Dilemmas

Gilbert Ryle

ISBN 10: 1107113628 / ISBN 13: 9781107113626

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma: one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side. This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first-century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface written by Barry Stroud.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dilemmas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107113628
• ISBN 13: 9781107113626
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 11D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 336 grams

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Synopsis

Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma: one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side. This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first-century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface written by Barry Stroud.

About the Author

Gilbert Ryle (1900–76) published widely on a variety of philosophical topics, including philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, but was perhaps best known for his work on philosophical behaviourism and his critique of Cartesian dualism.