David Stove

The Plato Cult

and Other Philosophical Follies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a book on philosophy which subjects several theories to critical examination and asks how they relate to our commonsensical notions of reality. Among the celebrated philosophers whom the author tries to debunk are Plato, Hegel, Kant, Foucault, Popper, Nozick, Feyerabend and Goodman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780631177098
• ISBN-10: 0631177094
• Artikelnr.: 21674644

Autorenporträt

David Charles Stove, was an Australian philosopher. His work in philosophy of science included criticisms of David Hume's Inductive scepticism, as well as what he regarded as the irrationalism of Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, and Paul Feyerabend.

Inhaltsangabe

Cole Porter and Karl Popper, or the Jazz Age in the philosphy of science
philosophy and lunacy, or Nelson Goodman and the omnipotence of words
"always apologize, always explain - Robert Nozick's war wounds
"I only am escaped alone to tell thee" - epistemology and the Ishmael effect
idealism - a Victorian horror story
what is wrong with our thoughts? - a neo-positivist credo.