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Philosophical Progress: In Defence of a Reasonable Optimism by Daniel Stoljar
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- Book Title
- Philosophical Progress: In Defence of a Reasonable Optimism
- Publication Date
- 2017-09-28
- ISBN
- 9780198802099
- Subject Area
- Philosophy
- Publication Name
- Philosophical Progress : in Defence of a Reasonable Optimism
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- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Subject
- Epistemology, General
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 0.7 in
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- 13.5 Oz
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- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 202 Pages
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198802099
ISBN-13
9780198802099
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Number of Pages
202 Pages
Publication Name
Philosophical Progress : in Defence of a Reasonable Optimism
Language
English
Subject
Epistemology, General
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
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"The book is a model of clarity. I would enthusiastically recommend it not only to self-sceptical philosophers and arrogant scientists, but also to students-as an example of philosophical writing, as well as for its arguments. And it is extremely thorough, addressing a range of objections to its arguments as well as general considerations that might seem to tell against the existence of progress. I still feel occasional doubt about philosophical progress, but Stoljar has convincingly rebutted every reason for such doubt of which I know." -- Derek Ball , Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
100
Table Of Content
1. Introduction2. Matters Arising3. An Argument for Optimism4. The Argument Defended5. Extending the Argument6. The Extension Defended7. Two Arguments from Disagreement8. Six Further ArgumentsConclusion
Synopsis
Many people believe that philosophy makes no progress. Members of the general public often find it amazing that philosophers exist in universities at all, at least in research positions. Academics who are not philosophers often think of philosophy either as a scholarly or interpretative enterprise, or else as a sort of pre-scientific speculation. And - amazingly - many well-known philosophers argue that there is little genuine progress in philosophy. Daniel Stoljar argues that this is all a big mistake. When you think through exactly what philosophical problems are, and what it takes to solve them, the pattern of success and failure in philosophy is similar to that in other fields. In philosophy, as elsewhere, there is a series of overlapping topics that determine what the subject is about. In philosophy, as elsewhere, different people in different historical epochs and different cultures ask different big questions about these topics. And in philosophy, as elsewhere, big questions asked in the past have often been solved: Stoljar provides examples. Philosophical Progress presents a strikingly optimistic picture of philosophy - not a radical optimism that says that there is some key that unlocks all philosophical problems, and not the kind of pessimism that dominates both professional and non-professional thinking about philosophy, but a reasonable optimism that views philosophy as akin to other fields., Many people believe that philosophy makes no progress. Members of the general public often find it amazing that philosophers exist in universities at all, at least in research positions. Academics who are not philosophers often think of philosophy either as a scholarly or interpretative enterprise, or else as a sort of pre-scientific speculation. And - amazingly - many well-known philosophers argue that there is little genuine progress in philosophy. Daniel Stoljar arguesargues that this is all a big mistake. When you think through exactly what philosophical problems are, and what it takes to solve them, the pattern of success and failure in philosophy is similar to that in other fields. In philosophy, as elsewhere, there is a series of overlapping topics that determine what the subject is about. In philosophy, as elsewhere, different people in different historical epochs and different cultures ask different big questions about these topics. And in philosophy, as elsewhere, big questions asked in the past have often been solved: Stoljar provides examples. Philosophical Progress presents a strikingly optimistic picture of philosophy - not a radical optimism that says that there is some key that unlocks all philosophical problems, and not the kind of pessimism that dominates both professional and non-professional thinking about philosophy, but a reasonable optimism that views philosophy as akin to other fields., Daniel Stoljar presents a lucid, persuasive rejection of the widespread view that philosophy makes no progress. He defends a reasonable optimism about philosophical progress, showing that we have correctly answered philosophical questions in the past and may expect to do so in the future. He offers a credible vision of how philosophy works.
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B72
Copyright Date
2017
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