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Sketches of landscapes : philosophy by example /
"Avrum Stroll accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complet...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Avrum Stroll accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complete account. Stroll's approach is piecemeal and example-oriented. In stressing the importance of examples, his work runs counter to one of the most powerful and seductive ways of thinking about the world - the Platonic tradition, which denigrates examples in the search for essences. Stroll favors pluralism, on the ground that this is how the world is."--Jacket |
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| Notas: | "A Bradford book." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262284516 0262284510 0585003025 9780585003023 |