Practical Tortoise Raising: And Other Philosophical Essays

by Simon Blackburn

Book Overview

Simon Blackburn presents a selection of his philosophical essays from 1995 to 2010. He offers engaging and illuminating discussions of various problems which arise when such familiar notions as representation, truth, reason, and assertion are applied in the sphere of practical thought. It is puzzling how our thinking gets to grip with such things as values and norms. Blackburn explores how we can try to understand what we say in terms of what we are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199661766
• ISBN13: 9780199661763
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"