Man the rational animal : questions and arguments / / Edo Pivcevic

• Autore: Pivčević Edo
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 128
• Soggetto topico: Human beings; Philosophical anthropology
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Man the rational animal
• ISBN: 0-7618-6793-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814128303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II