Philosophy within its proper bounds / Edouard Machery
Publisher | (Oxford : Oxford University Press) |
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Year | 2017 |
Edition | First edition. |
Authors | *Machery, Edouard author |
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Notes | This edition previously issued in print: 2017 Includes bibliographical references and index Edouard Machery argues that resolving many traditional and contemporary philosophical issues is beyond our epistemic reach and that philosophy should re-orient itself toward more humble, but ultimately more important intellectual endeavours. Any resolution to many of these contemporary issues would require an epistemic access to metaphysical possibilities and necessities, which, Machery argues, we do not have. In effect, then, this work defends a form of modal skepticism. It assesses the main philosophical method for acquiring the modal knowledge that the resolution of modally immodest philosophical issues turns on: the method of cases, that is, the consideration of actual or hypothetical situations (which cases or thought experiments describe) in order to determine what facts hold in these situations Specialized Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 20, 2017) HTTP:URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198807520.001.0001 Information=Oxford scholarship online |
Subjects | LCSH:Philosophy, Modern LCSH:Skepticism LCSH:Concepts |
Classification | LCC:B805 DC23:190 |
ID | 8000076035 |
ISBN | 9780191845444 |
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