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Philosophy from a skeptical perspective /
One of the questions that philosophers discuss is: How can we avoid, or at least reduce, errors when explaining the world? The skeptical answer to this question is: We cannot avoid errors since no statement is certain or even definitely plausible, but we can eliminate some past errors. This book adv...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Philosophy from a skeptical perspective / |c Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction. The practical side of philosophy ; The history of epistemology ; Error avoidance and the foundations of knowledge ; A word about metaphysics -- Skepticism. The strange story of the idea of error avoidance ; Radical skepticism ; The case of mathematics and logic ; The skeptical arguments ; Skepticism in epistemology ; Practical implications -- Science. The critique of empiricism ; The probability theory of rational beliefs ; The minimum unexpectedness hypothesis on beliefs ; More on the paradoxes of empiricism ; Theories adjusted ad hoc ; Simplicity and Occam's razor ; Predictions and explanations ; Tradition ; Applications -- Ethics. Skepticism in ethics ; Toward a psychological theory of moral judgments ; Maximizing the welfare of humanity ; Liberalism as the default option ; Utilitarian versus Kantian ethics ; Sympathy ; Moral disputes ; More against reductionism in ethics -- Politics. The justification of sovereignty ; Toward a psychological theory of the morality of politics ; The fear of social disorders ; Political disputes ; The dissolution of the nation-state ; Democracy versus dictatorship -- Aesthetics. Skepticism in aesthetics ; Aesthetics and beauty ; Toward a psychological theory of beauty ; The evolution of art ; Non-beautiful art ; Beauty and pleasure ; Tragedy ; Repetitions (1) ; Repetitions (2) ; Pretty average faces ; Humor ; Non-reductionism and non-relativism ; Aesthetic disputes -- Conclusion. The next step ; Psychology ; The meaning of life. | |
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