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These incisive, witty, and completely accessible essays on a wide range of topics by historian of philosophy Wallace Matson admirably demonstrate that philosophy can still be based on careful reasoning and presented with clarity of expression. Against fashionable contemporary views, Matson asserts that philosophy is "the most important subject in the college curriculum," because it is the investigation into what rationality is. Getting the answer wrong to the question "What does it mean to be reasonable?" is the most catastrophic of errors. The motivation for most of the essays in this collection is his perception that this error is being widely committed and that received opinion on many topics is dead wrong.Accordingly, he takes issue with the following beliefs: bodily resurrection is possible; zombies are logically possible (as David Chalmers claims); John Rawls wrote a book on justice; religion is an aid to morality; Zeno and Parmenides tried to prove that nothing really moves; the actual world is only one out of an infinity of possible worlds; and much more. Also included are two essays on Matson''s distinctions between high and low beliefs, four essays on Spinoza, and, in conclusion, "The Study of Philosophy as a Prophylactic against Bullshit."

About the Author :
Wallace Matson (Berkeley, CA) is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of A New History of Philosophy, Sentience, and The Existence of God.

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""The Uncorrected Papers of Wallace Matson extend over an extraordinarily wide range of philosophical questions, a range beginning with such ancients as Plato and Parmenides and concluding with his own 1991 Commencement Address commending the 'study of philosophy as a prophylactic against bullshit.' In describing the papers published in this book as uncorrected Matson is claiming that their arguments have not been refuted. This is a book which must be read and pondered by everyone seeking philosophical truth." --Antony Flew Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Reading University, England "These essays address a spectrum of fundamental topics in a way that will be illuminating for philosophers and lay readers alike. Matson's straightforward, no-holds-barred approach provides welcome relief from the usual pale gray philosophical fare." --John Heil Professor of Philosophy Monash University, Australia, and Washington University, St Louis, MO


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781591029779
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Humanity Books
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Diverse Philosophical Dissents
  • ISBN-10: 1591029775
  • Publisher Date: 29 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 379


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