For the Sake of Argument: How to Do Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781554813377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 160 str.

Robert M. Martin

Opis

This unique book provides everything one needs to get started in philosophy.

Spis treści

Part 0: Introduction

Part 1: Truth

• Why Truth?
  
• Bullshit
  
• Beliefs of No Consequence
  
• Okay But Remembers We’re Talking about Philosophy
  
• Consequences?

Part 2: The Right Way to Argue

• And the Wrong Way to Argue
  
• A Social Activity
  
• Respect and Open Questions
  
• What Not to Imitate
  
• Common(s) Ad Hominem Fallacies

Part 3: Writing Philosophy

• Why
  
• How

Part 4: Good and Bad Writing

• Clarity
  
• The Disvalue of the Obscure
  
• Jargon
  
• Examples
  
• Greening
  
• Awful Language
  
• Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Part 5: How Arguments Work

• The Basic Structures
  
• Deduction
  
• Induction

Part 6: “That’s Like Arguing”

• Critiquing Other Kinds of Arguments

Part 7: Where You Get True Premises: The Obvious

• True/Justified Premises
  
• The Paradox of Justification
  
• Maybe Needs No Justification: The Self-Evident
  
• Maybe Needs No Justification: Common Sense
  
• Maybe Needs No Justification: Evidence of Your Senses

Part 8: Where You Get True Premises: Authorities

• Maybe Needs No Justification: What Authorities Say
  
• Authority and Truth
  
• Citing Philosophers
  
• Citing Other Works

Part 9: Where You Get True Premises: Analysis

• Justifying and Refuting Analyses
  
• A Priori
  
• Questions about Analysis
  
• The Practicality of Argumentation

Part 10: The Thought Experiment

• Imaginary Experiments
  
• Philosophical Thought Experiments

Part 11: Inference to the Best Explanation

• The Best Explanation
  
• Theory
  
• Other Criteria for a Good Explanation
  
• Philosophical Inferences to the Best Theoretical Explanation: Some Examples

Part 12: Afterword

Appendix 1: Some Very Brief Suggestions about Further Reading

Appendix 2: Forms for Footnotes and Bibliography

Appendix 3: Glossary