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The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Metaphilosophy of Common Sense

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 1-31

  3. The “Evolutionary Argument” and the Metaphilosophy of Common Sense

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 32-52

  4. Towards a Taxonomy of Philosophical Error

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 53-74

  5. Theology’s Trojan Horse

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 75-97

  6. Metaphysical Realism as a Pre-condition of Visual Perception

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 98-117

  7. Semantic Anti-Realism and the Dummettian Reductio

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 118-136

  8. Eliminating Eliminative Materialism

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 137-156

  9. Freedom and Responsibility

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 157-176

  10. On the Existence of Moral Facts

    • Stephen Boulter
    Pages 177-197

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 198-237
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About this book

This book is a defence of the philosophy of common sense in the spirit of Thomas Reid and G.E. Moore, drawing on the work of Aristotle, evolutionary biology and psychology, and historical studies on the origins of early modern philosophy. It defines and explores common sense beliefs, and defends them from challenges from prominent philosophers.

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'According to common sense, we human beings can reliably perceive physical objects; we can acquire true beliefs (and sometimes knowledge) about the external world; we can act in the world on the basis of our desires and beliefs; we are sometimes responsible for what we do because we have free will; certain things are good or bad, and certain acts are right or wrong, and these are facts which do not depend on our attitudes or beliefs and facts about which we can be correct or mistaken. These doctrines have been relentlessly attacked by legions of philosophers from ancient times to the present. In the tradition of Aristotle, Thomas Reid, and G. E. Moore, Stephen Boulter mounts a formidable defense of commonsense philosophy, drawing on rigorous philosophical argument and recent scientific research, including evolutionary biology and psychology. ' - Fred D. Miller, Jr., Bowling Green State University

About the author

STEPHEN BOULTER is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. Prior to taking up his current post he was Gifford Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Glasgow in 1998-99. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and two children.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy

  • Authors: Stephen Boulter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230223134

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00246-3Published: 27 June 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28063-6Published: 27 June 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22313-4Published: 27 June 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 237

  • Topics: Epistemology, Analytic Philosophy, Logic

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