Christopher Peacocke

The Realm of Reason

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The focus of the work lies in the intersection of epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of meaning, and will be of interest both to students and researchers in these areas, and to anyone concerned with the idea of rationality.

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The Realm of Reason is a manifesto for a new rationalism in philosophy. Christopher Peacocke develops an original theory of what makes a thinker entitled to form a given belief. The theory is articulated in three principles of rationalism, which together imply that all entitlement has an element that is independent of experience. Peacocke elaborates this rationalism in detail for the classical issues of perceptual knowledge, induction, and the status of moral thought. His new generalized approach to epistemology has applications throughout philosophy, and it will interest all concerned with knowledge, truth, and rationality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780199270736
• ISBN-10: 0199270732
• Artikelnr.: 21087418

Autorenporträt

Christopher Peacocke is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Reasons and Sense
1: Entitlement, Truth, and Content
2: States, Contents, and the Nature of Entitlement
3: Explaining Perceptual Entitlement
4: Extensions and Consequences
5: Induction
6: A Priori Entitlement
7: Moral Rationalism
8: Moral Rationalism, Realism, and the Emotions
9: Conclusion