Philosophy and Mystification: A Reflection on Nonsense and Clarity / Edition 1

by Guy Robinson

Overview

Philosophy and Mystification reflects on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry are carefully grounded in the central problems that have dogged Western philosophy in the modern era: logical necessity, machine intelligence, the relation of science and religion, determinism, scepticism and the questions of foundations and origins.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415178518
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/09/1998
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Guy Robinson taught philosophy at the University of Southampton until his early retirement in 1982. He now lives and works in Dublin.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Philosophy and mystification 1 Understanding nonsense 2 Following and formalization 3 Infinity 4 Miracles 5 How to tell your friends from machines 6 Nature and necessity 7 Skepticism about skepticism 8 Fool’s intelligence 9 Language and the society of others 10 Deus sive natura: science, nature, and ideology 11 On misunderstanding science 12 History and human nature 13 Newton, Euclid, and the foundation of geometry 14 Coda: philosophy and history