Philosophy: Paradox and DiscoveryPHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY, 4/e presents philosophy as an immediate, vital, and challenging process of discovery. The text has been specifically designed to help students evaluate their beliefs on basic issues and to see philosophy as a process of discovering and examining the paradoxes inherent in those issues. The forty-one readings in PHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY are drawn from classic and contemporary sources. |
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... expression " It is certain that that is a chair " and that it was incorrect to use such expressions as , " It is highly probable that that is a chair " or " It seems very likely that that is a chair " ? A brief excursion into the works ...
... expression " It is certain that that is a chair " and that it was incorrect to use such expressions as , " It is highly probable that that is a chair " or " It seems very likely that that is a chair " ? A brief excursion into the works ...
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... expression is already to make a moral evaluation ; the man expresses a decision that he is morally bound to do whatever God commands . " I ought to do whatever this Z commands " is an expression of moral obligation . To believe in God ...
... expression is already to make a moral evaluation ; the man expresses a decision that he is morally bound to do whatever God commands . " I ought to do whatever this Z commands " is an expression of moral obligation . To believe in God ...
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... expressions of feelings of approval or disapproval . They are merely emotional reactions . In this reading Brand ... expressing his own feeling ; he is not asserting anything true or false , because he is not asserting or judging at all ...
... expressions of feelings of approval or disapproval . They are merely emotional reactions . In this reading Brand ... expressing his own feeling ; he is not asserting anything true or false , because he is not asserting or judging at all ...
Contents
The Paradoxes of Religion | 1 |
The Problem of Evil | 53 |
THE SOULBUILDING ARGUMENT | 65 |
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