Practically Profound Putting Philosophy to Work in Everyday Life
- Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2005
- 327p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Belief Are some beliefs better than Others ..........3 True Belief and Standards of Evidence ..........21 Two Kinds of Evidence .............41 Other Kinds of Evidence ...........58 2. Knowledge Knowledge, fraud, error, and Uncertainty........79 Knowledge and Subjectivity .....99 Knowledge and Cultural Relativism .............113 Problems with paradigms .......130 Knowledge and Values .......144 3. Human Nature Human Nature : God, Society and Nature .........167 Causation, Freedom, and Human Responsibility .......188 4. Human Conduct Self-Fulfillment and Following Nature .........217 Obeying Rules .......240 Considering consequences ..........261 The Utility of Rules, rights, and fair Play ..........283