Guy Robinson

Philosophy and Mystification (eBook, ePUB)

A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134683864
• Artikelnr.: 42718976

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