Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of PhilosophyJoel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau The Tenth Edition of this leading, topically-organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with careful attention to opposing points of view. |
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... operation of our reason without experience . We fancy that , were we brought on a sudden into this world , we could at first have inferred that one billiard ball would communicate motion to another upon impulse , and that we needed not ...
... operation of our reason without experience . We fancy that , were we brought on a sudden into this world , we could at first have inferred that one billiard ball would communicate motion to another upon impulse , and that we needed not ...
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... operation in particular in- stances , let us see whether this idea be derived from reflection on the operations of ... operation - of this we are so far from being imme- diately conscious that it must forever escape our most diligent ...
... operation in particular in- stances , let us see whether this idea be derived from reflection on the operations of ... operation - of this we are so far from being imme- diately conscious that it must forever escape our most diligent ...
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... operation for me he did for Julia North . I refused . Cohen : You refused ! But Gretchen , why ... ? Miller ... operation must have been Julia , and the survivor of the operation on me would have to be me . This is the assumption you ...
... operation for me he did for Julia North . I refused . Cohen : You refused ! But Gretchen , why ... ? Miller ... operation must have been Julia , and the survivor of the operation on me would have to be me . This is the assumption you ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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