Guy Robinson

Philosophy and Mystification

A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415178518
• ISBN-10: 0415178517
• Artikelnr.: 21040406

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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