Reality? Knowledge? Philosophy !: An Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology - Brossura

Hetherington, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0748616659 ISBN 13: 9780748616657

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

Fundamentally, what are we? And what, if anything, do we know? Minds, bodies; free will; evil; meaningful lives; harmful deaths: do such properties make us whatever we are? Truth; rationality; fallibility; knowledge; observation, reason; sceptical doubts: are these also vital to our being whatever we are? You do not understand yourself and others until you have done battle with those questions. And Reality? Knowledge? Philosophy! shows you how to do that. It can help you to gain a better philosophy of people’s lives. Become a better person too. Be surprised at how easily your thinking philosophically about reality and knowledge can lead to your reflecting on life’s ethical complications.Features* Offers a new way of approaching metaphysics and epistemology – via links to ethical and social questions.* Readable, clear and engaging.* Encourages discussion and independent thought.* Blends thought-provoking theories with questions applicable to everyday life.

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Stephen Hetherington is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. He has written three books on epistemology - Epistemology's Paradox (1992), Knowledge Puzzles (1996), and Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge (2001).

Stephen Hetherington is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0748616659
• ISBN 13: 9780748616657
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile