Dilemmas (Cambridge Philosophy Classics)

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Gilbert RyleCambridge University PressEdition: Reissue, 10/15/2015EAN 9781107534193, ISBN10: 1107534194Paperback, 120 pages, 60.2 x 22.8 x 9.7 cmLanguage: EnglishCommon sense tells me I can control my life to some extent; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma: one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side. This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first-century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface written by Barry Stroud.Preface to this edition Barry Stroud1. Dilemmas2. 'It was to be'3. Achilles and the tortoise4. Pleasure5. The world of science and the everyday world6. Technical and untechnical concepts7. Perception8. Formal and informal logic. Show more