02070nam 2200445 450 991079847830332120170919194121.00-7618-6793-7(CKB)3710000000685159(EBL)4530145(OCoLC)950459580(MiAaPQ)EBC4530145(EXLCZ)99371000000068515920160606h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMan the rational animal questions and arguments /Edo PivcevicLanham, Maryland :University Press of America, Inc.,2016.©20161 online resource (205 p.)Includes index.0-7618-6792-9 Contents; Prefatory Note; Introduction; 1 What Can We Know and What May We Rationally Believe?; 2 What Are the Necessary and What Are the Sufficient Conditions of Rational Belief?; 3 Can It Ever Be Truly Rational to Believe a Falsehood?; 4 Does Natural Science Set a Norm for What Can Be Rationally Believed?; 5 Is the Belief in Creation Ex Nihilo a Rationally Sustainable Belief?; 6 What Rational Justification Might There Be for Acting Morally?; 7 Is the Existence of Rational Beings Merely a Fortuitous By-Product of Natural Selection?; IndexThis challenging and refreshingly innovative book addresses certain fundamental questions concerning rational legitimacy of some widely held beliefs and provides argument-based answers to such questions, while at the same time encouraging the reader to actively engage with the views put forward and form his/her own judgement.Human beingsPhilosophical anthropologyHuman beings.Philosophical anthropology.128Pivčević Edo160202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798478303321Man the rational animal3789886UNINA