James B. Freeman

Acceptable Premises (eBook, PDF)

An Epistemic Approach to an Informal Logic Problem

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Produktbeschreibung

When, if ever, is one justified in accepting the premises of an argument? What is the proper criterion of premise acceptability? Can the criterion be theoretically or philosophically justified? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive theory of premise acceptability and it answers the questions above from an epistemological approach that the author calls common sense foundationalism. It will be eagerly sought out not just by specialists in informal logic, critical thinking, and argumentation theory but also by a broader range of philosophers and those teaching rhetoric.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511081224
• Artikelnr.: 38201437

Autorenporträt

James B. Freeman is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Acceptability: Dialectical and Epistemological Considerations: 1. Why do we need a theory of acceptability?
2. Acceptability and presumption
3. Factors determining presumption: basic considerations
4. Epistemological considerations: acceptability, deontology, internalism, justification
Part II. Statements, Belief-Generating Mechanisms, and Presumptive Reliability: 5. What types of statements are there?
6. Necessary statements and a priori intuition
7. Descriptions and their belief-generating mechanisms
8. Interpretations and their modes of intuition
9. Evaluations and the moral faculties
10. Taking one's word: the interpersonal belief-generating mechanism
Part III. Practice and Perspective: 11. An outline of the practice of epistemic causistry
12. Theoretical considerations: a common sense foundationalism.