This book proceeds from CT in everyday life to sophisticated critical thinking in academic fields, with chapters which clearly outline the types of evidence in science, the social sciences, and the humanities. Unlike most other books, it offers a clear description of CT as the comparison of formulas of CT. Chapter topics include issue, conclusion, and reason; how to create alternative arguments…
The Ideology of the Aesthetic presents a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant and challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant…
Heidegger's most popular collection of essential writings, now revised and expanded -- includes the 10 key essays plus the introduction to Being and Time.
This is the third volume of Hilary Putnam's philosophical papers, published in paperback for the first time. The volume contains his major essays from 1975 to 1982, which reveal a large shift in emphasis in the 'realist' position developed in his earlier work. While not renouncing those views, Professor Putnam has continued to explore their epistemological consequences and conceptual history. H…
Suatu ucapan atau teori belum bisa dikatakan ilmiah hanya karena sudah dibuktikan, melainkan karena sudah dapat diuji. Ucapan “semua logam akan memuai jika dipanaskan” dapat dianggap ilmiah kalau dapat diuji dengan percobaan-percobaan sistematis untuk menyangkalnya. Kalau suatu teori setelah diuji tetap tahan, berarti kebenarannya semakin kokoh(corroboration). Makin besar kemungkinan untuk …