Ignorance: A Case for Scepticism - Couverture souple

Unger, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198244177 ISBN 13 : 9780198244172

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1978

Synopsis

In this controversial volume (originally published in 1975) Peter Unger suggests that, not only can nothing ever be known, but no one can ever have a reason at all for anything. A consequence of this is that we cannot have any realistic emotional ties: it can never be conclusively said that someone is happy or sad about anything. Finally he argues that no one can ever say, let alone believe, that anything is the case. In order to get beyond this apparent bind - and this condition of ignorance - Unger proposes a radical departure from the linguistic and epistemological systems we have become accustomed to. Epistemologists, as well as philosophers of mind and language will undoubtedly find in this study of the limitations of language an invaluable philosophical perspective.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Unger is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Philosophical Relativity (1984, OUP 2002), Identity, Consciousness, and Value (OUP 1990), and Living High and Letting Die (OUP 1996).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198244177
• ISBN 13: 9780198244172
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne