Introduction to Philosophical Problems,9780826490636

Introduction to Philosophical Problems

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ISBN13: 9780826490636
ISBN10: 0826490638
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-06-30
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Joseph Margolis is an extremely rare kind of author - a renowned, world-class philosopher who is prepared to write accessibly for the non-specialist reader. Here Margolis introduces the reader to all of the central questions of Western philosophy, show

Table of Contents

I KNOWLEDGE & BELIEF 1(32)
§1. Ascriptions of Belief
3(8)
§2. Asymmetries regarding Knowledge and Belief
11(9)
§3. The Justification of Beliefs and Claims
20(7)
§4. Causal Conditions and Evidence
27(6)
II PERCEPTION & SENSATION 33(33)
§1. Perception and Sense-datum Theories
35(7)
§2. Transitive and Intransitive Modes of Sentience
42(4)
§3. Varieties of Intransitive Sentience
46(9)
§4. Perceptual Distinctions and Existential Import
55(4)
§5. The Causal Theory of Perception
59(7)
III DOUBT & CERTAINTY 66(18)
§1. The Asymmetry of Doubt and Certainty
67(6)
§2. Indubitability, Self-intimating States, and Privileged Access
73(6)
§3. Radical and Methodological Doubt
79(5)
IV EXISTENCE & REALITY 84(26)
§1. Referents and Existents
86(4)
§2. Existence and Quantification
90(6)
§3. The Sense and Criteria of 'Exists'
96(5)
§4. Existence Construed as a Predicate
101(3)
§5. Ontology and Science
104(6)
V IDENTITY & INDIVIDUATION 110(27)
§1. Identity, Continuity, and Composition
113(7)
§2. Theoretical Identity
120(7)
§3. Discontinuities and Strict Identity
127(7)
§4. Instantiation and the Identity of Cultural Entities
134(3)
VI ACTIONS & EVENTS 137(32)
§1. The Nature and Causes of Actions
140(6)
§2. The Identification of Actions
146(5)
§3. Explanations by Causes and by Reasons
151(4)
§4. Freedom and Choice
155(5)
§5. The Description of Events
160(6)
§6. Actions and Persons
166(3)
VII LANGUAGE & TRUTH 169(34)
§1. Learning a Language
172(5)
§2. The Analysis of Natural Languages
177(8)
§3. Conditions of Intelligibility
185(6)
§4. Truth and Facts
191(6)
§5. Meanings and Concepts
197(6)
VIII MIND & BODY 203(37)
§1. The Ascription of Mental and Physical Properties
206(10)
§2. Behavior and Machines
216(4)
§3. Intentionality and the Mental
220(8)
§4. The Nature and Individuation of Persons
228(6)
§5. The Identity Thesis
234(6)
IX FACTS & VALUES 240(22)
§1. The Fact-Value Dichotomy
243(7)
§2. Cognitivism and Values
250(4)
§3. Consistency and Practical Reasoning
254(8)
EPILOGUE 262

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