Philosophy and Mystification

A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-17851-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Philosophy and Mystification reflects on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry are carefully grounded in the central problems that have dogged Western philosophy in the modern era: logical necessity, machine intelligence, the relation of science and religion, determinism, scepticism and the questions of foundations and origins.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Guy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Philosophy and mystification 1 Understanding nonsense 2 Following and formalization 3 Infinity 4 Miracles 5 How to tell your friends from machines 6 Nature and necessity 7 Skepticism about skepticism 8 Fool’s intelligence 9 Language and the society of others 10 Deus sive natura: science, nature, and ideology 11 On misunderstanding science 12 History and human nature 13 Newton, Euclid, and the foundation of geometry 14 Coda: philosophy and history

Über Autor(innen)

Guy Robinson taught philosophy at the University of Southampton until his early retirement in 1982. He now lives and works in Dublin.