English philosopher George Edward Moore (1873-1958) developed the chief modern theory of ethics, Ideal Utilitarianism. "A Defense of Realism" examines Moore's conception of philosophy and his views on the importance of metaphysics, presenting and evaluating the Principia Ethica author's criticisms and refutations of certain philosophical positions, especially idealism, naive realism, phenomenalism, and pragmatism. Klemke gives a detailed analysis and an appraisal of Moore's defense of common sense, and concentrates on Moore's realism, beginning with the reality of entities in the natural universe, and proofs of the external world. Finally, Klemke analyses and enhances through personal argument Moore's views on the reality of various nonnatural entities crucial to Moore's defence of philosophical realism.
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E.D. Klemke is professor of philosophy at Iowa State University, coeditor of INTRODUCTORY READINGS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, and editor of CONTEMPORARY ANALYTIC AND LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHIES.
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Moore's metaphysics is a rich and variegated one. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
experience cannot exist independently, objects cannot interact, existed other human beings, been many other human beings, universal synthetic propositions, reductional analysis, pragmatic refutation, two incompatible propositions, divisional analysis, properties that consist, indirect apprehension, implied premiss, phenomenalist theory, translation into the concrete, phenomenalist view, definitional analysis, apprehend propositions, earlier refutation, relational universals, blue exists, idealistic conclusion, decompositional analysis, logical denial, formally valid argument, logical refutation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Some Main Problems of Philosophy, Principia Ethica, Philosophical Papers, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Professor Ambrose, Bertrand Russell, Collier Books, New York, William James, Cambridge University Press, Contemporary British Philosophy, Criticism of Thesis, John Wisdom, Julius Caesar, Logical Atomism, Northwestern University Press, Therefore Theory, Oxford University Press, Professor James, The Problems of Philosophy New!
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experience cannot exist independently, objects cannot interact, existed other human beings, been many other human beings, universal synthetic propositions, reductional analysis, pragmatic refutation, two incompatible propositions, divisional analysis, properties that consist, indirect apprehension, implied premiss, phenomenalist theory, translation into the concrete, phenomenalist view, definitional analysis, apprehend propositions, earlier refutation, relational universals, blue exists, idealistic conclusion, decompositional analysis, logical denial, formally valid argument, logical refutation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Some Main Problems of Philosophy, Principia Ethica, Philosophical Papers, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Professor Ambrose, Bertrand Russell, Collier Books, New York, William James, Cambridge University Press, Contemporary British Philosophy, Criticism of Thesis, John Wisdom, Julius Caesar, Logical Atomism, Northwestern University Press, Therefore Theory, Oxford University Press, Professor James, The Problems of Philosophy New!
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