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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Page 45
... whole , I will not allow any one part to form a rule for another part if the latter be very remote from the former . Is there any reasonable ground to conclude that the inhab- itants of other planets possess thought , intelligence ...
... whole , I will not allow any one part to form a rule for another part if the latter be very remote from the former . Is there any reasonable ground to conclude that the inhab- itants of other planets possess thought , intelligence ...
Page 56
... whole eternity , no Euro- pean had ever passed into Asia and thought of transplanting so delicious a fruit into his own country ? Or if the tree was once transplanted and propagated , how could it ever afterwards perish ? Empires may ...
... whole eternity , no Euro- pean had ever passed into Asia and thought of transplanting so delicious a fruit into his own country ? Or if the tree was once transplanted and propagated , how could it ever afterwards perish ? Empires may ...
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... whole , which had to be the same . It could be the same game , even if different players were involved . It could be the same game , even if it had been moved to a different field . These other things , the innings , the plays , the ...
... whole , which had to be the same . It could be the same game , even if different players were involved . It could be the same game , even if it had been moved to a different field . These other things , the innings , the plays , the ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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