| 청구기호 |
B837 .A33 2008eb |
| 형태사항 |
xv, 163 p. 23 cm.
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| 언어 |
English |
| 서지주기 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157) and index.
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| 내용 |
Introduction. The practical side of philosophy ; The history of epistemology ; Error avoidance and the foundations of knowledge ; A word about metaphysics -- Skepticism. The strange story of the idea of error avoidance ; Radical skepticism ; The case of mathematics and logic ; The skeptical arguments ; Skepticism in epistemology ; Practical implications -- Science. The critique of empiricism ; The probability theory of rational beliefs ; The minimum unexpectedness hypothesis on beliefs ; More on the paradoxes of empiricism ; Theories adjusted ad hoc ; Simplicity and Occam's razor ; Predictions and explanations ; Tradition ; Applications -- Ethics. Skepticism in ethics ; Toward a psychological theory of moral judgments ; Maximizing the welfare of humanity ; Liberalism as the default option ; Utilitarian versus Kantian ethics ; Sympathy ; Moral disputes ; More against reductionism in ethics -- Politics. The justification of sovereignty ; Toward a psychological theory of the morality of politics ; The fear of social disorders ; Political disputes ; The dissolution of the nation-state ; Democracy versus dictatorship -- Aesthetics. Skepticism in aesthetics ; Aesthetics and beauty ; Toward a psychological theory of beauty ; The evolution of art ; Non-beautiful art ; Beauty and pleasure ; Tragedy ; Repetitions (1) ; Repetitions (2) ; Pretty average faces ; Humor ; Non-reductionism and non-relativism ; Aesthetic disputes -- Conclusion. The next step ; Psychology ; The meaning of life.
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| 주제 |
Skepticism.
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| 보유판 및 특별호 저록 |
Original 9780521898126 0521898129 9780521726399 0521726395 , 2007048051 , 182856987
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| ISBN |
9780511410192 (electronic bk.)
0511410190 (electronic bk.)
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