Philosophy and the 'Dazzling Ideal' of Science
Recent decades have seen attacks on philosophy as an irrelevant field of inquiry when compared with science. In this book, Graham McFee defends the claims of philosophy against attempts to minimize either philosophy's possibility or its importance by deploying a contrast with what Wittgenstein...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter One: Introductory - A still point in a turning world?
- Chapter Two: Persons as Agents: The Possibility of Genuine Action
- Chapter Three: What Persons Are: Identity, Personal Identity and Composition
- Chapter Four: What Persons are Not: Causality, Minds and the Brain
- Chapter Five: Evolutionary Explanation in Psychology: Not an Issue for Philosophy?
- Chapter Six: Persons, Artificial Intelligence, and Science Fiction Thought-Experiments
- Chapter Seven: Considerations of Exceptionlessness in Philosophy: or, 'Everything ... '
- Chapter Eight: Philosophy without Exceptionlessness
- Chapter Nine: Conclusion: The Place of Reason.
