Practical tortoise raising : and other philosophical essays /
Blackburn, Simon, 1944-
Practical tortoise raising : and other philosophical essays / Simon Blackburn. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - viii, 338 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction
I. Practical philosophy and ethics
1. Practical tortoise raising
2. Truth, beauty, and goodness
3. Dilemmas: dithering, plumping, and grief
4. Group minds and expressive harm
5. Trust, cooperation, and human psychology
6. Must we weep for sentimentalism?
7. Through thick and thin
8. Perspectives, fictions, errors, play
II. Language and Epistemology
9. The steps from doing to saying
10. Success semantics
11. Wittgenstein's irrealism
12. Circles, finks, smells, and biconditionals
13. The absolute conception: Putnam vs. Williams
14. Julius Caesar and George Berkeley play leapfrog
15. The majesty of reason
16. Fiction and conviction.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-333) and index.
Practical philosophy and ethics -- Practical tortise raising -- Truth, beauty, and goodness -- Dilemmas: dithering, plumping, and grief -- Group minds and expressive harm -- Trust, cooperation, and human psychology -- Must we weep for sentimentalism? -- Through thick and thin -- Perspectives, fictions, errors, play -- The steps from doing to saying -- Success semantics -- Wittgenstein's irrealism -- Circles, finks, smells, and biconditionals -- The absolute conception: Putnam vs. Williams -- Julius Caesar and George Berkeley play leapfrog -- The majesty of reason -- Fiction and conviction.
9780199548057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2010927210
Philosophy.
192 / BLA
Practical tortoise raising : and other philosophical essays / Simon Blackburn. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - viii, 338 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction
I. Practical philosophy and ethics
1. Practical tortoise raising
2. Truth, beauty, and goodness
3. Dilemmas: dithering, plumping, and grief
4. Group minds and expressive harm
5. Trust, cooperation, and human psychology
6. Must we weep for sentimentalism?
7. Through thick and thin
8. Perspectives, fictions, errors, play
II. Language and Epistemology
9. The steps from doing to saying
10. Success semantics
11. Wittgenstein's irrealism
12. Circles, finks, smells, and biconditionals
13. The absolute conception: Putnam vs. Williams
14. Julius Caesar and George Berkeley play leapfrog
15. The majesty of reason
16. Fiction and conviction.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-333) and index.
Practical philosophy and ethics -- Practical tortise raising -- Truth, beauty, and goodness -- Dilemmas: dithering, plumping, and grief -- Group minds and expressive harm -- Trust, cooperation, and human psychology -- Must we weep for sentimentalism? -- Through thick and thin -- Perspectives, fictions, errors, play -- The steps from doing to saying -- Success semantics -- Wittgenstein's irrealism -- Circles, finks, smells, and biconditionals -- The absolute conception: Putnam vs. Williams -- Julius Caesar and George Berkeley play leapfrog -- The majesty of reason -- Fiction and conviction.
9780199548057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2010927210
Philosophy.
192 / BLA