| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-394) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Why do we need a theory of acceptability? -- 2. Acceptability and presumption -- 3. Factors determining presumption : basic considerations -- 4. Epistemological considerations : acceptability, deontology, internalism, justification -- 5. What types of statements are there? -- 6. Necessary statements and A Priori intuition -- 7. Descriptions and their belief-generating mechanisms -- 8. Interpretations and their modes of intuition -- 9. Evaluations and the moral faculties -- 10. Taking one's word : the interpersonal belief-generating mechanism -- 11. An outline of the practice of epistemic casuistry -- 12. Theoretical considerations : a commonsense foundationalism. |
| Summary |
"When, if ever, is one justified in accepting the basic premises of an argument? What is the proper criterion of premise acceptability? Can the criterion be theoretically or philosophically justified?" "This is the first book to provide a comprehensive theory of premise acceptability and it answers these questions from an epistemological approach that the author calls commonsense foundationalism. It will be eagerly sought out not just by specialists in informal logic, critical thinking, and argumentation theory but also by a broader range of philosophers and those teaching rhetoric."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Logic.
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Logic. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freeman, James B. Acceptable premises. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521833019 0521540607 (DLC) 2004045887 (OCoLC)54953044 |
| ISBN |
0511082126 (electronic book) |
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9780511082122 (electronic book) |
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9780511610301 (electronic book) |
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0511610300 (electronic book) |
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128042186X |
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9781280421860 |
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0511081677 |
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9780511081675 |
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9786610421862 |
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6610421862 |
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0521833019 (Cloth) |
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0521540607 (paperback) |
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9780521540605 |
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9780521833011 |
| Standard No. |
9780511082122 |
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