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Truth, Rationality, Cognition, and Music
. Ed(S): Korta, Kepa; Larrazabal, Jesus M.
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Paperback. Proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium on Cognitive Science Editor(s): Korta, Kepa; Larrazabal, Jesus M. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
A speech for the defence in a Paris murder trial, a road-safety slogan, Hobbes' political theory; each appeals to reason of a kind, but it remains an oblique and rhetoricalldnd. Each relies on comparisons rather than on direct statements, and none can override or supersede the conclusions of ethical reasoning proper. Nevertheless, just as slogans may do more for road safety than the mere recital of accident statistics, or of the evidence given at coroners' inquests, so the arguments of a Hobbes or a Bentham may be of greater practical effect than the assertion of genuinely ethical or political statements, ... Read more
A speech for the defence in a Paris murder trial, a road-safety slogan, Hobbes' political theory; each appeals to reason of a kind, but it remains an oblique and rhetoricalldnd. Each relies on comparisons rather than on direct statements, and none can override or supersede the conclusions of ethical reasoning proper. Nevertheless, just as slogans may do more for road safety than the mere recital of accident statistics, or of the evidence given at coroners' inquests, so the arguments of a Hobbes or a Bentham may be of greater practical effect than the assertion of genuinely ethical or political statements, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048165438
SKU
V9789048165438
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