A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox

A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9780198879558
ISBN-13 : 0198879555
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Synopsis A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox by : John N. Williams

A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox is the culmination of a decades-long engagement with Moore's paradox by the world's leading authority on the subject, the late John Williams. The book offers a comprehensive account of Moore's paradox in thought and speech, both in its comissive and omissive forms. Williams argues that Moorean absurdity comes in degrees, and shows that contrary to one tradition in the literature on Moore's Paradox, we cannot explain Moorean absurdity in speech in terms of Moorean absurdity in thought, but must account for each form of absurdity in its own terms. Williams also explores the extent to which Moore's paradox may arise for attitudes other than belief, such as desire. Written with Williams' trademark clarity and wit, the book is packed with arguments bearing on a wide range of topics in epistemology, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind.

The Antitrust Paradox

The Antitrust Paradox
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Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : 1736089714
ISBN-13 : 9781736089712
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Antitrust Paradox by : Robert Bork

The most important book on antitrust ever written. It shows how antitrust suits adversely affect the consumer by encouraging a costly form of protection for inefficient and uncompetitive small businesses.

Words on Cassette

Words on Cassette
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Total Pages : 2468
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015046428762
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The Dawn of Analysis

The Dawn of Analysis
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 069112244X
ISBN-13 : 9780691122441
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis The Dawn of Analysis by : Scott Soames

This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2) gradual acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in sound prephilosophical thought. Though Soames views this history in a positive light, he also illustrates the difficulties, false starts, and disappointments endured along the way. As he engages with the work of his predecessors and contemporaries--from Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke--he seeks to highlight their accomplishments while also pinpointing their shortcomings, especially where their perspectives were limited by an incomplete grasp of matters that have now become clear. Soames himself has been at the center of some of the tradition's most important debates, and throughout writes with exceptional ease about its often complex ideas. His gift for clear exposition makes the history as accessible to advanced undergraduates as it will be important to scholars. Despite its centrality to philosophy in the English-speaking world, the analytic tradition in philosophy has had very few synthetic histories. This will be the benchmark against which all future accounts will be measured.

A Paradox of Power

A Paradox of Power
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Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 0813741122
ISBN-13 : 9780813741123
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis A Paradox of Power by : Charles W. Welby

The papers in this volume illustrate issues and opportunities confronting geologists as they bring their knowledge and understanding to bear in matters related to public health and welfare.

Epistemic Angst

Epistemic Angst
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781400873913
ISBN-13 : 1400873916
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Epistemic Angst by : Duncan Pritchard

Epistemic Angst offers a completely new solution to the ancient philosophical problem of radical skepticism—the challenge of explaining how it is possible to have knowledge of a world external to us. Duncan Pritchard argues that the key to resolving this puzzle is to realize that it is composed of two logically distinct problems, each requiring its own solution. He then puts forward solutions to both problems. To that end, he offers a new reading of Wittgenstein's account of the structure of rational evaluation and demonstrates how this provides an elegant solution to one aspect of the skeptical problem. Pritchard also revisits the epistemological disjunctivist proposal that he developed in previous work and shows how it can effectively handle the other aspect of the problem. Finally, he argues that these two antiskeptical positions, while superficially in tension with each other, are not only compatible but also mutually supporting. The result is a comprehensive and distinctive resolution to the problem of radical skepticism, one that challenges many assumptions in contemporary epistemology.

Language, Thought and Consciousness

Language, Thought and Consciousness
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0521639999
ISBN-13 : 9780521639996
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Language, Thought and Consciousness by : Peter Carruthers

Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences.

Words on Cassette, 2002

Words on Cassette, 2002
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Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Total Pages : 2466
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ISBN-10 : 0835245160
ISBN-13 : 9780835245166
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Words on Cassette, 2002 by : R R Bowker Publishing