Philosophy and mystification : a reflection on nonsense and clarity / / Guy Robinson
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| Autore: |
Robinson Guy <1927->
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| Titolo: |
Philosophy and mystification : a reflection on nonsense and clarity / / Guy Robinson
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 101 |
| Soggetto topico: | Methodology |
| Philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Some of the material in this book was previously published in various journals and symposium proceedings between 1964 and 1996. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Philosophy and mystification; 1 Understanding nonsense; 2 Following and formalization; 3 Infinity; 4 Miracles; 5 How to tell your friends from machines; 6 Nature and necessity; 7 Skepticism about skepticism; 8 Fool's intelligence; 9 Language and the society of others; 10 Deus sive natura science nature and ideology; 11 On misunderstanding science; 12 History and human nature; 13 Newton Euclid and the foundation of geometry; 14 Coda philosophy and history; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Philosophy and Mystification is an extraordinary meta-philosophical work that boldly tackles a series of particular problems in philosophy as a starting point for a reflection on the nature of and point of philosophy itself. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Philosophy and mystification |
| ISBN: | 1-134-68386-3 |
| 1-134-68387-1 | |
| 1-280-14048-8 | |
| 0-203-98089-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814706203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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