Philosophical Arguments

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674257073
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Arguments written by Charles Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-25 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Taylor is one of the most important English-language philosophers at work today; he is also unique in the philosophical community in applying his ideas on language and epistemology to social theory and political problems. In this book Taylor brings together some of his best essays, including "Overcoming Epistemology," "The Validity of Transcendental Argument," "Irreducibly Social Goods," and "The Politics of Recognition." As usual, his arguments are trenchant, straddling the length and breadth of contemporary philosophy and public discourse. The strongest theme running through the book is Taylor's critique of disengagement, instrumental reason, and atomism: that individual instances of knowledge, judgment, discourse, or action cannot be intelligible in abstraction from the outside world. By developing his arguments about the importance of "engaged agency," Taylor simultaneously addresses themes in philosophical debate and in a broader discourse of political theory and cultural studies. The thirteen essays in this collection reflect most of the concerns with which he has been involved throughout his career--language, ideas of the self, political participation, the nature of modernity. His intellectual range is extraordinary, as is his ability to clarify what is at stake in difficult philosophical disputes. Taylor's analyses of liberal democracy, welfare economics, and multiculturalism have real political significance, and his voice is distinctive and wise.

Author : Lewis Vaughn
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195342604
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Philosophical Arguments written by Lewis Vaughn and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this text is to introduce students to great philosophy and great philosophers through an intense focus on argument. Like other topically organized introductory philosophy readers, this book is organized around the existence of God, knowledge and skepticism, mind and body, free will and determinism, ethics, and contemporary ethical debates, including abortion, euthanasia, and global hunger and poverty. 78 selections are grouped into six topical chapters-and the selections within those chapters are organized by argument. Vaughn's approach focuses students' attention on argumentation, where much of the philosophical work gets done.

Author : Maralee Harrell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262529270
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is the Argument? written by Maralee Harrell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring philosophy through detailed argument analyses of texts by philosophers from Plato to Strawson using a novel and transparent method of analysis. The best way to introduce students to philosophy and philosophical discourse is to have them read and wrestle with original sources. This textbook explores philosophy through detailed argument analyses of texts by philosophers from Plato to Strawson. It presents a novel and transparent method of analysis that will teach students not only how to understand and evaluate philosophers' arguments but also how to construct such arguments themselves. Students will learn to read a text and discover what the philosopher thinks, why the philosopher thinks it, and whether the supporting argument is good. Students learn argument analysis through argument diagrams, with color-coding of the argument's various elements—conclusion, claims, and “indicator phrases.” (An online “mini-course” in argument diagramming and argument diagramming software are both freely available online.) Each chapter ends with exercises and reading questions. After a general introduction to philosophy and logic and an explanation of argument analysis, the book presents selections from primary sources, arranged by topics that correspond to contemporary debates, with detailed analysis and evaluation. These topics include philosophy of religion, epistemology, theory of mind, free will and determinism, and ethics; authors include Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Ryle, Fodor, Dennett, Searle, and others. What Is the Argument? not only introduces students to great philosophical thinkers, it also teaches them the essential skill of critical thinking.

Author : Michael Bruce
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444344412
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just the Arguments written by Michael Bruce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument. Cutting through dense philosophical prose, 100 famous and influential arguments are presented in their essence, with premises, conclusions and logical form plainly identified. Key quotations provide a sense of style and approach. Just the Arguments is an invaluable one-stop argument shop. A concise, formally structured summation of 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy The first book of its kind to present the most important and influential philosophical arguments in a clear premise/conclusion format, the language that philosophers use and students are expected to know Offers succinct expositions of key philosophical arguments without bogging them down in commentary Translates difficult texts to core arguments Designed to provides a quick and compact reference to everything from Aquinas’ “Five Ways” to prove the existence of God, to the metaphysical possibilities of a zombie world

Author : James W. Cornman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780872200432
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Problems and Arguments written by James W. Cornman and published by Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1987 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher W. Tindale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107101115
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Argument and Audience Reception written by Christopher W. Tindale and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book approaches the topic of argumentation from the perspective of audiences, rather than the perspective of arguers or arguments.

Author : Alec Fisher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521654814
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Real Arguments written by Alec Fisher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Harald R. Wohlrapp
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 940178762X
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Argument written by Harald R. Wohlrapp and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that our attachment to Aristotelian modes of discourse makes a revision of their conceptual foundations long overdue, the author proposes the consideration of unacknowledged factors that play a central role in argument itself. These are in particular the subjective imprint and the dynamics of argumentation. Their inclusion in a four-dimensional framework (subjective-objective, structural-procedural) and the focus on thesis validity allow for a more realistic view of our discourse practice. Exhaustive analyses of fascinating historical and contemporary arguments are provided. These range from Columbus’s advocacy of the Western Passage to India, over the trial of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution, to today’s highly charged controversies surrounding euthanasia and embryo research. Excavating foundational issues such as the purpose of argument itself (assent of an audience or critical examination of validity claims) and the contested role of argument as a generator of knowledge, the book culminates in a discussion of the relationship between rationality and reasonableness and criticizes the restrictions of ‘rational’ argument relying on fixed logical, economic or cultural criteria that in reality are mutable. Here, a true, open argument requires the infusion of Paul Lorenzen’s principle of ‘transsubjectivity’, which recognizes but transcends the partiality of the individual and which can be seen in the pragmatic and expanding consensus that humanity can control itself to safeguard the future of a fragile, damaged world.

Author : Robert Nozick
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674266277
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Explanations written by Robert Nozick and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1983-03-17 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly original work, Robert Nozick develops new views on philosophy’s central topics and weaves them into a unified philosophical perspective. It is many years since a major work in English has ranged so widely over philosophy’s fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, the foundations of ethics, the meaning of life. Writing in a distinctive and personal philosophical voice, Mr. Nozick presents a new mode of philosophizing. In place of the usual semi-coercive philosophical goals of proof, of forcing people to accept conclusions, this book seeks philosophical explanations and understanding, and thereby stays truer to the original motivations for being interested in philosophy. Combining new concepts, daring hypotheses, rigorous reasoning, and playful exploration, the book exemplifies how philosophy can be part of the humanities.

Author : James W. Cornman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872201248
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Problems and Arguments written by James W. Cornman and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely used by instructors who emphasize the logical structure of philosophical theories and the dialectical play of argument, this popular work provides clear, reliable, and up-to-date discussions of central philosophical debates. The fourth edition incorporates major revisions--the first since 1982--and features an extensive change in content. Every chapter has been reworked to improve its organization, to make it more accessible and engaging to the student, and to reflect recent discussions.