The theory and practice of philosophy / by Abraham Edel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]Description: 475 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 101
LOC classification:
  • BD21 .E38
Contents:
Preface. The nature and role of philosophy -- The nature of explanation. Essence and purpose: the teleological approach; Causality and the mechanistic approach; The meaning of law and the nature of system -- Empirical or scientific method. Science and its method; The demand for absolute knowledge; Testing by experience; Sense-perception; Critiques of science; Science, truth, and reality -- What is a man? Man as a twofold being; Man as ultimately mental; Man a machine; A naturalistic account of man; Problems of the self -- Of human bondage and human freedom. Values ends, and means; Freedom; Liberty; Techniques of freedom and liberty; Democracy -- The direction of human affairs. Materialism and idealism; Interpretation of religion; Interpretation of art; The idealist outlook on human affairs; The materialistic outlook on human affairs.
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"Suggested readings": p. 461-468.

Preface. The nature and role of philosophy --
The nature of explanation. Essence and purpose: the teleological approach; Causality and the mechanistic approach; The meaning of law and the nature of system --
Empirical or scientific method. Science and its method; The demand for absolute knowledge; Testing by experience; Sense-perception; Critiques of science; Science, truth, and reality --
What is a man? Man as a twofold being; Man as ultimately mental; Man a machine; A naturalistic account of man; Problems of the self --
Of human bondage and human freedom. Values ends, and means; Freedom; Liberty; Techniques of freedom and liberty; Democracy --
The direction of human affairs. Materialism and idealism; Interpretation of religion; Interpretation of art; The idealist outlook on human affairs; The materialistic outlook on human affairs.

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