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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... things thus far listed by introducing the idea of a contingent thing as a thing that logically might have been on the other side of the line from the side it actually is on . The planet Mars and the Abominable Snowman are contingent things ...
... things thus far listed by introducing the idea of a contingent thing as a thing that logically might have been on the other side of the line from the side it actually is on . The planet Mars and the Abominable Snowman are contingent things ...
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... things , then , will be all those things that , unlike the round square , are not impossible things . Suppose we con- cede to Anselm that God , as he conceives of Him , is a possible thing . Now , of course , the mere knowl- edge that ...
... things , then , will be all those things that , unlike the round square , are not impossible things . Suppose we con- cede to Anselm that God , as he conceives of Him , is a possible thing . Now , of course , the mere knowl- edge that ...
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... things as I find them . To be plain , it is my opinion that the real things are those very things I see and feel , and perceive by my senses . These I know and , finding they answer all the necessities and purposes of life , have no ...
... things as I find them . To be plain , it is my opinion that the real things are those very things I see and feel , and perceive by my senses . These I know and , finding they answer all the necessities and purposes of life , have no ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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