TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blackburn,Simon
TI  - Practical tortoise raising: and other philosophical essays 
SN  - 9780199548057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 192 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
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