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Absurdity
Ambiguity
Analogy
Astronomy
Atheism
Author_Harry G. Frankfurt
Awareness
Begging the question
Calculation
Cartesian circle
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Certainty
Circular reasoning
Cogito ergo sum
Concept
Consciousness
Contingency (philosophy)
Counterintuitive
Criticism
Deity
Direct evidence
Dream argument
Empirical evidence
Epistemology
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Existence
Existence of God
Explanation
Fallacy
Fallibilism
Falsity
Feeling
God
Good and evil
Hypothesis
Infallibilism
Inference
Inquiry
Logic
Logical consequence
Logical truth
Mathematics
Meditations
Meditations on First Philosophy
Omnipotence
Perception
Phenomenon
Philosopher
Philosophy
Principle
Principles of Philosophy
Rationality
Reality
Reason
Reductio ad absurdum
Rene Descartes
Sanity
Scientific theory
Self-deception
Self-evidence
Skepticism
Suggestion
Suspension of judgment
Theorem
Theory
Theory of justification
Theory of knowledge (IB course)
Thought
Truth
Uncertainty
Understanding
Universality (philosophy)
Writing
Product details
- ISBN 9780691134161
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2007
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs? Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen provides an ingenious account of Descartes's defense of reason against his own famously skeptical doubts that he might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely. Frankfurt's masterful and imaginative reading of Descartes's seminal work not only stands the test of time; one imagines Descartes himself nodding in agreement.
Harry G. Frankfurt is professor of philosophy emeritus at Princeton University. His books include the best-selling "On Bullshit" and "The Reasons of Love"
