LEADER 02838nam 2200553 450 001 9910826375003321 005 20230617025806.0 010 $a1-4616-6597-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000411508 035 $a(EBL)1352140 035 $a(OCoLC)856626591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001173570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11678471 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11104301 035 $a(PQKB)11788243 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1352140 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1352140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10923954 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510747 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000411508 100 $a20140911h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPhilosophy & this actual world $ean introduction to practical philosophical inquiry /$fMartin Benjamin 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aOxford, England :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-299-79496-3 311 $a0-7425-1399-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover 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 Suicide 327 $a7 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 Author 330 $aMartin Benjamin bridges the gap between academic philosophy and the questions of educated nonspecialists. 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a100 700 $aBenjamin$b Martin$01119432 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826375003321 996 $aPhilosophy & this actual world$94069842 997 $aUNINA