Philosophy and mystification : a reflection on nonsense and clarity / Guy Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Guy, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodology.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philosophy and Mystification is an extraordinary meta-philosophical work that boldly tackles a series of particular problems in philosophy as a starting point for a reflection on the nature of and point of philosophy itself.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Philosophy and mystification; 1 Understanding nonsense; 2 Following and formalization; 3 Infinity; 4 Miracles; 5 How to tell your friends from machines; 6 Nature and necessity; 7 Skepticism about skepticism; 8 Fool's intelligence; 9 Language and the society of others; 10 Deus sive natura science nature and ideology; 11 On misunderstanding science; 12 History and human nature; 13 Newton Euclid and the foundation of geometry; 14 Coda philosophy and history; Notes; Index

Notes:

Some of the material in this book was previously published in various journals and symposium proceedings between 1964 and 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-68386-3

1-134-68387-1

1-280-14048-8

0-203-98089-1

9780203980897

OCLC:

475943313