Blindspots

Zusatztext 'Blindspots is full of stimulating discussions of innumerable philosophically interesting puzzles and problems ... It shows a lively sense of humour ... and reveals a knack for the provocative'Lloyd Humberstone! Monash University! Australasian Journal of Philosophy Klappentext Sorensen here offers a unified solution to a large family of philosophical puzzles and paradoxes through a study of "blindspots": consistent propositions that cannot be rationally accepted by certain individuals even though they might by true. Zusammenfassung In 1942 G.E. Moore first wrote about the curious sort of 'nonsense' exhibited by the statement 'it is raining but I do not believe it'. What Moore discovered was a species of blindspots: consistent propositions that cannot be rationally accepted by certain individuals even though they might be true. In this book, Professor Sorenson aims to provide a unified solution to a large family of philosophical puzzles and paradoxes through a study of blindspots . He devotes special attention to revealing their role in 'slippery slope' reasoning.

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• Authors: Roy Sorensen, Roy A Sorensen, Roy A. Sorensen, Roy A. (Assistant Professor of Philosoph Sorensen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.1988
• EAN: 9780198249818
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824981-8
• No. of pages: 468
• Series: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy; Clarendon Library of Logic and; Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy; Clarendon Library of Logic and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works