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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This book is available either individually, or as part of the
specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.
George Berkeley is one of the most prominent philosophers of the eighteenth century. His Principles of Human Knowledge has become a focal point in the understanding of empiricist thought and the development of eighteenth century philosophy. This volume introduces and assesses: * Berkeley's life and the background to the Principles * The ideas and text in the Principles * Berkeley's continuing importance to philosophy.
George Berkeley is one of the most prominent philosophers of the eighteenth century. His Principles of Human Knowledge has become a focal point in the understanding of empiricist thought and the development of eighteenth century philosophy. This volume introduces and assesses: * Berkeley's life and the background to the Principles * The ideas and text in the Principles * Berkeley's continuing importance to philosophy. eBook available with sample pages: 0203358538
ADVANGEBOOKS - UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL
LOGIC, 9E shows readers how to construct arguments in everyday
life, using everyday language. In addition, this easy-to-read
textbook also devotes three chapters to the formal aspects of logic
including forms of argument, as well as propositional, categorical,
and quantificational logic. Plus, this edition helps readers apply
informal logic to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and
philosophical scenarios, too.
This collection of essays on themes in the work of John Locke
(1632-1704), George Berkeley (1685-1753), and David Hume
(1711-1776), provides a deepened understanding of major issues
raised in the Empiricist tradition. In exploring their shared
belief in the experiential nature of mental constructs, The
Empiricists illuminates the different methodologies of these great
Enlightenment philosophers and introduces students to important
metaphysical and epistemological issues including the theory of
ideas, personal identity, and skepticism. It will be especially
useful in courses devoted to the history of modern philosophy.
In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J.
Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning--irony,
hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others--to show
how they work and to explain their attraction. Building on the
ideas of Grice and Tversky, Fogelin contends that figurative
language derives its power from its insistence that the reader
participate in the text, looking beyond the literal meaning of the
figurative language to the meanings that are implied. With examples
ranging from Shakespeare, John Donne, and Jane Austen to e.e.
cummings, Bessie Smith, and Monty Python, Fogelin demonstrates that
the intellectual and aesthetic force of figurative language is
derived from the opportunity it provides for unlimited elaboration.
Fogelin presents a modern restatement of the view, first put
forward by Aristotle, that metaphors are to be treated as
elliptical similes. He then offers a detailed defense of this
"comparativist" view of metaphors in response to criticisms that
have been brought against it by a series of eminent philosophers.
This new edition is updated to reflect more recent work on the
topic and will interest philosophers, linguists, and literary
theorists.
Human beings are both supremely rational and deeply superstitious,
capable of believing just about anything and of questioning just
about everything. Indeed, just as our reason demands that we know
the truth, our skepticism leads to doubts we can ever really do so.
In Walking the Tightrope of Reason, Robert J. Fogelin guides
readers through a contradiction that lies at the very heart of
philosophical inquiry. Fogelin argues that our rational faculties
insist on a purely rational account of the universe, yet at the
same time, the inherent limitations of these faculties ensure that
we will never fully satisfy that demand. As a result of being
driven to this point of paradox, we either comfort ourselves with
what Kant called "metaphysical illusions" or adopt a stance of
radical skepticism. No middle ground seems possible and, as Fogelin
shows, skepticism, even though a healthy dose of it is essential
for living a rational life, "has an inherent tendency to become
unlimited in its scope, with the result that the edifice of
rationality is destroyed." In much Postmodernist thought, for
example, skepticism takes the extreme form of absolute relativism,
denying the basis for any value distinctions and treating all
truth-claims as equally groundless. How reason avoids disgracing
itself, walking a fine line between dogmatic belief and
self-defeating doubt, is the question Fogelin seeks to
answer.
Reflecting upon the ancient Greek skeptics as well as such
thinkers as Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Whitman, this
book takes readers into--and through--some of philosophy's most
troubling paradoxes.
CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS, CONCISE EDITION,
1E uses everyday life experiences to teach the basics of informal
logic. By taking out the non-essential instruction, this edition
hones in on the "argument construction" involved in day-to-day
life, and how to do it better. Plus, to round out the discussion,
CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS, CONCISE EDITION,
1E includes a three-chapter overview of formal logic as well.
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