Worlds of truth : a philosophy of knowledge / / by Israel Scheffler

• Autore: Scheffler Israel
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: WORLDS OF TRUTH: A Philosophy of Knowledge; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Inquiry; Chapter 1: Justification; 1. Beliefs; 2. Access to Truth; 3. Cogito Ergo Sum; 4. Mathematical Certainty; 5. Classical Logic; 6. C. I. Lewis' Empiricism; 7. Access as a Metaphor; 8. J. F. Fries and K. Popper; 9. Voluntarism and Linearity; 10. One-Way Justification; 11. Beginning in the Middle; 12. Justification, Contextual and Comparative; 13. Justification in the Empirical Sciences; 14. Circularity versus Linearity; 15. Democratic Controls; 16. Interactionism; Chapter 2: Truth ; 1. Allergy to Absolute Truth2. Provisionality and Truth; 3. Truth versus Verification; 4. Truth and Fixity; 5. Transparency, Tarski, and Carnap; 6. Truth and Certainty; 7. Sentences as Truth Candidates; 8. Theoretical Terms; 9. Varieties of Instrumentalism; 10. Pragmatism and Instrumentalism; 11. Systems, Simplicity, Reduction; 12. Crises in Science; 13. Reduction and Expansion; Chapter 3: Worlds; 1. Philosophies of Truth; 2. Operationism and Truth; 3. Version-Dependence; 4. Differences among Scientifically Oriented Philosophers; 5. Monism, Pluralism, Plurealism; 6. Realism versus Irrealism ; 7. A Theory of Everything8. The Status of Ethics; 9. Emotive Theories; Ayer and Stevenson; 10. Moore's Ethical Intuitionism; 11. Dewey and Ethical Naturalism; 12. Symbol, Reference, and Ritual; Part II: Related Pragmatic Themes; Chapter 4: Belief and Method; Introduction; 1. Problems of Pragmatism and Pragmatic Responses; 2. Peirce's Theory of Belief, Doubt, and Inquiry; 3. Peirce's Comparison of Methods; 4. Difficulties in Peirce's Treatment; 5. An Epistemological Interpretation; 6. The Primacy of Method; Chapter 5: Action and Commitment; Chapter 6: Emotion and Cognition ; 1. Emotions in the Service of Cognition2. Cognitive Emotions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Worlds of Truth: A Philosophy of Knowledge explicates and builds upon a half century of philosophical work by the noted philosopher Israel Scheffler.Propounds a new doctrine of plurealism which maintains the existence of multiple real worldsOffers a defense of absolute truth, which denies certainty and eschews absolutism, and defends systematic relativity, objectivity, and fallibilismEmphasizes a wide range of pragmatic interests: epistemology and scientific development, cognition and emotion, science and ethics, ritual and culture, and art and scien
• Titolo autorizzato: Worlds of truth
• ISBN: 9786612117343; 9781282117341; 1282117343; 9781444310948; 1444310941; 9781444310931; 1444310933
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019555303321
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