The theory and practice of philosophy /
| Основен автор: | Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York,
Harcourt, Brace and company,
[1946].
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Theory and practice of philosophy. |
Съдържание:
- Preface. The nature and role of philosophy
- The nature of explanation. Essence and purpose : the teleological approach ; Causality and the mechanistic approach ; The meaning of law and the nature of system
- Empirical or scientific method. Science and its method ; The demand for absolute knowledge ; Testing by experience ; Sense-perception ; Critiques of science ; Science, truth, and reality
- What is a man? Man as a twofold being ; Man as ultimately mental ; Man a machine ; A naturalistic account of man ; Problems of the self
- Of human bondage and human freedom. Values, ends, and means ; Freedom ; Liberty ; Techniques of freedom and liberty ; Democracy
- The direction of human affairs. Materialism and idealism ; Interpretation of religion ; Interpretation of art ; The idealist outlook on human affairs ; The materialistic outlook on human affairs.