Name: Philosophical Explanations
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Author: Robert Nozick
ISBN: 9780674664791

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Nozick

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Year

1981

Language

English

Pages

784

Format

Paperback

Weight

2.00

ISBN

0674664795

ISBN13

9780674664791

Synopsis "Philosophical Explanations "

In this highly original work, Robert Nozick develops new views on philosophy's central topics and weaves them into a unified philosophical perspective. It is many years since a major work in English has ranged so widely over philosophy's fundamental concerns: the identity of the self, knowledge and skepticism, free will, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, the foundations of ethics, the meaning of life. Writing in a distinctive and personal philosophical voice, Mr. Nozick presents a new mode of philosophizing. In place of the usual semi-coercive philosophical goals of proof, of forcing people to accept conclusions, this book seeks philosophical explanations and understanding, and thereby stays truer to the original motivations for being interested in philosophy. Combining new concepts, daring hypotheses, rigorous reasoning, and playful exploration, the book exemplifies how philosophy can be part of the humanities.

Robert Nozick

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Robert Nozick was a philosopher and professor at Harvard University. He also taught at Columbia, Oxford, and Princeton. He made contributions in different areas of philosophy: decision theory, epistemology, and, particularly, political philosophy.

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