Thoughts and ways of thinking : source theory and its applications /

Thoughts and ways of thinking : source theory and its applications /

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Author / Creator:	Brown, Benjamin, 1966-
Imprint:	London : Ubiquity Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource (186 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Thought and thinking. Knowledge, Theory of. Thinking Knowledge, Theory of. Thought and thinking. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11677898

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ISBN:	9781911529217 1911529218 9781911529200 191152920X 9781911529224 1911529226 9781911529231 1911529234
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Why do we think differently from one another? Why do religious people adhere to their faith even against reason, whilst atheist thinkers label it "nonsense"? Why do some judges turn more to moral values and others less? Why do we attach different meanings to the same words? These questions can be tackled on psychological or sociological levels, but we can also analyze the subjects on the epistemological level. That is the purpose of this book. Thoughts and Ways of Thinking offers Source Theory as a single explanation for epistemic processes and their religious, legal and linguistic derivatives. The idea is simple: our senses, our understanding, our memory, the testimonies that we trust, and many other objects transmit data to us and so shape our beliefs. In this function they serve as our truth sources. Different beliefs stem from different sources or different hierarchies between same sources. This notion is formalized here through the new tool of Source Calculus, and, after balancing its relativistic consequences by adding pragmatic constraints, it is applied to the philosophies of religion, law and language. With this unified theory, old doubts are framed in new perspectives, and some of them even find their solution."
Other form:	191152920X
Standard no.:	10.5334/bbh

Table of Contents:

Introduction
chapter 1. On method
chapter 2. Initial definitions and preliminary clarifications
chapter 3. Source calculus
the formalist line of argumentation
chapter 4. Cultural systems
the pragmatist line of argumentation
chapter 5. Source theory and the philosophy of religion
chapter 6. Source theory and the philosophy of law
chapter 7. Source theory and the philosophy of language
chapter 8. Summary and perspective
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.