Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures 1953 (Cambridge Philosophy Classics) - Softcover

Ryle, Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107534194 ISBN 13: 9781107534193

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma: one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side. This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first-century readers, featuring a specially commissioned Preface written by Barry Stroud.

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Review:

'The great merit of this book is that it grasps philosophical problems at that critical stage when they are just casting off their connexions with everyday life, just about to launch on their long academic flight, and that it attempts to deal with them then and there, before they can become airborne. Brisk, homely and almost practical, it really challenges everyone to try to be his own philosopher ... the peculiar, penetrating simplicity of this kind of philosophy is exceedingly hard to achieve.' The Times Literary Supplement

Book Description:

Gilbert Ryle's classic book is an exploration of the apparent dilemmas that arise from everyday ways of thinking, showing that these conflicts are in fact false dilemmas. Presented in a fresh series livery, featuring a specially commissioned preface written by Barry Stroud, it has been revived for a new generation of readers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107534194
• ISBN 13: 9781107534193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120