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What philosophy is : a guide to the elements / Arthur C. Danto.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper and Row, c1968.Description: xiv, 151 p.; 22 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • B 53 .D36
Contents:
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
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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

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