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Stroll, Avrum, 1921-2013.

Informal philosophy / Avrum Stroll. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - 1 online resource (xxxiii, 157 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146) and index.

Common sense -- The appeal to ordinary language -- The method of cases -- What philosophy should be.

Informal Philosophy provides an original look at how we should understand and teach philosophy. Avrum Stroll persuasively argues that philosophy should be evaluated using its own methodology and should not merely mimic formal scientific analysis, because while modern science does inform our philosophical views about man and his place in nature, it does not solve philosophical problems. Stroll effectively makes the case for the use of informal philosophy--that is, an approach guided by common sense, appealing to ordinary discourse, and employing a context-driven line of inquiry--to answer philoso.

ISBN: 9780742570290 ebook 0742570290 ebook 128249757X 9781282497573

Standard No.: 9786612497575

Source: 249757 MIL

LCCN: 2021698531

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy.
Philosophy
Philosophie.
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
Philosophy.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B72

Dewey Class. No.: 100