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Philosophy & this actual world : an introduction to practical philosophical inquiry / Martin Benjamin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benjamin, Martin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 223 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Philosophy and this actual world
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]
- Summary:
- Martin Benjamin bridges the gap between academic philosophy and the questions of educated nonspecialists.
- Contents:
- 1 Agent and Spectator 5
- No Way Out 7
- The Cartesian Subject 16
- The Pragmatic Subject 20
- Agent and Spectator 21
- The Irrepressible Skeptic 25
- 2 Language, Meaning, and Truth 28
- Language 28
- Meaning 36
- Truth 44
- 3 Knowledge and Reality 53
- Knowledge 54
- Reality 70
- Knowledge and Reality: Pragmatic Questions 71
- 4 Mind and Will 77
- 5 Ethics 100
- Origins 102
- Moral Reasoning and Reflection 112
- 6 Democratic Pluralism 124
- Moral Pluralism 125
- Democratic Temperament 131
- Compromise 134
- Physician-Assisted Suicide 142
- 7 Determining Death 149
- The Subject of Life and Death 158
- Law and Public Policy 164
- 8 Meaningful Lives 170
- God, Meaning, and Mortality 171
- Meaning without God 174
- Pragmatism and Religion 180
- The Priority of Democracy 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 074251398X
- 0742513998
- OCLC:
- 50028572
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