The philosopher's toolkit

by Baggini, Julian

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Title Statements

Full title :The philosopher's toolkit / Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119103226, 1119103223, 1119103231, 9781119103233
oclc:on1152304810
Dewey Decimal:101

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Alphabetical Table of Contents -- Preface -- Internet Resources for Philosophers -- Chapter 1 Basic Tools for Argument -- 1.1 Arguments, premises, and conclusions -- Argument and inference -- Argument vs explanation -- The place of reason in philosophy -- Premises and conclusions -- Grounds for premises and Agrippa's trilemma? -- 1.2 Deduction -- 1.3 Induction -- Defining induction -- The problem of induction -- A misleading similarity -- Assuming the uniformity of nature? -- A deeper complexity -- A groundless ground?

1.4 Validity and soundness -- Defining validity -- The truth machine -- Soundness -- Importance of validity -- 1.5 Invalidity -- 1.6 Consistency -- Apparent and real inconsistency: the abortion example -- Exceptions to the rule? -- Poetic, religious, or philosophical inconsistency? -- Consistency ≠ truth -- 1.7 Fallacies -- Formal fallacies -- Informal fallacies -- 1.8 Refutation -- Refutation tools -- Inadequate justification -- Conceptual problems -- Using the tool -- 1.9 Axioms -- Defining axioms -- Axiomatic vs natural systems of deduction -- First type of axiom -- Second type of axiom

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