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Cambridge University Press Meaning and Relevance
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Cambridge University Press Perception Knowledge and Belief
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Cambridge University Press Perception Knowledge and Belief
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Cambridge University Press Kants Critique of Pure Reason Background Source Materials Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context
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Cambridge University Press Kants Critique of Pure Reason Background Source Materials Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context
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Cambridge University Press Physicalism and Its Discontents
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Cambridge University Press Divine Hiddenness
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Cambridge University Press Augustine On the Free Choice of the Will On Grace and Free Choice and Other Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354â430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make their own choices; on the other hand, God's grace is required for these choices to be efficacious. 'On the Free Choice of the Will', 'On Grace and Free Choice', 'On Reprimand and Grace' and 'On the Gift of Perseverance' set out Augustine's theory of human responsibility, and sketch a subtle reconciliation of will and grace. This volume is the first to bring together Augustine's early and later writings on these two themes, in a new translation by Peter King, enabling the reader to see what Augustine regarded as the crowning achievement of his work. The volume also includes a clear and accessible introduction that analyzes Augustine's key philosophical lines of thought.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the texts; List of abbreviations; On the Free Choice of the Will; Reconsiderations, 1.9; Confessions, 8.8.19-8.10.24; Confessions, 7.3.5; On Grace and Free Choice; On Reprimand and Grace; On the Gift of Perseverance, 8.16-13.33; Index of works cited; Index of names and subjects.
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Probability
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Cambridge University Press Silence and the Word
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Islamic Philosophical Writings
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Cambridge University Press The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
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Cambridge University Press Popper Otto Selz and the Rise Of Evolutionary Epistemology
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Representation and Objectivity
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Cambridge University Press Our Knowledge of the Past
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Lockes Essay Concerning Human Understanding Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality
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Cambridge University Press Truth and Truthmakers
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Cambridge University Press Naturalistic Hermeneutics
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Cambridge University Press Socratic Epistemology
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Cambridge University Press Hunting Causes and Using Them Approaches in Philosophy and Economics
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Cambridge University Press The Paradox of Predictivism
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Cambridge University Press Identity
Book SynopsisIdentity criteria are powerful tools for the metaphysician. They tell us when items are identical or distinct. Some varieties of identity criteria also try to explain in virtue of what items are identical or distinct. This Element has two objectives: to discuss formulations of identity criteria and to take a closer look at one notorious criterion of object identity, Leibniz's Law. The first section concerns the form of identity criteria. The second section concerns the better-regarded half of Leibniz's Law, the indiscernibility of identicals. The third section turns to the more controversial half of Leibniz's Law, the identity of indiscernibles. The author considers alternatives to Leibniz's Law as well as the possibility that there are no adequate identity criteria to be found.Table of Contents1. Identity Criteria; 2. Leibniz's Law: The Indiscernibility of Identicals; 3. Leibniz's Law: The Identity of Indiscernibles; 4. Counterexamples to the Identity of Indiscernibles and Alternatives to Leibniz's Law; 5. Concluding Remarks; References.
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Cambridge University Press Metaphysical Realism and AntiRealism
Book SynopsisMinimally, metaphysical realists hold that there exist some mind-independent entities. Metaphysical realists also (tend to) hold that we can speak meaningfully or truthfully about mind-independent entities. Those who reject metaphysical realism deny one or more of these commitments. This Element aims to introduce the reader to the core commitments of metaphysical realism and to illustrate how these commitments have changed over time by surveying some of the main families of views that realism has been contrasted with: such as (radical) scepticism, idealism, and anti-realism.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What is Metaphysical Realism?; 3. Rejecting Realism; 4. The Prospects for Realism.
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Cambridge University Press Foundationalism
Book SynopsisFoundationalism is a view about the structure of knowledge and justification. The heart of the thesis is the claim that if there is any knowledge or justified belief at all, then there is a kind of knowledge and justified belief that does not require inference from something else known or justifiably believed. This Element begins by exploring abstract arguments for foundationalism and against proposed alternatives. It then explores disagreements among foundationalists about how to understand foundational knowledge and justified belief, what is plausibly included in the foundations, and what is required for legitimate inference from foundations to the rest of what we believe. The author argues for the conclusion that one can combine insights captured by different versions of foundationalism by making a distinction between ideal justification and justification that falls short of that ideal.Table of Contents1. The Structure of Knowledge and Justified Belief; 2. What Could Make A Belief Noninferentially Justified?; 3. What Belongs in the Foundations?; 4. Traditional Foundationalism and the Challenge of Skepticism; References.
