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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780195177541 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
128.33 |
| Item number |
F687W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fogelin, R. |
| Relator term |
Author |
| Language of a work |
English |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2388 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Walking the Tightrope of Reason |
| Remainder of title |
: The Precarious Life of a Rational Animal |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
/ by R. Fogelin. |
| Medium |
[Electronic Resource] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
: Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2005 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Human beings are both supremely rational and deeply superstitious, capable of believing just about anything and of questioning just about everything. Indeed, just as our reason demands that we know the truth, our skepticism leads to doubts we can ever really do so. This book guides us through a contradiction that lies at the very heart of philosophical inquiry. The book argues that our rational faculties insist on a purely rational account of the universe; yet at the same time, the inherent limitations of these faculties ensure that we will never fully satisfy that demand. As a result of being driven to this point of paradox, we either comfort ourselves with what Kant called "metaphysical illusions" or adopt a stance of radical skepticism. No middle ground seems possible and, as the book shows, skepticism, even though a healthy dose of it is essential for living a rational life, "has an inherent tendency to become unlimited in its scope, with the result that the edifice of rationality is destroyed." In much Postmodernist thought, for example, skepticism takes the extreme form of absolute relativism, denying the basis for any value distinctions and treating all truth-claims as equally groundless. How reason avoids disgracing itself, walking a fine line between dogmatic belief and self-defeating doubt, is the question the book seeks to answer. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Philosophy Of Mind |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15942 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Philosophy Of Perception |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15943 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Philosophy Of Science |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15944 |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177541.001.0001">http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177541.001.0001</a> |
| Electronic format type |
PDF |
| Link text |
Click to Access the Online Book |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
e-Book |
| Suppress in OPAC |
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