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100 1 _aBlackburn, Simon,
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245 1 0 _aPractical tortoise raising :
_band other philosophical essays /
_cSimon Blackburn.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 338 p. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aContents 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [324]-333) and index.
505 0 _aPractical 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.
650 0 _aPhilosophy.
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