Peter Unger (1) (1942–)

Auteur de Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence

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A propos de l'auteur

Peter Unger is a Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of five previous self-standing books, all currently available from the Oxford University Press: All the Power in the World; Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence; Identity, Consciousness and Value; afficher plus Philosophical Relativity; and Ignorance: A Case for Scepticism. Oxford has also published his Philosophical Papers, a two-volume collection of shorter works previously published elsewhere. afficher moins

Œuvres de Peter Unger

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Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence (1996) 114 exemplaires

Ignorance: A Case for Scepticism (Clarendon Library of Logic & Philosophy) (1975) 63 exemplaires

Identity, Consciousness and Value (1990) 27 exemplaires

Philosophical Relativity (1984) 19 exemplaires

Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy (2014) 16 exemplaires

All the Power in the World (2006) 12 exemplaires

Philosophical Papers: Volume Two (2006) 6 exemplaires

Philosophical Papers: Volume One: v. 1 (2006) 5 exemplaires

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Oeuvres associées

Epistemology: An Anthology (2000) — Contributeur — 186 exemplaires

Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology (2000) — Contributeur — 74 exemplaires

Philosophers in wonderland : philosophy and psychical research (1975) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires

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Date de naissance: 1942
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Études: Swarthmore College (B.S.), Oxford University (D.Phil)

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Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence par Peter Unger

Ungor argues through a large number of thought experiments (or intuition pumps), in a manner that should be convince people with a variety of ethical theories, that we ought to be giving almost all our money to charity. This book is much more accessible and much more action orientated than the average book in philosophy and I think that's too its credit. The book is a polemic in the manner of the authors other works in philosophy.

This is book on ethics that I would be most inclined to lend to a friend.… (plus d'informations)

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CosmicPariah | Jan 9, 2013 |

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