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Acceptable premises : an epistemic approach to an informal logic problem /

"When, if ever, is one justified in accepting the basic premises of an argument? What is the proper criterion of premise acceptability? Can the criterion be theoretically or philosophically justified?" "This is the first book to provide a comprehensive theory of premise acceptability...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeman, James B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Why do we need a theory of acceptability?
  • 2. Acceptability and presumption
  • 3. Factors determining presumption : basic considerations
  • 4. Epistemological considerations : acceptability, deontology, internalism, justification
  • 5. What types of statements are there?
  • 6. Necessary statements and A Priori intuition
  • 7. Descriptions and their belief-generating mechanisms
  • 8. Interpretations and their modes of intuition
  • 9. Evaluations and the moral faculties
  • 10. Taking one's word : the interpersonal belief-generating mechanism
  • 11. An outline of the practice of epistemic casuistry
  • 12. Theoretical considerations : a commonsense foundationalism.