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Today, it' s not uncommon to get the impression that our claims to know are either doomed before they begin or that they have a status that approaches certainty. The pendulum seems to swing from one end to the other, with our educational institutions too often perpetuating both depending on the person being asked. Yet the question of how and if our claims to know are really justified remains central. * Is knowledge a purely social construct...
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Dieciséis ensayos dedicados a la discusión de problemas vinculados a la prueba, la argumentación y la justicia.
El libro está dividido en tres partes. La primera analiza la argumentación en materia de hechos y procura esclarecer el rol que cumplen hoy las pruebas científicas en la toma de decisiones judiciales, centrándose en diversos problemas que plantea la epistemología clásica. ¿Qué criterio de objetividad guía las prácticas jurídicas?...
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Philosophical Foundation argues for clarity over and against meaninglessness, which is implicit in various forms of skepticism and fideism. Throughout the book, critical analysis is applied to unexamined assumptions in the areas of metaphysics and ethics in order to address long-standing disputes. The basic beliefs of western naturalism, eastern idealism, Greek dualism, post-modern anti-realism, and classical theism are incisively analyzed by reason...
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Arranged and integrated to reveal epistemology, phenomenology, theory of signs, other major topics. Includes "The Fixation of Beliefs," "How to Make Our Ideas Clear," "The Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism," "Philosophy and the Sciences: A Classification," " The Principles of Phenomenology," " Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs," and "The Criterion of Validity in Reasoning."
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Russell Hardin is professor of politics at New York University and the author of many books, including David Hume: Moral and Political Theorist, Indeterminacy and Society (Princeton), Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy, and One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict (Princeton).
How do ordinary people come to know or believe what they do? We need an account of this process to help explain why people act as they do. You might think I am acting...
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Philosophy papers on a wide range of topics. Definitive answers are given to age-old questions, always with a deep knowledge of the relevant literature. Partial table of contents: Three Short Philosophy Papers on Human FreedomThe Paradox of Religions InstitutionsDifferent Perspectives on Religious Belief:O'Reilly v. Dawkins. v. James v. CliffordSchopenhauer on SuicideSchopenhauer's Fractal Conception of RealityTheodore Roszak's Views on Bicameral...
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The Nobel Prize—winning British scholar offers readers an introduction to philosophy and explores how we acquire knowledge from the world around us.
British philosopher Bertrand Russell believed philosophy was concerned with the universe as a whole. In An Outline of Philosophy, he analyzes the differences between the physical world as defined by modern science and the reality we perceive as humans. He looks at methods of gaining knowledge, learning...
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"A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year" "Winner of the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers" Lorraine Daston is director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and a permanent fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include Classical Probability...
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Francis Bacon is, considered the father of modern science. He proposed, at his time, a great reformation of all process of knowledge for the advancement of learning divine and human. He called it Instauratio Magna (The Great Instauration). Bacon planned his Great Instauration in imitation of the Divine Work - the Work of the Six Days of Creation, as defined in the Bible, leading to the Seventh Day of Rest or Sabbath in which Adam's dominion over creation...
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Philosophical Apprenticeships gathers fresh and innovative essays written by the next generation of Canada's philosophers on the work of prominent Canadian philosophers currently researching topics in continental philosophy. The authors-doctoral students studying at Canadian universities-have studied with, worked with, or been deeply influenced by these philosophers. Their essays present, discuss, and develop the work of their mentors, addressing...
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In this clear and provocative account of the epistemology of religious experience, William P. Alston argues that the perception of God-his term for direct experiential awareness of God-makes a major contribution to the grounds of religious belief. Surveying the variety of reported direct experiences of God, Alston demonstrates that a person can be justified in holding certain beliefs about God on the basis of mystical experience.
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Los seres humanos operamos en la realidad desde las diferentes concepciones que tenemos de ella. Las hipótesis y teorías (narrativas) que vamos construyendo en nuestro interior sobre la realidad van determinando cómo entendemos o explicamos el sentido o el funcionamiento de lo que hay fuera de nosotros. El presente trabajo trata de conocer un poco más el porqué de lo que decimos, hacemos y pensamos. Es una apuesta al tiempo rigurosa y actual,...
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La Fenomenología del Espíritu constituye, sin duda, un hito en el desarrollo del pensamiento moderno, ya que se trata, como lo señala la Presentación, "de una de las obras más importantes de la historia entera de la filosofía, de uno de aquellos libros emblemáticos no solo de la modernidad europea, sino de la cultura occidental en su conjunto". Pensada por su autor como una introducción a su sistema filosófico, llegó a configurarse como...
75) El pensamiento pragmatista en la actualidad: Conocimiento, lenguaje, religión, estética y política
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Análisis y evaluación de la vigencia del pragmatismo en los distintos terrenos en los que ha trascendido, pero sin dejar de lado las raíces históricas de las que se nutre.
Desde fines del siglo XX existe un innegable interés por el pragmatismo como tradición filosófica y por el desarrollo de filosofías que se describen a sí mismas como pragmatistas. Ejemplos de lo primero son las obras de Jürgen Habermas, Karl Otto Apel y Hans Joas, quienes...
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The eminent philosopher presents a summation of his views on an encyclopedic range of topics from abstract art to Zionism.
Culled from years of research and introspection, the diverse observations discussed in Handbook of Reason by Dagobert D. Runes are bound to stimulate, challenge, and at times force upon the reader a shock of recognition grounded in universal truths. In a style that moves from the aphoristic to the metaphorical, Runes offers countless...
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History repeats itself. That is particularly true in the book of Genesis, a book of beginnings which moves from a dark, cold, watery hopelessness through inspiring highs and incredible lows toward faith in the God who is ever-present and active in the affairs of the men and women of the selected stories that comprise Genesis. This book explores those ups and downs and demonstrates a pattern that allows us to discern God's love and care despite our...
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«Leo y Andrés se sacan sus lentes de "lo ordinario", los pulen como Spinoza —aquel gran maestro del siglo XVII—, y desde esas nuevas perspectivas observan con una gran profundidad las realidades de los procesos en las relaciones de ayuda (y en definitiva de cualquier encuentro), pero no se las reservan para sí, sino que las hacen salir de sus dispositivos, para entregárnoslas en estas páginas.
Sí, fui un afortunado testigo que vio cómo...
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William James was the older brother of novelist Henry James, and a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. His works pushed the boundaries of psychology and helped shape the direction the field would grow in. Collected here are four of his most important books: 'Essays in Radical Empiricism', 'The Meaning of Truth', 'The Varieties of Religious Experience', and 'What is an Emotion?' These books helped forge a field and remain as important today as...
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"The heresy of heresies was common sense." -George Orwell, 1984. This book is a defense of common-sense realism, which is the greatest heresy of our time. Following common-sense philosophers like Thomas Aquinas, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Dallas Willard, and J. P. Moreland, this book defends a common-sense vision of reality within the Christian tradition. Mosteller shows how common-sense realism is more reasonable than the materialist, idealist,...
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