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1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I : how does that go? : the limits of philosophical argument -- Quine's "Two dogmas" : argument or imagination? -- Argument and intuition in Kripke's Naming and necessity -- The rise and fall of counterexamples : Gettier, Goldman, and Lewis -- Reflection : pictures, intuitions, and philosophical knowledge -- Part II : arguments and convictions -- Turning the tables : Plantinga and the rise of philosophy of religion -- Materialism and compatibilism : two dogmas of analytic philosophy? -- Was there a Kuhnian revolution? : convictions in the philosophy of science -- Conviction and argument in Rawls' A theory of justice -- Part III : philosophical truth and knowledge -- Rorty against the world : philosophy, truth, and objectivity -- Philosophical knowledge : conclusions and an application. |
| Summary |
Philosophy has never delivered on its promise to settle the great moral and religious questions of human existence, and even most philosophers conclude that it does not offer an established body of disciplinary knowledge. Gary Gutting challenges this view by examining detailed case studies of recent advances in the field. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Analysis (Philosophy) -- Case studies.
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Analysis (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gutting, Gary. What philosophers know. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521856218 (DLC) 2009000059 (OCoLC)244768200 |
| ISBN |
9780511719561 (electronic book) |
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0511719566 (electronic book) |
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9780511841156 (electronic book) |
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0511841159 (electronic book) |
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9780521856218 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0521856213 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780521672221 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0521672228 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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