Philosophy and Mystification: A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity
Author:   Guy Robinson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415757416


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   27 February 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Philosophy and Mystification: A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity


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Author:   Guy Robinson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415757416


ISBN 10:   041575741
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   27 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Philosophy and mystification 1 Understanding nonsense 2 Following and formalization 3 Infinity 4 Miracles 5 How to tell your friends from machines 6 Nature and necessity 7 Skepticism about skepticism 8 Fool’s intelligence 9 Language and the society of others 10 Deus sive natura: science, nature, and ideology 11 On misunderstanding science 12 History and human nature 13 Newton, Euclid, and the foundation of geometry 14 Coda: philosophy and history

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Guy Robinson taught philosophy at the University of Southampton until his early retirement in 1982. He now lives and works in Dublin.

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