Ignorance: A Case for Scepticism (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

Unger, Peter

ISBN 10: 0198244177 / ISBN 13: 9780198244172

Edité par Clarendon Press/Oxford, 1979

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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.

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 bibliographiques

Titre : Ignorance: A Case for Scepticism (Clarendon ...
Éditeur : Clarendon Press/Oxford
Date d'édition : 1979
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : very_good