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Cambridge University Press The A Priori without Magic
Book SynopsisThe distinction between the a priori and the a posteriori is an old and influential one. But both the distinction itself and the crucial notion of a priori knowledge face powerful philosophical challenges. Many philosophers worry that accepting the a priori is tantamount to accepting epistemic magic. In contrast, this Element argues that the a priori can be formulated clearly, made respectable, and used to do important epistemological work. The author''s conception of the a priori and its role falls short of what some historical proponents of the notion may have hoped for, but it allows us to accept and use the notion without abandoning either naturalism or empiricism, broadly understood. This Element argues that we can accept and use the a priori without magic.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Epistemic Evaluation; 2. Characterizing the A Priori; 3. A Priori Through Innateness; 4. Against Rationalism; 5. A Theory of the A Priori; 6. Challenge Cases; 7. Defending Robust A Priori; 8. A Priori in the Epistemological Joints; 9. The Nature of Epistemology; References.
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Cambridge University Press Platos SunLike Good
Book SynopsisIn this book, Sarah Broadie presents an original and lucid in-depth discussion of theRepublic's philosopher-rulers, their dialectic, and their relationship to the form of the good. By reconceiving that form as 'interrogative', the book interprets those central reference-points of Platonism in down-to-earth terms without undermining Plato's philosophical greatness.Trade Review'Sarah Broadie's new book is one of the most exciting and important books I have read on Plato's Republic. Its rigorous and systematic challenge to orthodox ways of understanding what the form of good is, and why mathematics plays a central role in a philosopher's education, will be debated for many years to come.' Richard Kraut, Northwestern University'… exemplary and inspiring.' William Altman, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1. Approaching the Sun-Good Analogy: 1.1 Introductory; 1.2 The philosopher-rulers' intellectual task; 1.3 'The most important thing to learn': Between plural and singular; 1.4 What further knowledge does the longer way achieve?; Part 2. The Form of the Good and Knowledge: 2.1 Sun, cave, and sun again; 2.2 Connecting sun and line; 2.3 Higher and lower intellectual levels; 2.4 Mathematical versus dialectical hypotheses; 2.5 Saphēneia; 2.6 The form of the good as non-hypothetical principle; 2.7 Dialectic and the good: Some questions; 2.8 The role of the form of the good in dialectic; 2.9 Some objections and replies; 2.10 Textual counterevidence; 2.11 The non-hypothetical principle as first premiss?; 2.12 The form of the good as object of definition?; 2.13 Dialectic and experience; 2.14 Diagrams, dialectic, and context; 2.15 Dialectic in government; 2.16 Not rigorous enough?; 2.17 Why is dialectic cognitively superior to mathematics?; 2.18 Why are we shown so little about dialectic in the Republic?; 2.19 True philosophers versus sight-lovers; 2.20 Criteria and scope of 'good'; 2.21 Main positions of Parts 1 and 2; Part 3. The Form of the Good and Being: 3.1 Preliminaries; 3.2 First proposal; 3.3 Interim discussion of 505a2-4; 3.4 Second proposal; 3.5 Perfectionist accounts; 3.6 System accounts; Part 4. Various Further Questions: 4.1 Ambiguity of 'the good' (I); 4.2 Ambiguity of 'the good' (II); 4.3 Why the mathematical education?; 4.4 Cosmology, theology; Part 5. Winding Up.
