Reason, Truth and Reality / / Daniel Goldstick.
Dan Goldstick's Reason, Truth, and Reality addresses two questions: what sort of world do we inhabit? and what moral obligations do we have? To answer the questions Goldstick mounts a bold contemporary defense of pre-Kantian rationalism. Basing consideration upon a characterization of reason in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One: Introductory
- 1. Introduction
- 2. On Moore's Paradox
- 3. On Factuality
- 4. On the Canons of Deductive Inference
- 5. Preliminary Assault on the Philosophy of Empiricism
- Part Two: On the Canons of Induction
- 6. Preliminary Considerations
- 7. Sensationalism
- 8. Naturalism
- 9. Inductivism
- 10. Pragmatism
- 11. Nihilism, Scepticism, and Decisionism
- 12. Possibility, Probability, Negation, and Change
- 13. Causality and Impermanence
- 14. Simplicity
- 15. How to Reason Inductively
- 16. The Case for Universal Impermanence
- 17. That Determinism Is Incontrovertible
- 18. The Pitfall of Metaphysics
- Part Three: On the Canons of Morality
- 19. Preliminary Considerations
- 20. Sensationalism
- 21. Naturalism
- 22. Inductivism
- 23. Pragmatism
- 24. Nihilism, Scepticism, and Decisionism
- 25. Ethics and Induction
- 26. Mores
- 27. 'Consciencelessness'
- 28. Utility
- 29. Comparing Utilities
- 30. Population
- 31. 'Hypocrisy' Stipulatively Defined
- 32. Utilitarianism Proved
- 33. Conclusion: We Each Sit in Judgment
- Appendix 1: 'Tautology'
- Appendix 2: 'Desire'
- Index