Reason and Commitment - Softcover

Trigg, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521097843 ISBN 13: 9780521097840

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1973

Synopsis

Can we justify our most basic beliefs about morality, religion and the nature of the world? Can there be a rational and objective way of choosing between alternative societies, modes of life or world-views? Dr Trigg shows how philosophical analysis is relevant to these questions and criticizes the tendency to emphasize notions of commitment and convention at the expense of truth and reason. He draws parallels between issues that are often too isolated from each other and identifies a cluster of related ideas, all of which stress the notion of self-contained conceptual systems that define their own standards of rationality. First published in 1973, this book will interest professional philosophers as a vigorous and distinctive exposition of several fundamental philosophical problems and more especially it can be used as an introduction for students to a wide range of philosophical problems.

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Book Description

Can we justify our most basic beliefs about the nature of the world? Can there be a objective way of choosing between alternative world-views? Dr Trigg shows how philosophical analysis is relevant to these questions and criticizes the tendency to emphasize notions of commitment and convention at the expense of truth and reason.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521097843
• ISBN 13: 9780521097840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180