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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
2008
Online ISBN:
9780511812842
Subjects:
Logic, Philosophy

Book description

One of the questions that philosophers discuss is: How can we avoid, or at least reduce, errors when explaining the world? The skeptical answer to this question is: We cannot avoid errors since no statement is certain or even definitely plausible, but we can eliminate some past errors. This book advocates the skeptical position and discusses its practical applications in science, ethics, aesthetics, and politics. It brings philosophy down to earth and comprises an outline of a skeptical guide to the real world.

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Contents

Further Reading
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Agassi, Joseph and Agassi, Aaron, The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics From The Greeks to Einstein.
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Bronowski, Jacob, Science and Human Values.
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Freud, Sigmund, Civilization and Its Discontent.
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