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Cambridge University Press Stoic Eros
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology, the first to appear on the topic, introduces the current state of religious epistemology and provides a discussion of fundamental topics related to the epistemology of religious belief. Comprehensive and accessible, it will advance the field for years to come.Trade Review'This volume of essays is an exciting step forward in religious epistemology. Written by distinguished philosophers from epistemology and philosophy of religion, it covers traditional topics such as faith & reason, natural theology, miracles, and religious experience, as well as newer directions from religious disagreement, religious practices, or debunking arguments, among others; and chapters on Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu epistemologies offer rich insights from specific religious traditions. Highly recommended.' Matthew Benton, Seattle Pacific UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Jonathan Fuqua and Tyler McNabb; Part I. Faith and Rationality: 1. Natural theology and religious belief Max Baker-Hytch; 2. Evidence and religious belief Kevin McCain; 3. Reformed epistemology Michael Bergmann; 4. Rationality and miracles Charity Anderson; 5. Pragmatic arguments for theism Elizabeth Jackson; 6. Skepticism, fideism, and religious epistemology Duncan Pritchard; 7. Faith and reason Daniel Howard-Snyder and Daniel J. McKaughan; Part II. Religious Traditions: 8. Jewish religious epistemology Samuel Lebens; 9. Christian religious epistemology Sandra L. Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan; 10. Islamic religious epistemology Enis Doko and Jamie B. Turner; 11. Hindu religious epistemology Thomas A. Forsthoefel; 12. Buddhist religious epistemology Victoria S. Harrison and John Zhao; Part III. New Directions: 13. Trust, testimony, and religious belief Laura Frances Callahan; 14. Religious disagreement Katherine Dormandy; 15. Franciscan knowledge Lorraine Juliano Keller; 16. The epistemology of religious practices Terence Cuneo; 17. Knowledge-first epistemology and religious belief Christina H. Dietz and John Hawthorne; 18. Epistemic disjunctivism and religious knowledge Kegan J. Shaw; 19. Debunking arguments and religious belief Joshua C. Thurow; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Galens Epistemology
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Cambridge University Press Kripkes Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language at 40
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Cambridge University Press Laws of Nature
Book SynopsisThis Element provides an opinionated introduction to the metaphysics of laws of nature. It distinguishes between scientific and philosophical questions about laws and explores the leading philosophical theories in detail, reviewing the most influential arguments in the literature.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Humeanism; 3. Objections to Humeanism; 4. Non-Humean Theories of Laws; 5. Conceptual Objections to Non-Humeanism; 6. Further Problems for Non-Humean Theories; 7. The Explanatory Argument for Non-Humeanism; 8. Epistemological and Methodological Issues; 9. An Alternative to Humeanism and Non-Humeanism.
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Cambridge University Press Dispositions and Powers
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Cambridge University Press HigherOrder Evidence and Calibrationism
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Cambridge University Press The Nature and Normativity of Defeat
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Cambridge University Press Husserls Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
Book SynopsisHusserl''s Philosophy of Mathematical Practice explores the applicability of the phenomenological method to philosophy of mathematical practice. The first section elaborates on Husserl''s own understanding of the method of radical sense-investigation (Besinnung), with which he thought the mathematics of his time should be approached. The second section shows how Husserl himself practiced it, tracking both constructive and platonistic features in mathematical practice. Finally, the third section situates Husserlian phenomenology within the contemporary philosophy of mathematical practice, where the examined styles are more diverse. Husserl''s phenomenology is presented as a method, not a fixed doctrine, applicable to study and unify philosophy of mathematical practice and the metaphysics implied in it. In so doing, this Element develops Husserl''s philosophy of mathematical practice as a species of Kantian critical philosophy and asks after the conditions of possibility of social and self-critical mathematical practices.
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Cambridge University Press Chemistrys Metaphysics
Book SynopsisThis Element establishes this claim by showing how key metaphysical issues are informed by drawing on chemistry. Five metaphysical topics are investigated, each of which illuminates the novel ways that metaphysics of science can be informed by chemistry. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Natural kinds; 3. Realism and reduction; 4. Laws and causes; 5. Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy Bullshit and Peer Review
Book SynopsisThis Element examines some of the concerns on peer review that it no longer is fit to ensure that published work meets high standards of rigor and interest. It uses evidence that critics of peer review sometimes cite to show its failures. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Bullshit philosophy; 2. Intellectual charity in everyday (Academic) life; 3. Too much trust? The lesson of hoaxes; 4. Publication requires commitment; 5. In Lieu of a conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press God and the Problem of Epistemic Defeaters
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Cambridge University Press Resistance to Evidence
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Cambridge University Press Why Read Pascal Today
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Cambridge University Press Knowing What It Is Like
Book SynopsisWhat kind of knowledge does one have when one knows what it is like to, say, fall in love, eat vegemite?, be a parent, or ride a bike? This Element addresses this question by exploring the tension between two plausible theses about this form of knowledge: (i) that to possess it one must have had the corresponding experience, and (ii) that to possess it one must know an answer to the ''what it is like'' question. The Element shows how the tension between these two theses helps to explain existing debates about this form of knowledge, as well as puzzling conflicts in our attitudes towards the possibility of sharing this knowledge through testimony, or other sources like literature, theories, and simulations. The author also offers a view of ''what it is like'' knowledge which can resolve both the tension between (i) and (ii), and these puzzles around testimony.
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Cambridge University Press Mathematical Rigour and Informal Proof
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Cambridge University Press Intuition in Kant
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Cambridge University Press Pragmatism Revisited
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Cambridge University Press The Nature and Normativity of Defeat
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Cambridge University Press KnowledgeFirst Epistemology
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