Reason and Commitment

Trigg, Roger

ISBN 10: 0521201195 / ISBN 13: 9780521201193

Published by Cambridge University Press,, 1973

About this Item

Hardback. 172pp. Draws particularly on the work of Wittgenstein. Aimed at undergraduates. Neat black boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is very rubbed to the head of the spine. Some pencil annotation. Binding is sound. Good+ copy in good dust wrapper Good+, sound copy in good dust wrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reason and Commitment
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
• Publication Date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0521201195
• ISBN 13: 9780521201193
• Binding: Hardback
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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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.

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.