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Author : Alfred Jules Ayer
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033597977
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : OCLC:224421788
Author : Luis R.G. Oliveira,Kevin J. Corcoran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000330564
This book celebrates the research career of Lynne Rudder Baker by presenting sixteen new and critical essays from admiring students, colleagues, interlocutors, and friends. Baker was a trenchant critic of physicalist conceptions of the universe. She was a staunch defender of a kind of practical realism, what she sometimes called a metaphysics of everyday life. It was this general “common sense” philosophical outlook that underwrote her famous constitution view of reality. Whereas most of her contemporaries were in general given to metaphysical reductionism and eliminativism, Baker was unapologetic and philosophically deft in her defense of ontological pluralism. The essays in this book engage with all aspects of her unique and influential work: practical realism about the mind; the constitution view of human persons; the first-person perspective; and God, Christianity, and naturalism. Common Sense Metaphysics will be of interest to scholars of Baker’s work, as well as scholars and advanced students engaged in research on various topics in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion.
Author : A. J. Ayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:471689466
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : NYPL:33433068177124
Author : Rik Peels,René van Woudenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108476003
A comprehensive exploration of the historical development and philosophical importance of common-sense philosophy.
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015068434193
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 133039089X
Excerpt from Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics: With Some of Their Applications The book was all but finished, and only the Preface remained, over which I was hesitating, apprehensive equally of putting into it too much and too little, when one of the most frequent 'companions of my solitude' came to my aid, shewing me, in fragments, a preface already nearly written, and needing only a little piecing to become forthwith presentable. Here it is. 'In these sick days, in a world such as ours, richer than usual in Truths grown obsolete, what can the fool think but that it is all a Den of Lies wherein whoso will not speak and act Lies must stand idle and despair?' Whereby it happens that for the artist who would fain minister medicinally to the relief of folly, ' the publishing of a Work of Art,' designed, like this, to redeem Truth from premature obsolescence, 'becomes almost a necessity.' For, albeit, 'in the heart of the speaker there ought to be some kind of gospel tidings burning until it be uttered, so that otherwise it were better for him that he altogether held his peace,' still, than to have fire burning within, and not to put it forth, not many worse things arc readily imaginable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019841540
This thought-provoking book explores the nature of ethical and metaphysical thought from a common-sense perspective. It argues that ethical principles should be grounded in practical experience and everyday intuition, rather than purely philosophical abstractions. The author also applies this approach to a wide range of topics, including education, politics, and social reform. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy and moral reasoning. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Rik Peels,Jeroen de Ridder,René van Woudenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351064200
Common sense philosophy holds that widely and deeply held beliefs are justified in the absence of defeaters. While this tradition has always had its philosophical detractors who have defended various forms of skepticism or have sought to develop rival epistemological views, recent advances in several scientific disciplines claim to have debunked the reliability of the faculties that produce our common sense beliefs. At the same time, however, it seems reasonable that we cannot do without common sense beliefs entirely. Arguably, science and the scientific method are built on, and continue to depend on, common sense. This collection of essays debates the tenability of common sense in the face of recent challenges from the empirical sciences. It explores to what extent scientific considerations—rather than philosophical considerations—put pressure on common sense philosophy. The book is structured in a way that promotes dialogue between philosophers and scientists. Noah Lemos, one of the most influential contemporary advocates of the common sense tradition, begins with an overview of the nature and scope of common sense beliefs, and examines philosophical objections to common sense and its relationship to scientific beliefs. Then, the volume features essays by scientists and philosophers of science who discuss various proposed conflicts between commonsensical and scientific beliefs: the reality of space and time, about the nature of human beings, about free will and identity, about rationality, about morality, and about religious belief. Notable philosophers who embrace the common sense tradition respond to these essays to explore the connection between common sense philosophy and contemporary debates in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, physics, and psychology.
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512396745
'In these sick days, in a world such as ours, richer than usual in Truths grown obsolete, what can the fool think but that it is all a Den of Lies wherein whoso will not speak and act Lies must stand idle and despair?' Whereby it happens that for the artist who would fain minister medicinally to the relief of folly, 'the publishing of a Work of Art, ' designed, like this, to redeem Truth from premature obsolescence, 'becomes almost a necessity.
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293392480
Author : Antonio Livi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Common sense
ISBN : 9791935790906
Author : William Thomas Thornton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1722014970
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton The sole use and sole object of existence is enjoyment or pleasure, which two words will here be treated as synonymous; happiness, also, though not quite identical in meaning, being occasionally substituted for them. Enjoyment, it must be observed, is of very various kinds, measures, and degrees. It may be sensual, or emotional, or imaginative, or intellectual, or moral. It may be momentary or eternal; intoxicating delight or sober satisfaction. It may be unmixed and undisturbed, in which case, however short of duration or coarse in quality, it may in strictness be called happiness; or it may be troubled and alloyed, although of a flavour which would be exquisite if pure, and if there were nothing to interfere with the perception of it. Understood, however, in a sufficiently comprehensive sense, enjoyment or pleasure may be clearly perceived to be the sole object of existence. The whole value of life plainly consists of the enjoyment, present or future, which life affords, or is capable of affording or securing. Now, the excellence of all rules depends on their conduciveness to the object they have in view. The excellence of all rules of life must, therefore, depend on their conduciveness to the sole object which life has in view, viz., enjoyment. But the excellence of rules of life, or of conduct or modes of acting, would seem to be but another name for their morality, and the morality of actions obviously depends on their conformity to moral rules. Whence, if so much be admitted, it necessarily follows that the test of the morality of actions is their conduciveness to enjoyment. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Pavel Gregoric
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191608490
Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example, perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, noticing the difference between white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are active. Observing that lower animals must be able to perform such operations, and being unprepared to ascribe any share in rationality to them, Aristotle explained such operations with reference to a higher-order perceptual capacity which unites and monitors the five senses. This capacity is known as the 'common sense' or sensus communis. Unfortunately, Aristotle provides only scattered and opaque references to this capacity. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the exact nature and functions of this capacity have been a matter of perennial controversy. Pavel Gregoric offers an extensive and compelling treatment of the Aristotelian conception of the common sense, which has become part and parcel of Western psychological theories from antiquity through to the Middle Ages, and well into the early modern period. Aristotle on the Common Sense begins with an introduction to Aristotle's theory of perception and sets up a conceptual framework for the interpretation of textual evidence. In addition to analysing those passages which make explicit mention of the common sense, and drawing out the implications for Aristotle's terminology, Gregoric provides a detailed examination of each function of this Aristotelian faculty.