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A new approach to Hume's problem of induction that justifies the optimality of induction at the level of meta-induction.

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This remarkable fusion of continental and analytic philosophy in the form of extended thought-experiments and a philosophy of artificial language opens up new perspectives on the meaning of human intelligence and agency, and the real potential of posthuman intelligence.

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The ability of the human index finger to point is truly unique in the animal world. In Michaelangelo's Finger Raymond Tallis shows just how central this seemingly insignificant difference has been in determining the amazing evolutionary pathway of the human being.

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Takes us through the nature of Self When you think 'What am I', what's actually doing the thinking Is it a soul, or some other kind of mental entity separate from your body, or are 'you' just a collection of nerve-endings and narratives This book takes us through the nature of Self and its relation to the rest of reality.

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A deeply moving and startlingly original celebration of everyday life, by one of Britain's leading thinkers and writers.

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This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a "five-pound note" with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch.

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"An argument of the importance of analogical reasoning and how it makes human intelligence unique"--

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At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human.

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"A thorough revision of a successful philosophy anthology on the nature of truth. Intended for advanced students"--

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The development of an epistemology that explains how science and art embody and convey understanding.

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What is 'truth' in today's freewheeling, pluralistic world, without certainties or fixed ideas Does it lie in the Reason of Descartes and Kant Is it Derrida's idea of an event, still being made Or, according to Nietzsche, an ensemble of fictions Internationally renowned philosopher John D. Caputo explores truth in the postmodern age.

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"Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technological advancement and global citizenship."--

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"Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technological advancement and global citizenship."--

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A collection of important writings on deflationism. A comparatively new approach, with its roots in the thinking of some early 20th-century philosophers, deflationism rejects all the traditional theories of truth. Contributors include Frege, Quine, Tarski, Ayer, Ramsey, Horwich and Schiffer.

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Epistemic Angst offers a completely new solution to the ancient philosophical problem of radical skepticism--the challenge of explaining how it is possible to have knowledge of a world external to us. Duncan Pritchard argues that the key to resolving this puzzle is to realize that it is composed of two logically distinct problems, each requiring i

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Includes author's concise, accessible, and convincing presentations of his views on human freedom - views that later found expression in such famous works as "Two Concepts of Liberty" and were at the heart of his lifelong work on the Enlightenment and its critics.

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John Lemos' Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism offers an up-to-date introduction to free will (and associated) debates in an engaging, dialogic format that recommends it for use by beginning students in philosophy as well as by undergraduates in intermediate courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and action theory.

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John Lemos' Freedom, Responsibility, and Determinism offers an up-to-date introduction to free will (and associated) debates in an engaging, dialogic format that recommends it for use by beginning students in philosophy as well as by undergraduates in intermediate courses in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and action theory.

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Supposes that people are not usually act knowingly against their interests or other purposes. This title presents an economic account of what an individual can come to know and applies this account to many areas of ordinary life: political participation, religious beliefs, popular knowledge of science, liberalism, extremism, and moral beliefs.

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"Originally published in French as L'individuation a la lumiere des notions de forme et d'information, copyright Editions Jerome Millon, 2005."

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"Originally published in French as L'individuation a la lumiere des notions de forme et d'information, copyright Editions Jerome Millon, 2005."