and the ethics of virtue Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe is one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures, the founder of consequentialism, and a leading mind in the field of virtue ethics. Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind: The collected Philosophical Papers of G.E.M. Anscombe, Volume 2, is part of a multivolume compilation of her life's work, providing insight into the mind of a groundbreaking 20th century philosopher. This volume's work explores memory, intentionality, causality and time, delving into the language, actions, and logic of perception, sensation, and more.
Download or read book Things written by Stephen Yablo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things is a collection of twelve essays by Stephen Yablo on identity, essence, causation, properties, ontology, and metaontology, with an emphasis on the metaontology of abstract objects. Almost all of Yablo's published work on these topics is collected here, along with the previously unpublished "Carving Content at the Joints."
Book Synopsis Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities by : Joseph LaPorte
Download or read book Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities written by Joseph LaPorte and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph LaPorte offers an original account of the connections between the reference of words for properties and kinds, and theoretical identity statements. He argues that terms for properties, as well as for concrete objects, are rigid designators, and defends the Kripkean tradition of theoretical identities.
Book Synopsis Semantics. Volume 2 by : Klaus von Heusinger
Download or read book Semantics. Volume 2 written by Klaus von Heusinger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 1079 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "SEMANTICS (VON HEUSINGER ET AL.) BD. 33.2 HSK E-BOOK".
Book Synopsis The Powers Metaphysic by : Neil E. Williams
Download or read book The Powers Metaphysic written by Neil E. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematic metaphysics is defined by its task of solving metaphysical problems through the repeated application of single, fundamental ontology. The dominant contemporary metaphysic is that of neo-Humeanism, built on a static ontology typified by its rejection of basic causal and modalfeatures. This book offers a radically distinct metaphysic, one that turns the status quo on its head. Starting with a foundational ontology of inherently causal properties known as "powers", Neil E. Williams develops a metaphysic that appeals to powers in explanations of causation, persistence,laws, and modality. Powers are properties that have their causal natures internal to them: they are responsible for the effects in the world. A unique account of powers is advanced, one that understands this internal nature in terms of blueprint of potential interaction types. After the presentationof the powers ontology, Williams offers solutions to broad metaphysical puzzles, some of which take on different forms in light of the new tools that are available. The defence of the ontology comes from the virtues of metaphysic it can be used to develop. Particular attention is paid to theproblems of causation and persistence, simultaneously solving them as is casts them in a new light. The resultant powers metaphysic is offered as a systematic alternative to neo-Humeanism.
Book Synopsis On Philosophy and Philosophers by : Richard Rorty
Download or read book On Philosophy and Philosophers written by Richard Rorty and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Philosophers suffer from a peculiar occupational hazard; people are always coming up and asking them just what it is that they do and how they do it. This is not the sort of question that biologists or economists or musicians get asked; people know, pretty well, what they do, and they may or may not be interested in the details. But a philosopher is different - it is very hard to imagine just what he does with his time"--
Book Synopsis Naming and Indexicality by : Gregory Bochner
Download or read book Naming and Indexicality written by Gregory Bochner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do words stand for things? Taking ideas from philosophical semantics and pragmatics, this book offers a unique, detailed, and critical survey of central debates concerning linguistic reference in the twentieth century. It then uses the survey to identify and argue for a novel version of current 'two-dimensional' theories of meaning, which generalise the context-dependency of indexical expressions. The survey highlights the history of tensions between semantic and epistemic constraints on plausible theories of word meaning, from analytic philosophy and modern truth-conditional semantics, to the Referentialist and Externalist revolutions in theories of meaning, to the more recent reconciliatory ambition of two-dimensionalists. It clearly introduces technical semantical notions, theses, and arguments, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides. Wide-ranging in its scope, yet offering an accessible route into literature that can seem complex and technical, this will be essential reading for advanced students, and academic researchers in semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language.
Book Synopsis Epistemology, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : P. Coffey
Download or read book Epistemology, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by P. Coffey and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Epistemology, Vol. 2 of 2 95. Transition to Sense Perception. Terms and Distinctions. - When examining the terms and data of our general inquiry in the opening chapter, we distinguished (8) between knowledge proper and mere consciousness; between reflex consciousness and the implicit, concomitant awareness which the conscious subject necessarily has of itself in all its conscious states or activities, without which these could not be conscious, and which is usually described as direct consciousness; between non-cognitive (volitional, emotional, etc.) and cognitive consciousness; between the interpretative objectivity of those cognitive states of consciousness which fall short of judgment, and the formal or consciously asserted objectivity of the judgment itself. We have also been obliged, in our exposition of the doctrines of Descartes, Kant and Scholasticism (77), to discuss at some length the nature and validity of our awareness of the self as a concrete, existing, individual reality. Presupposing what has been said already in those connexions we may be brief in our present exposition of the cognitive value or significance of the facts of consciousness and memory, - an exposition which will serve as a necessary and natural transition from intellectual knowledge to dense knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Dispositions and Causal Powers by : Bruno Gnassounou
Download or read book Dispositions and Causal Powers written by Bruno Gnassounou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispositions are everywhere. We say that a wall is hard, that water quenches thirst and is transparent, that dogs can swim and oak trees can let their leaves fall, and that acid has the power to corrode metals. All these statements express attributions of dispositions, be they physical, physiological or psychological, yet there is much philosophical debate about how far, if at all, dispositional predicates can have complete meaning or figure in causal explanations. This collection of essays, by leading international researchers, examine the case for realism with respect to dispositions and causal powers in both metaphysics and science. Among the issues debated in this book is whether dispositions can be analyzed in terms of conditionals, whether all dispositions have a so-called categorical basis and, if they do, what is the relation between the disposition and its basis.
