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Structuring a Philosophical Approach

Richard Startup

Open Journal of Philosophy, Volume: 09, Issue: 04, Pages: 452 - 469

Swansea University Author: Richard Startup

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Abstract

A framework is developed for understanding what is “taken for granted” both in philosophy and in life generally, which may serve to orient philosophical inquiry and make it more effective. The framework takes in language and itsdevelopment, as well as mathematics, logic, and the empirical sphere wit...

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Published in: Open Journal of Philosophy
ISSN: 2163-9434 2163-9442
Published: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. 2019
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52613
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Abstract: A framework is developed for understanding what is “taken for granted” both in philosophy and in life generally, which may serve to orient philosophical inquiry and make it more effective. The framework takes in language and itsdevelopment, as well as mathematics, logic, and the empirical sphere with particular reference to the exigencies of life. It is evaluated through consideration of seven philosophical issues concerned with such topics as solipsism, sense data as the route to knowledge, the possible reduction of geometry to logic, and the existence and status of human rights. Various dichotomies and the notion of continuity are evidently highly strategic.
Keywords: Certainty, Wittgenstein, Scepticism, Language, The “Taken for Granted”
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 04
Start Page: 452
End Page: 469