Man the rational animal : questions and arguments /
This challenging and refreshingly innovative book addresses certain fundamental questions concerning rational legitimacy of some widely held beliefs and provides argument-based answers to such questions, while at the same time encouraging the reader to actively engage with the views put forward and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
University Press of America,
[2016]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780761867937 0761867937 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Prefatory Note; Introduction; 1 What Can We Know and What May We Rationally Believe?; 2 What Are the Necessary and What Are the Sufficient Conditions of Rational Belief?; 3 Can It Ever Be Truly Rational to Believe a Falsehood?; 4 Does Natural Science Set a Norm for What Can Be Rationally Believed?; 5 Is the Belief in Creation Ex Nihilo a Rationally Sustainable Belief?; 6 What Rational Justification Might There Be for Acting Morally?; 7 Is the Existence of Rational Beings Merely a Fortuitous By-Product of Natural Selection?; Index