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The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / edited by Rik Peels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterd...

The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / ed...

The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / edited by Rik Peels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterd...

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The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / edited by Rik Peels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, René van Woudenberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. [electronic resource]

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The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / edited by Rik Peels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, René van Woudenberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Alternative title

Cambridge companion to common sense philosophy
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74VKaMogXVQd

MMS ID

991024350418502626

Language

English

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Physical content

1 online resource (ix, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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text

Media type

computer

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online resource

Contents

Introduction: why common sense matters / René van Woudenberg, Rik Peels -- Attitudes towards common sense in ancient Greek philosophy / Richard Bett -- Common sense, science, and scepticism in the early modern world / Stephen I. Wagner -- The Scottish school of common-sense philosophy / Paul Wood -...

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Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2021.

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Summary

Common-sense philosophy is important because it maintains that we can know many things about the world, about ourselves, about morality, and even about things of a metaphysical nature. The tenets of common-sense philosophy, while in some sense obvious and unsurprising, give rise to powerful arguments that can shed light on fundamental philosophical...

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to common-sense philosophy / edited by Rik Peels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, René van Woudenberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. [electronic resource]

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BOOK

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Cambridge companions

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74VKaMogXVQd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaMogXVQd

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ISBN

1-108-59816-1

1-108-63624-1

DDC

121

MMS ID

991024350418502626

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