02871nam 2200565 450 991046367430332120200520144314.01-4616-6597-3(CKB)2670000000411508(EBL)1352140(OCoLC)856626591(SSID)ssj0001173570(PQKBManifestationID)11678471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173570(PQKBWorkID)11104301(PQKB)11788243(MiAaPQ)EBC1352140(Au-PeEL)EBL1352140(CaPaEBR)ebr10923954(CaONFJC)MIL510747(EXLCZ)99267000000041150820140911h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhilosophy & this actual world an introduction to practical philosophical inquiry /Martin BenjaminLanham, Maryland ;Oxford, England :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2003.©20031 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-79496-3 0-7425-1399-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Agent and Spectator; No Way Out; The Cartesian Subject; The Pragmatic Subject; Agent and Spectator; The Irrepressible Skeptic; 2 Language, Meaning, and Truth; Language; Meaning; Truth; Summary and Conclusion; 3 Knowledge and Reality; Knowledge; Reality; Knowledge and Reality: Pragmatic Questions; 4 Mind and Will; Mind; Will; Conclusion; 5 Ethics; Origins; Moral Reasoning and Reflection; 6 Democratic Pluralism; Moral Pluralism; Democratic Temperament; Compromise; Physician-Assisted Suicide7 Determining DeathBackground; The Main Question; The Subject of Life and Death; Law and Public Policy; 8 Meaningful Lives; God, Meaning, and Mortality; Meaning without God; Pragmatism and Religion; The Priority of Democracy; Conclusion; Bibliographical Essay; Introduction; Chapter 1: Agent and Spectator; Chapter 2: Language, Meaning, and Truth; Chapter 3: Knowledge and Reality; Chapter 4: Mind and Will; Chapter 5: Ethics; Chapter 6: Democratic Pluralism; Chapter 7: Determining Death; Chapter 8: Meaningful Lives; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorMartin Benjamin bridges the gap between academic philosophy and the questions of educated nonspecialists.PhilosophyElectronic books.Philosophy.100Benjamin Martin928675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463674303321Philosophy & this actual world2087087UNINA