Solving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems av Peter M. (St. John's College University of Oxford UK) Hacker

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<p><b>Equips readers with the intellectual tools required to tackle perennial philosophical problems</b><p><i>Solving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems</i> is addressed to all who are interested in philosophical questions. It presupposes little philosophical knowledge, only curiosity and an open mind. It demands a willingness to learn not doctrine but method, and the courage to suspend judgement and to challenge received ideas. <p>Advocating the method of the 3 C-s: <i>Connective, Contrastive, and Contextual Analysis,</i> the book demonstrates the method by putting it to work ¿ examining fifteen salient philosophical questions that concern all thinking people. It is organized thematically into four parts. Part I introduces questions in philosophy of psychology (the nature of the mind; the mind/body problem; the nature of consciousness and its demystification; knowledge of other minds). Part II deals with epistemological questions (knowledge, belief; memory; imagination,