Summary of Michael Huemer's Knowledge, Reality, And Value
Everest Media
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Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
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Publisher:
Everest Media LLC
Everest Media LLC
DRM:
Open - No Protection
Open - No Protection
Publication Year:
2022
2022
ISBN-13:
9781669363309
Description:
Please note:This audiobook has been generated using AI Voice. This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Ship of Theseus is a classic philosophical problem. It asks whether a certain ship, which was damaged and replaced its wooden parts one by one, is the same ship as the original. It is not a scientific question, but it is not entirely without answer.
#2 The subject matter of philosophy is extremely broad. It ranges from general questions about what exists and what sort of world this is, to questions about the nature of knowledge and how we know what we think we know.
#3 The branches of philosophy are ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, logic, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. They all study questions that are similar to those studied by religion and science, but they approach them using different methods.
#4 The difference between religion and philosophy is that with religion, there are often key claims that one is meant to accept because they come from a particular person, or institution, or book, etc. And one is supposed to trust that person or institution or book because it (or its author) had a form of supernatural access to the truth.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Ship of Theseus is a classic philosophical problem. It asks whether a certain ship, which was damaged and replaced its wooden parts one by one, is the same ship as the original. It is not a scientific question, but it is not entirely without answer.
#2 The subject matter of philosophy is extremely broad. It ranges from general questions about what exists and what sort of world this is, to questions about the nature of knowledge and how we know what we think we know.
#3 The branches of philosophy are ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, logic, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. They all study questions that are similar to those studied by religion and science, but they approach them using different methods.
#4 The difference between religion and philosophy is that with religion, there are often key claims that one is meant to accept because they come from a particular person, or institution, or book, etc. And one is supposed to trust that person or institution or book because it (or its author) had a form of supernatural access to the truth.