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Autore |
Robinson Guy <1927-> |
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Titolo |
Philosophy and mystification : a reflection on nonsense and clarity / / Guy Robinson |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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1-134-68386-3 |
1-134-68387-1 |
1-280-14048-8 |
0-203-98089-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Some of the material in this book was previously published in various journals and symposium proceedings between 1964 and 1996. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 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; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Philosophy and Mystification is an extraordinary meta-philosophical work that boldly tackles a series of particular problems in philosophy as a starting point for a reflection on the nature of and point of philosophy itself. |
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