{"product_id":"solving-resolving-and-dissolving-philosophical-problems-essays-in-connective-contrastive-and-contextual-analysis-paperback-softback-9781394278817","title":"Solving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems; Essays in Connective, Contrastive and Contextual Analysis (Paperback \/ softback) 9781394278817","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSolving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Connective, Contrastive and Contextual Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eP. M. S. Hacker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394278817, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 2 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEquips readers with the intellectual tools required to tackle perennial philosophical problems\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdvocating the method of the 3 C-s: \u003ci\u003eConnective, Contrastive, and Contextual Analysis,\u003c\/i\u003e 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, thinking; dreaming). Part III deals with value (the roots of morality; the nature of good and evil; the need for a secular conception of the soul; happiness). The application of the method in the essays produces striking, original and unanticipated results that will give readers pause. The final part of the book articulates in detail the methodology of the 3 C-s exemplified by the fifteen essays and defends it against objections. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolving, Resolving, and Dissolving Philosophical Problems: On the Methodology of Connective, Contrastive, and Contextual Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent textbook for undergraduate students in introductory philosophy courses alongside more advanced scholars, as well as an invaluable resource for educated general readers with an interest in philosophical methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xvi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I Philosophical Psychology 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 1 The Nature of the Mind 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 2 The Nature of Our Body and the Mind\/Body Relation 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 3 What Is Consciousness? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 4 Consciousness and Experience or ‘What It Is Like to Be a Bat’ Revisited 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 5 Other Minds and Other People 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Epistemology 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 6 Knowledge 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 7 Belief 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 8 Memory 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 9 Imagination 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 10 Thinking 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 11 On Dreams and Dreaming 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III Axiology 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 12 The Place of Value in a World of Facts 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 13 Morality and the Analysis of Moral Goodness 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 14 Badness, Wickedness, Evil and the Death of the Soul 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 15 Happiness 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV Methodology 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssay 16 On Method: Connective, Contrastive, and Contextual Analysis 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 228\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173717405976,"sku":"9781394278817","price":23.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394278817.jpg?v=1781168110","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/solving-resolving-and-dissolving-philosophical-problems-essays-in-connective-contrastive-and-contextual-analysis-paperback-softback-9781394278817","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}