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Philosophy / Bryan Greetham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave foundationsPublication details: Basingstoke [England]; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006.Description: xvii, 438 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781403918789
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BD 31 .G74 2006
  • 100 G854 2006
Contents:
The subject-- The method: hypothesizing-- The method: testing for validity-- The method: testing for truth
pt. 1 Our knowledge of the external world: Knowledge-- Truth-- Scepticism-- Perception: rationalism and empiricism-- Perception: idealism and phenomenalism-- Explanations: Purposive and causal explanations-- Explanations: Confirming and falsifying theories-- Religion-- Reason and faith
pt. 2 Understanding the individual: The mind and the mental events-- The problem of dualism-- The essence of self-- Creating the self-- Determism and freedom-- Freedom in context-- Responsibility and punishment
pt. 3 Understanding our relations with others: Metaethics-- Normative ethics: deontology-- Normative ethics: Consequentialism and virtue ethics-- Politics: legitimacy and the state-- Politics: The extent of power-- Politics: forms of government-- Politics: political theories
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BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40142
BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40143
BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40144
BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40145
BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40146
BOOKS Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library BD 31 .G74 2006 100 G854 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 40147

Includes bibliographical references (p. [416]-428) and index

The subject-- The method: hypothesizing-- The method: testing for validity-- The method: testing for truth

pt. 1 Our knowledge of the external world: Knowledge-- Truth-- Scepticism-- Perception: rationalism and empiricism-- Perception: idealism and phenomenalism-- Explanations: Purposive and causal explanations-- Explanations: Confirming and falsifying theories-- Religion-- Reason and faith

pt. 2 Understanding the individual: The mind and the mental events-- The problem of dualism-- The essence of self-- Creating the self-- Determism and freedom-- Freedom in context-- Responsibility and punishment

pt. 3 Understanding our relations with others: Metaethics-- Normative ethics: deontology-- Normative ethics: Consequentialism and virtue ethics-- Politics: legitimacy and the state-- Politics: The extent of power-- Politics: forms of government-- Politics: political theories

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