Solipsism for Beginners
Author | : MacEochaidh Daithidh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2004-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781904646181 |
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Author | : MacEochaidh Daithidh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2004-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781904646181 |
Author | : William Lewis Todd |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9401188297 |
Philosophers usually have been anxious to avoid solipsism. A large number of good and great philosophers have tried to refute it. Of course, these philosophers have not always had the same target in mind and, like everything else, solipsism over the centuries has become increasingly elusive and subtle. In this book I undertake to state the position in its most modern and what I take to be its most plausible form. At some points in the history of philosophy the solipsist has been one who denied the existence of everything except himself or even the existence of everything except his own present sensations. At other times, the solipsist instead of doubting these things has merely insisted that there could be no good reason for believing in the existence of anything beyond one's own present sensations. Roughly, this doubt is aimed at reasons rather than at things. A solipsist of this sort appears in Santayana's Scepticism and Animal Faith.
Author | : Jack Dunietz |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2011-01-22 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1257096842 |
Diary dated June 12: Prologue, through July 1: Epilogue, whose academic text (the thesis) is embodied in the footnotes.
Author | : Herbert Ernest Cushman |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2023-12-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
A Beginner's History of Philosophy helps a reader shape a general notion of the leading philosophical ideas of the world. It starts with Greek and Roman philosophy, focusing on such prominent personalities as Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, and others. Then the author goes into the political and historical background of the Middle Ages, pays attention to the primary schools of the period, and moves on to the eras of Renaissance and Enlightenment. Finally, a reader learns the main ideas of Berkley, Hume, Bacon, Locke, the imperatives of Kant, and the return to realism at the beginning of the 19th century.
Author | : Rebecca Wolff |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-07-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1594485798 |
Theo and Raquel Motherwell are the only newcomers to the sleepy town of Wick in fifteen-year-old Ginger Pritt’s memory. Hampered by a lingering innocence while her best friend, Cherry, grows more and more embroiled with boys, Ginger is instantly attracted to the worldliness of this dashing couple. But as Ginger’s keen imagination takes up the seductive mystery of their past, she is only left with more questions. Who—or what—exactly, are the Motherwells? And what is it they want with her? Both a lyrical coming-of-age story and a spine-tingling tale of ghostly menace, The Beginners introduces Rebecca Wolff as an exciting new talent in fiction.
Author | : Michael Palmer |
Publisher | : Lutterworth Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2013-02-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0718840771 |
"'Hurray for Michael Palmer!' is how Michael Martin, the distinguished American philosopher, greeted Palmer's The Atheist's Primer (Lutterworth, 2012). Atheism for Beginners, by providing a 'coursebook for schools and colleges,' differs from its predecessor in being designed specifically for teachers and their students. Yet, although different in focus and format, the intention remains the same: to reinstate the importance of philosophy within the debate about God's existence and to act as a corrective tothe largely Darwinian criticisms levelled against religious belief by Richard Dawkins and the so-called 'new atheists'. So, in Palmer's lively history of atheism, extending from the ancient Greeks to the present day, we meet the enduring philosophical arguments against God and the great literature in which they are expressed. Atheism for Beginners is user-friendly and presumes no special grounding in philosophy. Throughout assistance is given by numerous aids to learning: there are exercises, marginal notes, essay questions, bibliographies and a glossary. Also provided are fourteen short biographies of famous atheists. In these respects Palmer follows the format first presented in his widely-read Moral Problems of 1991, long established as a core text inthe teaching of philosophy. In Atheism for Beginners, Palmer covers the main atheistic arguments, discussing issues such as creation, morality, evil, miracles and the motivations of belief. Particular attention is paid to the work of Hume, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud, with a special chapter devoted to the development of 'disproof atheism'. Atheism is often criticized for being unduly pessimistic: that without God there is nothing to look forward to, no life after death, no final righting of wrongs and no hope of salvation. But this, Palmer argues, is 'a slander against the atheistic outlook'. He concludes, therefore, on a positive note, explaining that happiness and personal fulfilment are to be found in the very materialism that religious belief rejects."
Author | : E. Teensma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Induction (Logic) |
ISBN | : 9789060842843 |
Author | : Alan Chapman |
Publisher | : Aeon Books |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2008-12-31 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1780498144 |
A new paradigm that delivers a genuine transformation of occultism. The author assumes no previous knowledge, only a willingness to explore what magick offers, yet it is apparent to anyone with a background in the subject that Alan Chapman is drawing on a wide range of experience, from classical Crowleyean Magick, to eastern metaphysics, and back again to Discordianism and Chaos Magick. Chapman's writing-style is humorous, direct, seductively logical, and his enthusiasm for the benefits of magick is both tangible and infectious. The novice magician will indeed find themselves equipped to commence all sorts of magickal operations: trance work, enchantment, divination, and even some of the higher forms of spiritual development. To experienced magicians, Chapman offers a subtler challenge: he revitalises magick by cutting it free from the extreme relativism Chaos Magick bequeathed, provocatively redefining it as: the art, science and culture of experiencing truth.
Author | : Richard A. Watson |
Publisher | : St. Augustine's Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Solipsism |
ISBN | : 9781587315893 |
"The specter haunting modern philosophy is not the ghost in the machine: it is solipsism."
Author | : Vladimir Hedrih |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2022-02-25 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1000546187 |
Interpreting Statistics for Beginners teaches readers to correctly read and interpret results of basic statistical procedures as they are presented in scientific literature, and to understand what they can and cannot infer from such results. The first of its kind, this book explains key elements of scientific paradigms and philosophical concepts that the use of statistics is based on and introduces readers to basic statistical concepts, descriptive statistics and basic elements and procedures of inferential statistics. Explanations are accompanied with detailed examples from scientific publications to demonstrate how the procedures are used and correctly interpreted. Additionally, Interpreting Statistics for Beginners shows readers how to recognize pseudoscientific claims that use statistics or statements not based on the presented data, which is an important skill for every professional relying on statistics in their work. Written in an easy-to-read style and focusing on explaining concepts behind statistical calculations, the book is most helpful for readers with no previous training in statistics, and also those wishing to bridge the conceptual gap between doing the statistical calculations and interpreting the results.