Dilemmas. The Tarner Lectures 1953

Par : George Ryle
    • Nombre de pages111
    • PrésentationBroché
    • FormatGrand Format
    • Poids0.2 kg
    • Dimensions15,2 cm × 22,7 cm × 0,8 cm
    • ISBN978-1-107-53419-3
    • EAN9781107534193
    • Date de parution01/10/2015
    • CollectionPhilosophy Classics
    • ÉditeurCambridge University Press

    Résumé

    Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent ; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense ? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life, and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma : one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side.
    This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface by Barry Stroud.
    Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent ; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense ? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life, and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma : one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side.
    This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface by Barry Stroud.