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" Philosophy from a skeptical perspective / "
Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan.
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1037213
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b791583
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Agassi, Joseph.
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Philosophy from a skeptical perspective /\ Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan.
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xv, 163 pages)
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0511409656
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: 0511410190
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: 9780511409653
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: 9780511410192
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0521726395
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0521898129
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Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction. The practical side of philosophy ; The history of epistemology ; Error avoidance and the foundations of knowledge ; A word about metaphysics -- Skepticism. The strange story of the idea of error avoidance ; Radical skepticism ; The case of mathematics and logic ; The skeptical arguments ; Skepticism in epistemology ; Practical implications -- Science. The critique of empiricism ; The probability theory of rational beliefs ; The minimum unexpectedness hypothesis on beliefs ; More on the paradoxes of empiricism ; Theories adjusted ad hoc ; Simplicity and Occam's razor ; Predictions and explanations ; Tradition ; Applications -- Ethics. Skepticism in ethics ; Toward a psychological theory of moral judgments ; Maximizing the welfare of humanity ; Liberalism as the default option ; Utilitarian versus Kantian ethics ; Sympathy ; Moral disputes ; More against reductionism in ethics -- Politics. The justification of sovereignty ; Toward a psychological theory of the morality of politics ; The fear of social disorders ; Political disputes ; The dissolution of the nation-state ; Democracy versus dictatorship -- Aesthetics. Skepticism in aesthetics ; Aesthetics and beauty ; Toward a psychological theory of beauty ; The evolution of art ; Non-beautiful art ; Beauty and pleasure ; Tragedy ; Repetitions (1) ; Repetitions (2) ; Pretty average faces ; Humor ; Non-reductionism and non-relativism ; Aesthetic disputes -- Conclusion. The next step ; Psychology ; The meaning of life.
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Skepticism.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Movements-- Rationalism.
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Skepticism.
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149/.73
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B837.A33 2008eb
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Meidan, Abraham,1949-
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