Walking the Tightrope of Reason
by Fogelin, Robert
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- 0195160266
- ISBN 13
- 9780195160260
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Human beings are both supremely rational and deeply superstitious, capable of believing just about anything and of questioning just about everything. Indeed, just as our reason demands that we know the truth, our skepticism leads to doubts we can ever really do so. In Walking the Tightrope of Reason, Robert J. Fogelin guides readers through a contradiction that lies at the very heart of philosophical inquiry. Fogelin argues that our rational faculties insist on a purely rational account of the universe, yet at the same time, the inherent limitations ofthese faculties ensure that we will never fully satisfy that demand. As a result of being driven to this point of paradox, we either comfort ourselves with what Kant called "metaphysical illusions" or adopt a stance of radical skepticism....
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- Strawberry Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036995
- Title
- Walking the Tightrope of Reason
- Author
- Fogelin, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195160266
- ISBN 13
- 9780195160260
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- Octavo
- X weight
- 0 oz
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