Common Sense - A Contemporary Defense

Informationen zum Autor Noah Lemos is Professor of Philosophy at DePauw University. Klappentext In this 2004 book, Noah Lemos presents a strong defense of the common sense tradition. Zusammenfassung This 2004 book presents a strong defense of the common sense tradition! the view that we may take as data for philosophical inquiry many of the things we ordinarily think we know. It discusses the main features of that tradition as expounded by Thomas Reid! G. E. Moore and Roderick Chisholm. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The common sense tradition; 2. Common sense and reliability I; 3. Common sense and reliability II; 4. Reid, reliability, and Reid's wrong turn; 5. Moore, skepticism, and the external world; 6. Chisholm, particularism, and methodism; 7. Common sense and a priori epistemology; 8. Particularism, ethical skepticism, and moral philosophy; Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Noah Lemos, Noah M. Lemos
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521143455
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14345-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism