What philosophy is : a guide to the elements /
Arthur C. Danto.
- New York : Harper and Row, c1968.
- xiv, 151 p.; 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. 150-151
Contents: Philosophy Philosophy as an activity Philosophy and the sciences Between language and the world The verifiability criterion and pragmatism Philosophy of science and science of science The main kinds of philosophical problems Understanding The systematic interconnectedness of philosophical concepts Descriptive meaning Meaning-as-use Intuition and simplicity Empiricism, learning and understanding Meaning and reference Synonymy and definition Analytic and synthetic; a priori and a posteriori Mathematical knowledge and non-Euclidean geometrics Pure mathematics and rules Knowledge Grouds for doubt Dreams, demons, and certitude Essence, existence, and the ontological argument The immediate content of experience Representationalism and the external world Idealism, phenomenalism, and existence Realism, and the contest between theories of experience Realism and illusion Error, incorrigibility and appearances Theoretical and observational language Things and apperances The non-empirical character of theories of experience Things and alternative conceptual schemes Possible non-experiential criteria for deciding between theories of experience Skepticism The World Theoretical economy Deductive systems and primitive notions Substances Substances, essence, accident, and definition Primary and secondary qualities Science, common sense, and reality Monisms Pluralisms Mind and body Causality Mental and physical Identity and theory Persons Privacy Actions and volitions Cogito, ergo sum Agents Freedom and forebearances Ourselves and experienced phenomenon Truth and self-reference Linguistic philosophy Correspondence theory of truth Two ways of relation with the world The spiritualization of the world