Walking the tightrope of reason : the precarious life of a rational animal / Robert Fogelin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fogelin, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reason.

Skepticism.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Fogelin'se mediation on the paradox of logic and reasoning leads us through the history of ideas, lightly touching on the Greeks, Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein, and its current form in the debates called ""the culture wars"". In the end, he says, knowledge is possible, if we adjust our sense of the limits of reason.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Why Obey the Laws of Logic?; CHAPTER TWO: Dilemmas and Paradoxes; CHAPTER THREE: Pure Reason and Its Illusions; CHAPTER FOUR: Skepticism; CHAPTER FIVE: Modest Responses to These Challenges; CHAPTER SIX: Matters of Taste; CHAPTER SEVEN: Last Words; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-194) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-50312-2

0-19-803634-5

0-19-518420-3

OCLC:

476024967