The Problem of Knowledge
10 best books like The Problem of Knowledge (A.J. Ayer): Principles of Human Knowledge & Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, Philosophy of Mind, Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness, The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, Principia Ethica (Philosophical Classics), Science & Human Values, Selected Essays, Metaphysics, Truth: A Guide, Utilitarianism and Other Essays
| Author | George Berkeley |
| ISBN | 0140432930 |
One of the greatest British philosophers, Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) was the founder of the influential doctrine of Immaterialism - the belief that there is no reality outside the mind, and that the existence of material objects depends upon their being perceived. The Principles of Human Knowledge...
| Author | Jaegwon Kim |
| ISBN | 0813342694 |
The philosophy of mind has always been a staple of the philosophy curriculum. But it has never held a more important place than it does today, with both traditional problems and new topics often sparked by the developments in the psychological, cognitive, and computer sciences. Jaegwon Kim's Philosophy...
| Author | Daniel C. Dennett |
| ISBN | 0262541912 |
In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival theories--"so rambunctious," Dennett observes, "that several people are writing books just about the tumult."...
| Author | Jonathan Barnes |
| ISBN | 0521422949 |
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| Author | G.E. Moore |
| ISBN | 0486437523 |
Back at the dawn of the twentieth century, Bertrand Russell was telling folks to smarten up and learn to think analytically. Well, the general population thought nothing much about the kerfuffle that he was making at Oxbridge...
But a young fellow philosopher decided he might as well make...
| Author | Jacob Bronowski |
| ISBN | 0060972815 |
… science has humanized our values. Men have asked for freedom, justice and respect precisely as the scientific spirit has spread among them.
12/11/14 A new section has been added to … but what should I say …
Jacob Bronowski
Jacob Bronowski was born in...
| Author | David Hume |
| ISBN | 0192836218 |
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded.
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| Author | Peter van Inwagen |
| ISBN | 0813390559 |
In this classic, exciting, and thoughtful text, Metaphysics , Peter van Inwagen examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? and What is the place of human beings in the world? Metaphysics introduces to readers the curious notion that is metaphysics,...
| Author | Simon Blackburn |
| ISBN | 0195315804 |
The author of the highly popular book Think, which Time magazine hailed as "the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy," Simon Blackburn is that rara avis--an eminent thinker who is able to explain philosophy to the general reader. Now...
| Author | John Stuart Mill |
| ISBN | 0140432728 |
Clear, eloquent and profound, Mill's Utilitarianism has had an enormous influence on moral philosophy and is the idea introduction to ethics.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was a reformer who applied the test of utility to the law and politics of his day. Legislators must aim at 'the greatest happiness...
| Author | Michael Frayn |
| ISBN | 0805081488 |
What do we really know? What are we in relation to the world around us? Here, the acclaimed playwright and novelist takes on the great questions of his career--and of our lives
Humankind, scientists agree, is an insignificant speck in the impersonal vastness of the universe. But what would that...
| Author | Robert Nozick |
| ISBN | 0674664795 |
In this highly original work, Robert Nozick develops new views on philosophy's central topics and weaves them into a unified philosophical perspective. It is many years since a major work in English has ranged so widely over philosophy's fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge...
| Author | Bertrand Russell |
| ISBN | 0415141176 |
Philosophy, Russell argues in An Outline of Philosophy, is concerned with the universe as a whole. Humanity demands consideration solely as the instrument by which we acquire knowledge of the universe. Russell illuminates the ways in which we are capable of knowledge and discovering natural laws...
| Author | J.L. Austin |
| ISBN | 0195003071 |
"An excellent book presenting many of the major issues of ordinary language philosophy--very readable."--Mark Hamilton, Ashland University
"The clarity, the wit, and the patience of the writing are liable to deceive the reader on only one point, namely the amount of hard work that lies...
| Author | David Kellogg Lewis |
| ISBN | 0631224262 |
against all odds, i am extremely fond of this book. modal realism doesn't really do any of the work that i care most about doing, or resolve any of the questions that i care most about resolving, but i'll give this to david lewis, he seems to have done a great job of resolving the questions that HE cares most...
| Author | Willard Van Orman Quine |
| ISBN | 0674323513 |
These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references—semantics. At the same time adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed. To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed? And what considerations may suitably guide...
| Author | Hilary Putnam |
| ISBN | 0521297761 |
اگر کسی بخواهد دورهی «رئالیسم درونی» پاتنم را بخواند، باید اول سراغ این کتاب بیاید. قبل از این کتاب، پاتنم دو مقاله دارد که در آنها به شکل تکنیکال استدلال...
| Author | John Leslie Mackie |
| ISBN | 0140135588 |
Recently, I decided to delve into meta-ethics, more specifically twentieth century-meta-ethics. With the fear of over-generalizing, up to the twentieth century ethics was pretty straightforward. There were: ethics rooted in metaphysics (Christianity, Kant, Spinoza, etc.); ethics rooted...
| Author | Nelson Goodman |
| ISBN | 0674290712 |
Here, in a new edition, is Nelson Goodman's provocative philosophical classic--a book that, according to Science, "raised a storm of controversy" when it was first published in 1954, and one that remains on the front lines of philosophical debate.
How is it that we feel confident in generalizing...
| Author | Erasmus |
| ISBN | 0452009723 |
In his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light—as a humanist whose concen is at once contemporary and Christian.The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume...
| Author | Merrie Bergmann |
| ISBN | 0394323238 |
It's adequate to its purpose; namely learning symbolic logic. However, the exercises are fairly generic and didn't add any enjoyment to the book, unlike the exercises we received as worksheets in class (translate: If Frodo is weak Middle Earth will fall, but Frodo is not weak).
The computer...
| Author | A.P. Martinich |
| ISBN | 0195135431 |
What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions....
