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There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on
behavior. But are there epistemic constraints on belief? Are there
any requirements arising from intellectual considerations alone?
This volume includes original essays written by top epistemologists
that address this and closely related questions from a variety of
new, sometimes unexpected, angles. It features a wide variety of
positions, ranging from arguments for and against the existence of
purely epistemic requirements, reductions of epistemic requirements
to moral or prudential requirements, the biological foundations of
epistemic requirements, extensions of the scope of epistemic
requirements to include such things as open-mindedness, eradication
of implicit bias and interpersonal duties to object, to new
applications such as epistemic requirements pertaining to
storytelling, testimony, and fundamentalist beliefs. Anyone
interested in the nature of responsibility, belief, or epistemic
normativity will find a range of useful arguments and fresh ideas
in this cutting-edge anthology.
Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic. It
asks questions about why systems of logic are as they are, how they
relate to ordinary language and ordinary reasoning, and what
alternatives there might be to classical logical doctrines. The
book covers classical first-order logic and alternatives, including
intuitionistic, free, and many-valued logic. It also considers how
logical analysis can be applied to carefully represent the
reasoning employed in academic and scientific work, better
understand that reasoning, and identify its hidden premises. Aiming
to be as much a reference work and handbook for further,
independent study as a course text, it covers more material than is
typically covered in an introductory course. It also covers this
material at greater length and in more depth with the purpose of
making it accessible to those with no prior training in logic or
formal systems. Online support material includes a detailed student
solutions manual with a running commentary on all starred
exercises, and a set of editable slide presentations for course
lectures. Key Features Introduces an unusually broad range of
topics, allowing instructors to craft courses to meet a range of
various objectives Adopts a critical attitude to certain classical
doctrines, exposing students to alternative ways to answer
philosophical questions about logic Carefully considers the ways
natural language both resists and lends itself to formalization
Makes objectual semantics for quantified logic easy, with an
incremental, rule-governed approach assisted by numerous simple
exercises Makes important metatheoretical results accessible to
introductory students through a discursive presentation of those
results and by using simple case studies
This book features original essays by leading epistemologists that
address questions related to epistemic dilemmas from a variety of
new, sometimes unexpected, angles. It seems plausible that there
can be "no win" moral situations in which no matter what one does
one fails some moral obligation. Is there an epistemic analog to
moral dilemmas? Are there epistemically dilemmic
situations-situations in which we are doomed to violate an
epistemic requirement? If there are, when exactly do they arise and
what can we learn from them? The contributors to this volume cover
a wide variety of positions on epistemic dilemmas. The coverage
ranges from discussions of the nature of epistemic dilemmas to
arguments that there are no such things to suggestions for how to
resolve (or at least live with) epistemic dilemmas to proposals for
how thinking about epistemic dilemmas can be used to inform
theorizing in other areas of epistemology. Epistemic Dilemmas will
be of interest to scholars and advanced students in epistemology
working on the nature of justification and evidential support,
higher-order requirements, or suspension of judgment.
There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on
behavior. But are there epistemic constraints on belief? Are there
any requirements arising from intellectual considerations alone?
This volume includes original essays written by top epistemologists
that address this and closely related questions from a variety of
new, sometimes unexpected, angles. It features a wide variety of
positions, ranging from arguments for and against the existence of
purely epistemic requirements, reductions of epistemic requirements
to moral or prudential requirements, the biological foundations of
epistemic requirements, extensions of the scope of epistemic
requirements to include such things as open-mindedness, eradication
of implicit bias and interpersonal duties to object, to new
applications such as epistemic requirements pertaining to
storytelling, testimony, and fundamentalist beliefs. Anyone
interested in the nature of responsibility, belief, or epistemic
normativity will find a range of useful arguments and fresh ideas
in this cutting-edge anthology.
Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic. It
asks questions about why systems of logic are as they are, how they
relate to ordinary language and ordinary reasoning, and what
alternatives there might be to classical logical doctrines. The
book covers classical first-order logic and alternatives, including
intuitionistic, free, and many-valued logic. It also considers how
logical analysis can be applied to carefully represent the
reasoning employed in academic and scientific work, better
understand that reasoning, and identify its hidden premises. Aiming
to be as much a reference work and handbook for further,
independent study as a course text, it covers more material than is
typically covered in an introductory course. It also covers this
material at greater length and in more depth with the purpose of
making it accessible to those with no prior training in logic or
formal systems. Online support material includes a detailed student
solutions manual with a running commentary on all starred
exercises, and a set of editable slide presentations for course
lectures. Key Features Introduces an unusually broad range of
topics, allowing instructors to craft courses to meet a range of
various objectives Adopts a critical attitude to certain classical
doctrines, exposing students to alternative ways to answer
philosophical questions about logic Carefully considers the ways
natural language both resists and lends itself to formalization
Makes objectual semantics for quantified logic easy, with an
incremental, rule-governed approach assisted by numerous simple
exercises Makes important metatheoretical results accessible to
introductory students through a discursive presentation of those
results and by using simple case studies
Berkeley's Principles: Expanded and Explained includes the entire
classical text of the Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human
Knowledge in bold font, a running commentary blended seamlessly
into the text in regular font and analytic summaries of each
section. The commentary is like a professor on hand to guide the
reader through every line of the daunting prose and every move in
the intricate argumentation. The unique design helps today's
students learn how to read and engage with one of modern
philosophy's most important and exciting classics.
Hume's Enquiry: Expanded and Explained includes the entire
classical text of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human
Understanding in bold font, a running commentary blended seamlessly
into the text in regular font, and analytic summaries of each
section. The commentary is like a professor on hand to guide the
reader through every line of the daunting prose and every move in
the intricate argumentation. The unique design helps students learn
how to read and engage with one of modern philosophy's most
important and exciting classics. Key Features: Includes the entire
original text. Provides helpful summaries of each paragraph. Offers
commentary on every line of text. Removes the gap between
commentary and text.
Hume's Enquiry: Expanded and Explained includes the entire
classical text of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human
Understanding in bold font, a running commentary blended seamlessly
into the text in regular font, and analytic summaries of each
section. The commentary is like a professor on hand to guide the
reader through every line of the daunting prose and every move in
the intricate argumentation. The unique design helps students learn
how to read and engage with one of modern philosophy's most
important and exciting classics. Key Features: Includes the entire
original text. Provides helpful summaries of each paragraph. Offers
commentary on every line of text. Removes the gap between
commentary and text.
Berkeley's Principles: Expanded and Explained includes the entire
classical text of the Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human
Knowledge in bold font, a running commentary blended seamlessly
into the text in regular font and analytic summaries of each
section. The commentary is like a professor on hand to guide the
reader through every line of the daunting prose and every move in
the intricate argumentation. The unique design helps today's
students learn how to read and engage with one of modern
philosophy's most important and exciting classics.
This is a new monograph offering the first focused study of the
place of transcendental arguments within Kant's system as a
whole.Two currents of thought dominated Western philosophy in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Continental Rationalism and
British Empiricism. Despite the gradual dissemination of British
ideas on the Continent in the first decades of the eighteenth
century, these fundamentally disparate philosophical outlooks
seemed to be wholly irreconcilable.However, the publication of
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" in 1781 presented an
entirely new method of philosophical reasoning that promised to
combine the virtues of Rationalism with the scientific rigour of
Empiricism. This book offers the first extended analysis of Kant's
method of proof in philosophy. The author constructs a model based
on Kant's own statements about his procedure and then examines his
famous proofs in light of it. Great emphasis is placed on
historical accuracy and the debunking of popular myths about Kant's
aims and doctrines. The result is a compelling new picture of Kant
that will challenge current assumptions.
Containing all of the key writings leading up to the publication of
his Philosophical Essays in 1777, this volume presents complete
works by Johann Nicolaus Tetens (1736-1807) in English for the very
first time. These important essays focus on method in metaphysics
and mathematics, the analysis of language, and various
anthropological questions that occupied thinkers of the period. Key
features of the volume include: · Accurate, readable translations
· Detailed scholarly notes · A substantial introduction situating
Tetens's works in historical context · A German-English glossary
This collection marks a significant contribution to scholarship on
Kant and 18th-century German philosophy.
Containing all of the key writings leading up to the publication of
his Philosophical Essays in 1777, this volume presents complete
works by Johann Nicolaus Tetens (1736-1807) in English for the very
first time. These important essays focus on method in metaphysics
and mathematics, the analysis of language, and various
anthropological questions that occupied thinkers of the period. Key
features of the volume include: * Accurate, readable translations *
Detailed scholarly notes * A substantial introduction situating
Tetens's works in historical context * A German-English glossary
This collection marks a significant contribution to scholarship on
Kant and 18th-century German philosophy.
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