{"product_id":"a-modest-certainty-9780761858973","title":"A Modest Certainty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchubert squarely addresses the question of whether there is a single standard of certainty that can be applied to such disparate areas as logic, mathematics, politics, religion, familial\/tribal commitments, and science. The result is a new âœphilosophy in a grand mannerâ and a powerful ethical proposal for our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  I. Personal Proper Names as a Certainty Standard: Plato to Russell  Plato Aristotle Medieval Nominalism: Abelard and Ockham Descartes Enlightenment “nominalism”: Hobbes, Locke, Reid, Hume Kant Mill and Frege Russell  II. Personal Proper Names as a Certainty Standard: Wittgenstein to Brandom  Wittgenstein Godel, Carnap and Ayer Quine Kripke Searle Brandom  III. Religious Certainty  Religious Facts The Illative Sense Testimony Composite Judgment  IV. Political Certainty  Tacit Normative Inclusion Juxtaposition Metanarrative Citizen Spells  V. Familial\/Tribal Certainty  Socialization Grice Gettier Grue De Re and De Dicto Aggregated Knowledge as Home Spells (Again)   VI. Scientific Certainty  Maps and Posits Characterizations Negative-Free Characterizations Scientific Characterizations Natural, Aqueous and “Filled-In” Kinds Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend Communities of Tacit Knowledge  VII. Certainty As We Understand It  Reason-Exchanging Practices Problematic Background\/Inventory Perfect and Imperfect Characterizations As We Understand It","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037872030039,"sku":"9780761858973","price":64.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761858973.jpg?v=1750937939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-modest-certainty-9780761858973","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}