Common Sense - A Contemporary Defense

Informationen zum Autor Noah Lemos is Professor of Philosophy at DePauw University. Klappentext Noah Lemos defends the common sense tradition--the view that permits us to justify the philosophical inquiry of many of the things we ordinarily think we know. He discusses the main features of this tradition as expounded by Thomas Reid! G.E. Moore and Roderick Chisholm in a text that will appeal to students and philosophers in epistemology and ethics. 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Noah Lemos, Noah (Depauw University Lemos, Noah M. Lemos
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 23.08.2004
• EAN: 9780521837842
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83784-2
• Pages: 210
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy