The existence of the external world : the Pascal-Hume principle / Jean-Rene Vernes ; [translation, Mary Baker].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernes, Jean-René.

Contributor:

Baker, Mary.

Series:

Collection Philosophica ; v. 54.

Collection Philosophica ; No. 54

Standardized Title:

Existence du monde extérieur et l'erreur du rationalisme. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Matter.

Reason.

Probabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Pascal-Hume principle

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do the objects that we perceive though our senses exist autonomously, independent of the mind that perceives them? Three and a half centuries have gone by without a universally acceptable solution. Jean-René Vernes shows that this failure results from the fundamental error in classical thinking, which identifies reason with determinant reason alone

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: THE CARTESIAN REVOLUTION; CHAPTER TWO: THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION IN PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER THREE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF PROBABILITY THEORY; CHAPTER FOUR: THE NATURE OF EXPLANATION; CHAPTER FIVE: THE EXISTENCE OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD; CHAPTER SIX: THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SECOND REVOLUTION IN METAPHYSICS; CHAPTER EIGHT: THE EXISTENCE OF MATTER; CONCLUSION; INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Translation of: L'existence du monde exterieur et l'erreur du rationalisme.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780776617114

0776617117

OCLC:

742332959