Reason and Commitment

by Roger Trigg

Overview

Can we justify our most basic beliefs about morality, religion and the nature of the world? Can there be a rational and objective way of choosing between alternative societies, modes of life or world-views? Dr Trigg shows how philosophical analysis is relevant to these questions and criticizes the tendency to emphasize notions of commitment and convention at the expense of truth and reason. He draws parallels between issues that are often too isolated from each other and identifies a cluster of related ideas, all of which stress the notion of self-contained conceptual systems that define their own standards of rationality. First published in 1973, this book will interest professional philosophers as a vigorous and distinctive exposition of several fundamental philosophical problems and more especially it can be used as an introduction for students to a wide range of philosophical problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521097840
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/17/1973
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

1. Conceptual relativism; 2. Wittgenstein and religious concepts; 3. Commitment; 4. Forms of life; 5. The rationality of commitments; 6. Relativism and disagreement; 7. Rationality; Bibliography; Index.