The World Philosophy Made : : From Plato to the Digital Age / / Scott Soames.
How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live inPhilosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts, reinterpreting old truths, and reconceptualizing fundamental questions, philosophy has progressed-and driven human progress-for more than two mi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (464 p.) :; 13 b/w illus. 1 table. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. THE DAWN OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
- CHAPTER 2. A TRUCE BE TWEEN FAITH AND REASON
- CHAPTER 3. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE
- CHAPTER 4. FREE SOCIETIES, FREE MARKETS, AND FREE PEOPLE
- CHAPTER 5. MODERN LOGIC AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS
- CHAPTER 6. LOGIC , COMPUTATION, AND THE BIRTH OF THE DIGITAL AGE
- CHAPTER 7. THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER 8. THE SCIENCE OF RATIONAL CHOICE
- CHAPTER 9. MIND, BODY, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- CHAPTER 10. PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS
- CHAPTER 11. LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND THE GOOD SOCIETY
- CHAPTER 12. LAWS, CONSTITUTIONS, AND THE STATE
- CHAPTER 13. THE OBJECTIVITY OF MORALITY
- CHAPTER 14. VIRTUE, HAPPINESS, AND MEANING IN THE FACE OF DEATH
- APPENDIX. THE NOBLE DEATHS OF SOCRATES AND DAVID HUME
- BIOS OF LEADING FIGURES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX