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The real and the possible : essays / by J.A. Tallet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tallet, J. A. (Jorge A.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Possibility.
- Reality.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Essays
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : Creative Arts Book Company, [2002]
- Summary:
- The search for ultimate reality and meaning has been touted as the chief endeavor of Philosophy -- ergo, according to philosophers, the loftiest undertaking ever.
- Anyone who has ever dabbled in Philosophy or enjoyed a classical education will relish Dr. Tallet's erudition in this fascinating series of essays on Philosophy.
- Contents:
- The Essay Form 1
- Reflections on Philosophy 3
- A Search for Ultimate Reality and Meaning in a Universe of Possibilities 21
- Being and Becoming 45
- Holism and Monism 55
- An Overview of Logic 67
- Mathematics: A Quantitative Logic 91
- Metaparadox and Monism's Nightmare 97
- On the Symmetry of Many-Valued Logical Systems 105
- Causality and Implication 119
- Probability and Credibility 137
- A Speculation on Objectivity and Possibility 149
- Free Will: A Mental Coin Flip 155
- The Absurdity of Purpose 161
- God and the Improbable Universe 163
- On the Possible Existence of God 171
- Ethics and the Man-Made Man 175
- Nuclear Devastation and Terminal Ethics 181
- On Selfishness 187.
- ISBN:
- 0887393314
- OCLC:
- 53122084
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