Partial truths and our common future : a perspectival theory of truth and value /
Crosby, Donald A.,
Partial truths and our common future : a perspectival theory of truth and value / Donald A. Crosby. - 1 online resource - Suny series in American philosophy and cultural thought .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Religion; The Dao and Other Religious Ultimates that CannotBe Spoken; A God of All Creation and of All Peoples; Transcendence and Immanence in Religion of Nature; 1. Nature Transcends Itself Over Endless Time; 2. Nature Exhibits Continuity As Well As Novelty; 3. Nature Is Shrouded In Mystery and Transcends Human Understanding; The Paradox of Existential Certitude; Chapter 2 Science; The Claim to Scientific Objectivity; Assumptions Lying Behind Scientific Reasoning; The Need for Dialogue between Science and Other Fields of Thought; Science and the Future Chapter 3 MoralityTruth and Goodness; Aristotle and Mill; Hobbes and Hume; Kant and Rawls; Obligations to Nature and All the Creatures of Nature; Chapter 4 Economics and Ecology; Earth as Warehouse of Resources for Human Use; Free Markets Automatically and Maximally Benefit Everyone; Healthy Economic Systems Always Exhibit Steady Growth; Globalization is Beneficial to Everyone; Government Deficits are Bad and Should Always be Avoided to the Greatest Possible Extent; Capitalism is Always Good and Any Tendency to Socialism is Bad; Wheeling and Dealing Partiality of Truths as Excuses for InactionChapter 5 Philosophy; Facts and Values; Continuity and Novelty; Rationalism and Empiricism; Mind-Body Dualism and Reductionism; Good and Evil; 1. The Idea of God; 2. The Hope of Heaven; 3. The Character of Nature; 4. Particular Examples of Human Beings; 5. Outlandish Moral Claims; Chapter 6 Humanity; Stunted and Soaring Trees; Signs of Approaching Disaster; 1. Unchecked, Unregulated Capitalism; 2. The Cruelties and Disruptions of Religious Conflicts; 3. The Development and Use of Increasingly Sophisticated and Rabidly Destructive Weapons 4. Regional and Global Ecological DevastationSigns of Hope; 1. Unchecked, Unregulated Capitalism; 2. The Cruelties and Disruptions of Religious Conflicts; 3. The Development and Use of Increasingly Sophisticated and Rabidly Destructive Weapons; 4. Regional and Global Ecological Devastation; Chapter 7 Perspectives; Perspectival Realism; The Necessary Perspectivity of a God's-Eye View of the World; Epistemic Norms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Works Cited; Index
9781438471358 (electronic bk.) 1438471351 (electronic bk.)
Truth.
Vérité.
truth.
PHILOSOPHY--Epistemology.
Truth.
Electronic books.
BD171 / .C76 2018eb
121
Partial truths and our common future : a perspectival theory of truth and value / Donald A. Crosby. - 1 online resource - Suny series in American philosophy and cultural thought .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Religion; The Dao and Other Religious Ultimates that CannotBe Spoken; A God of All Creation and of All Peoples; Transcendence and Immanence in Religion of Nature; 1. Nature Transcends Itself Over Endless Time; 2. Nature Exhibits Continuity As Well As Novelty; 3. Nature Is Shrouded In Mystery and Transcends Human Understanding; The Paradox of Existential Certitude; Chapter 2 Science; The Claim to Scientific Objectivity; Assumptions Lying Behind Scientific Reasoning; The Need for Dialogue between Science and Other Fields of Thought; Science and the Future Chapter 3 MoralityTruth and Goodness; Aristotle and Mill; Hobbes and Hume; Kant and Rawls; Obligations to Nature and All the Creatures of Nature; Chapter 4 Economics and Ecology; Earth as Warehouse of Resources for Human Use; Free Markets Automatically and Maximally Benefit Everyone; Healthy Economic Systems Always Exhibit Steady Growth; Globalization is Beneficial to Everyone; Government Deficits are Bad and Should Always be Avoided to the Greatest Possible Extent; Capitalism is Always Good and Any Tendency to Socialism is Bad; Wheeling and Dealing Partiality of Truths as Excuses for InactionChapter 5 Philosophy; Facts and Values; Continuity and Novelty; Rationalism and Empiricism; Mind-Body Dualism and Reductionism; Good and Evil; 1. The Idea of God; 2. The Hope of Heaven; 3. The Character of Nature; 4. Particular Examples of Human Beings; 5. Outlandish Moral Claims; Chapter 6 Humanity; Stunted and Soaring Trees; Signs of Approaching Disaster; 1. Unchecked, Unregulated Capitalism; 2. The Cruelties and Disruptions of Religious Conflicts; 3. The Development and Use of Increasingly Sophisticated and Rabidly Destructive Weapons 4. Regional and Global Ecological DevastationSigns of Hope; 1. Unchecked, Unregulated Capitalism; 2. The Cruelties and Disruptions of Religious Conflicts; 3. The Development and Use of Increasingly Sophisticated and Rabidly Destructive Weapons; 4. Regional and Global Ecological Devastation; Chapter 7 Perspectives; Perspectival Realism; The Necessary Perspectivity of a God's-Eye View of the World; Epistemic Norms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Works Cited; Index
9781438471358 (electronic bk.) 1438471351 (electronic bk.)
Truth.
Vérité.
truth.
PHILOSOPHY--Epistemology.
Truth.
Electronic books.
BD171 / .C76 2018eb
121