The Devil in Modern Philosophy / / by Ernest Gellner
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| Autore: |
Gellner Ernest
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| Titolo: |
The Devil in Modern Philosophy / / by Ernest Gellner
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2004] |
| ©2003 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 192 |
| 300.1 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, Modern |
| Philosophy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; SELECTED PHILOSOPHICAL THEMES: The Devil in Modern Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part one Philosophy in general; Chapter 1 The devil in modern philosophy; Chapter 2 The crisis in the humanities and the mainstream of philosophy; Chapter 3 Reflections on philosophy, especially in America; Chapter 4 On being wrong; Chapter 5 Is belief really necessary?; Part two On ethics; Chapter 6 Maxims; Chapter 7 Ethics and logic; Chapter 8 Knowing how and validity; Chapter 9 Morality and 'je ne sais quoi' concepts; Part three Some ancestors |
| Chapter 10 French eighteenth-century materialismPart four Philosophy in particular; Chapter 11 Thought and time, or the reluctant relativist; Chapter 12 Poker player; Chapter 13 Ayer's epistle to the Russians; Chapter 14 Ayer on Moore and Russell; Chapter 15 The belief machine; Part five Psychologists and others; Chapter 16 The ascent of life; Chapter 17 Man's picture of his world; Chapter 18 On Freud and Reich; Chapter 19 A genetic psychologist's confessions; Chapter 20 Eysenck: seeing emperors naked; Chapter 21 On Chomsky; Sources; Bibliography of Ernest Gellner; Index of names | |
| Index of subjects | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy and life and they approach the topic from a number of directions: philosophy of morals, history of ideas, a discussion of individuals including R. G. Collingwood, Noam Chomsky, Piaget and Eysenck and discussions on the setting of philosophy in the general culture of England and America. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Devil in Modern Philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-134-41325-4 |
| 1-280-09903-8 | |
| 0-203-01135-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450951303321 |
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