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Author : Victor J. Di Fate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Skepticism, Truth, and Nonsense written by Victor J. Di Fate and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip De Bary
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415263399
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Thomas Reid and Scepticism written by Philip De Bary and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book bears witness to the current reawakening of interest in Reid's philosophy. It first examines Reid's negative attack on the Way of Ideas, and finds him to be a devastating critic of his predecessors. Turning to the positive part of Reid's programme, the author then develops a fresh interpretation of Reid as an anticipator of present-day 'reliabilism'. Throughout the book, Reid is presented as a powerful thinker with much to say to philosophers in the twenty-first century. The book will be of interest not only to Reid scholars and historians of philosophy, but also to specialists and students in contemporary epistemology.
Author : Robert Almeder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442205156
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Truth and Skepticism written by Robert Almeder and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Almeder provides a comprehensive discussion and definitive refutation of our common conception of truth as a necessary condition for knowledge of the world, and to defend in detail an epistemic conception of truth without falling into the usual epistemological relativism or classical idealism in which all properties of the world turn out to be linguistic in nature and origin. There is no other book available that clearly and thoroughly defends the case for an epistemic conception of truth and also claims success in avoiding idealism or epistemological relativism.
Author : Christopher Derrick
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681491540
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Escape from Scepticism written by Christopher Derrick and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant English writer Christopher Derrick presents a disturbing indictment of today's colleges and universities and the troubled condition of liberal education. The occasion for his writing this book was a visit to Thomas Aquinas College in California which deeply impressed Derrick with its true liberal and Catholic education. This small independent college convinced him of the need for reform in Catholic higher education today, and he uses the example of this college as the way this reform should be carried out. "This book is comparable to Newman's Idea of a University. Derrick has wit and a brilliant aphoristic style. This book could well serve as a manual for the reform of Catholic higher education today." -Paul Hallet, The National Catholic Register
Author : Gilbert Harman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317436903
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Skepticism and the Definition of Knowledge written by Gilbert Harman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1990. This study argues that scepticism is an intelligible view and that the issue scepticism raises is whether or not certain sceptical hypotheses are as plausible as the ordinary views we accept. It discusses psychological concepts, definitions of knowledge, belief and hypothetic inference (inference to the best explanation). Starting from ‘Is skepticism a problem for epistemology’, the book takes us through the argument for the possibility of scepticism, including looking at sense data and considering memory and perception.
Author : Kevin McCain
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004393536
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Mystery of Skepticism written by Kevin McCain and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-12-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystery of Skepticism: New Explorations represents the cutting-edge of research on underexplored skeptical challenges, dimensions of the skeptical problematic, and responses to various kinds of skepticism. The thirteen newly commissioned essays, edited by Kevin McCain and Ted Poston, demonstrate that despite its long history philosophical reflection on skepticism and the challenges it poses is alive and well. The essays in The Mystery of Skepticism enhance our understanding of skepticism by breathing new life into old debates and sparking new ones. The Mystery of Skepticism will shape discussions of skepticism for years to come.
Author : Abraham Meidan
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781581125047
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Skepticism Is True written by Abraham Meidan and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main theses of the book are: 1. All statements are neither certain nor plausible. In other words: skepticism is true. 2. Skepticism, as formulated above, does not imply any absurd conclusions (in contrast to the view commonly held by philosophers). 3. People do not choose their beliefs. What we believe is determined by psychological processes. 4. People believe in statements that minimize the extent of the unexpected events of which they are aware.
Author : David Girard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Truth of Skepticism written by David Girard and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is an attempt and, if you will, a temptation to engage with the 'disturbing' prospect of the truth of skepticism. All of Stanley Cavell's works refer to the truth of skepticism, and yet the discourse surrounding this concept is sparse and often engaged minimally. The truth of skepticism is that "the human creature's basis in the world as a whole, its relation to the world as such, is not that of knowing, anyway not what we think of as knowing" (The Claim of Reason, p.241). In order to make sense of what he means by what "we think of as knowing" Cavell provides a philosophical framework in which to understand skepticism and what it threatens: through his notion of "criteria" taken from Ludwig Wittgenstein; the concept of the "ordinary" derived from the works of J.L. Austin; and the "search for community" as a problem of "acknowledgement" or "avoidance" as opposed to a problem of knowledge. I argue that the "standard" (Stephen Mulhall's) reading of Cavell fails to fully account for the truth of skepticism and I propose reading Cavell as a Nietzschean Versucher - one who attempts and searches endlessly, never fully embracing any particular view. By reading Cavell in this way, I explore how to do genuine philosophy and consider how to address the role of traditional epistemological problems in the face of Cavell's framework. Beyond the traditional philosophical questions of skepticism, I address how the theoretical musings of the first half of the dissertation can be used in practice - or one could say how they reflect on the ordinary. Following Cavell, I connect philosophy and art as sister disciplines concerned with similar problems such as epistemological skepticism itself. To show these connections I analyze two plays and three films: Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and Othello, alongside The Philadelphia Story (1940), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Her (2013). By engaging these pieces with Cavell's philosophical framework in mind, I show how sexual jealousy is a form of living one's skepticism in a real context that cannot be so easily dismissed by philosophers who claim that skepticism is somehow empty, confused, or nonsense. By showing how the threat of skepticism is a part of our ordinary lives, I conclude by considering how we might recover from our skepticism. Skepticism is not the end, it is the beginning.
Author : James Beattie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism written by James Beattie and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter K. Unger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198244177
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Ignorance written by Peter K. Unger and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1975 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues for the thesis of universal ignorance, i.e., for the claim that nobody can ever know anything. To this effect, puts forward versions of the classical Cartesian argument for skepticism as well as novel arguments involving normative premises and the concept of certainty.
Author : John Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Evenings with the Skeptics, Or, Free Discussion on Free Thinkers written by John Owen and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert F. Almeder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781442205130
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Truth and Skepticism written by Robert F. Almeder and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Those who take the epistemic account of fruth to be a nonsfarler should read this compact book carefully. Almeder goes on the offense here and develops a pragmalist epistemology farther than anyone has before. A must-read."-Linda Alcoff, Cuny Grad Center --
Author : Oliver A. Johnson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520036208
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Skepticism and Cognitivism written by Oliver A. Johnson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0731815297
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Secret written by Rhonda Byrne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenth-anniversary edition of the book that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword. In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.
Author : James Beattie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism written by James Beattie and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey Pfeffer
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1422154580
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (221 download)
Download or read book Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense written by Jeffrey Pfeffer and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2006-02-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawed knowledge based on “best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through evidence-based management, an approach to decision-making and action that is driven by hard facts rather than half-truths or hype. This book guides managers in using this approach to dismantle six widely held—but ultimately flawed—management beliefs in core areas including leadership, strategy, change, talent, financial incentives, and work-life balance. The authors show managers how to find and apply the best practices for their companies, rather than blindly copy what seems to have worked elsewhere. This practical and candid book challenges leaders to commit to evidence-based management as a way of organizational life—and shows how to finally turn this common sense into common practice.
Author : Paul Kurtz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The New Skepticism written by Paul Kurtz and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurtz argues that there are objective standards for judging truth claims in science, ethics, and philosophy. Of special interest is the application of the new skepticism to paranormal claims such as reincarnation and faith healing, and to religious beliefs, ethics and politics.
