Common sense : a contemporary defense / Noah Lemos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemos, Noah Marcelino, 1956- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy.

Cambridge studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common sense.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this 2004 book, Noah Lemos presents a strong defense of the common sense tradition, the view that we may take as data for philosophical inquiry many of the things we ordinarily think we know. He discusses the main features of that tradition as expounded by Thomas Reid, G. E. Moore and Roderick Chisholm. For a long time common sense philosophers have been subject to two main objections: that they fail to give any non-circular argument for the reliability of memory and perception; and that they pick out instances of knowledge without knowing a criterion for knowledge. Lemos defends the appeal to what we ordinarily think we know in both epistemology and ethics and thus rejects the charge that common sense is dogmatic, unphilosophical or question-begging. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will appeal to students and philosophers in epistemology and ethics.

Contents:

The common sense tradition

Common sense and reliability

Common sense and reliability II

Reid, reliability, and Reid's wrong turn

Moore, skepticism, and the external world

Chisholm, particularism, and methodism

Common sense and a priori epistemology

Particularism, ethical skepticism, and moral philosophy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16186-X

1-280-54057-5

0-511-21555-X

0-511-21734-X

0-511-21197-X

0-511-31592-9

0-511-49880-2

0-511-21374-3

OCLC:

171139181