0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Analytical & linguistic philosophy

Buy Now

Language, Reality and Mind - A Defense of Everyday Thought (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,554
Discovery Miles 15 540
Language, Reality and Mind - A Defense of Everyday Thought (Hardcover): C. Crittenden

Language, Reality and Mind - A Defense of Everyday Thought (Hardcover)

C. Crittenden

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 | Repayment Terms: R146 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Sceptics raise doubts about our ability to have knowledge generally, and naturalists use scientific discoveries to question common-sense thinking about the world, language, and the mind. This book replies to these contentions, using a transcendental argument to show that everyday thought constitutes an interlocking system of concepts presupposed by all types of reasoning, including empirical science. Thus sceptics cannot question ordinary belief, or science challenge everyday thinking, without undermining their own legitimacy. In addition to replying to arguments by scientific naturalists in a number of areas, the book presents common-sense thought in detail about reality and the mind. It also considers the circumstances under which religious belief is justified. The result is a contemporary defense of our over-all conceptual scheme giving everyday thought a central place but also accommodating scientific and other forms of thinking.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Wittgenstein and the Human Form of Life
Oswald Hanfling Paperback R1,701 Discovery Miles 17 010
The Selected Letters of Bertrand…
Nicholas Griffin Paperback R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440
Philosophy and the Vision of Language
Paul M. Livingston Hardcover R4,454 Discovery Miles 44 540
Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in…
S.G. Shanker Hardcover R9,101 Discovery Miles 91 010
Donald Davidson
Marc Joseph Paperback R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320
Russell on Metaphysics - Selections from…
Bertrand Russell Paperback R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060
Rules and Meanings
Mary Douglas Hardcover R8,494 Discovery Miles 84 940
New Thoughts About Old Things…
Krista Lawlor Hardcover R4,130 Discovery Miles 41 300
Logical Syntax of Language
Rudolf Carnap Hardcover R8,501 Discovery Miles 85 010
An Examination of Logical Positivism
Julius Rudolph Weinberg Hardcover R8,494 Discovery Miles 84 940
Levinas and Analytic Philosophy…
Michael Fagenblat, Melis Erdur Paperback R1,303 Discovery Miles 13 030
The Murder of Professor Schlick - The…
David Edmonds Hardcover R587 Discovery Miles 5 870

See more

Partners