Avrum Stroll accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complete account. Stroll's approach is piecemeal and example-oriented. In stressing the importance of examples, his work runs counter to one of the most powerful and seductive ways of thinking about the world--the Platonic tradition, which ...
Read More
Avrum Stroll accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complete account. Stroll's approach is piecemeal and example-oriented. In stressing the importance of examples, his work runs counter to one of the most powerful and seductive ways of thinking about the world--the Platonic tradition, which denigrates examples in the search for qualities or essences. Stroll favors pluralism, on the ground that this is how the world is.The "landscapes" of the title refers to various conceptual landscapes. Using the methodological approach he calls philosophy by example, the author discusses seven major problems of epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language: skepticism, direct reference theories and natural kinds, the relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic, the logic of examples, direct reference and fiction, holistic theories of meaning, and direct versus indirect realism in perception. It is the author's method that binds together the different topics, but the method is not the message. What matters are the substantive results. His unique analyses reveal new understandings of some difficult problems.
Read Less
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $12.07, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by A Bradford Book.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Bradford Book.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Bradford Book.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $15.02, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by A Bradford Book.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $47.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Bradford Books.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $77.58, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2018 by MIT Press.
Add this copy of Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy By Example to cart. $94.00, very good condition, Sold by Expatriate Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Svendborg, DENMARK, published 1998 by MIT Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xiv, 282 pp. "The author of this work accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complete account. Avrum Stroll's approach is piecemeal and example-oriented. In stressing the importance of examples, his work runs counter to the Platonic tradition, which denigrates examples in the search for qualities or essences-Stroll favours pluralism. The "landscapes" of the title refer to various conceptual landscapes. Using the methodological approach he calls "philosophy by example", the author discusses seven major problems of epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language: skepticism; direct reference theories and natural kinds; the relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic; the logic of examples; direct reference and fiction; holistic theories of meaning; and direct versus indirect realism in perception. It is the author's method that binds together the different topics, but the method is not the message. What matters are the substantive results"-Publisher's description.
