Practical Tortoise Raising: and other philosophical essays
Author:   Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge and University of North Carolina)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199548057


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge and University of North Carolina)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.648kg
ISBN:  

9780199548057


ISBN 10:   0199548056
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction I. Language and Epistemology 1: From Doing to Saying 2: Success Semantics 3: Practical Tortoise Raising 4: Wittgenstein's Irrealism 5: Circles, Finks, Smells and Biconditionals 6: The Absolute Conception 7: Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog 8: The Majesty of Reason II. Practical Philosophy and Ethics 9: Truth, Goodness and Beauty 10: Dilemmas, Dithering, Plumping, Grief 11: Group Minds and Expressive Harm 12: Trust, Cooperation, and Human Psychology 13: Must we Weep for Sentimentalism? 14: Morality and Thick Concepts 15: Perspectives, Fiction, Error, Play 16: Fiction and Conviction

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unmissable for its title alone Joy Lo Dico, The Independent


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Simon Blackburn is currently the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Melbourne, the University of British Columbia, Oberlin College, Princeton University, Ohio State University, the Universidad Autonomia de Mexico, and was for ten years Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.

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