Name/Title
Scepticism and animal faith : introduction to a system of philosophy / George SantayanaEntry/Object ID
B945 .S23 S3 1955Description
In Scepticism and Animal Faith, Santayana analyzes the nature of the knowing process and demonstrates by means of clear, powerful arguments how we know and what validates our knowledge. The central concept of his philosophy is found in a careful discrimination between the awareness of objects independent of our perception and the awareness of essences attributed to objects by our mind, or between what Santayana calls the realm of existents and the realm of subsistents. --Publisher's description.
Contents:
There is no first principle of criticism
Dogma and doubt
Wayward scepticism
Doubts about self-consciousness
Doubts about change
Ultimate scepticism
Nothing given exists
Some authorities for this conclusion
The discovery of essence
Some uses of this discovery
The watershed of criticism
Identity and duration attributed to essences
Belief in demonstration
Essence and intuition
Belief in experience
Belief in the self
The cognitive claims of memory
Knowledge is faith mediated by symbols
Belief in substance
On some objections to belief in substance
Sublimations of animal faith
Belief in nature
Evidences of animation in nature
Literary psychology
The implied being of truth
Discernment of spirit
Comparison with other criticisms of knowledgeCollection
Jotidhammo CollectionDimensions
Dimension Description
xii, 314 pages ; 21 cmBook Details
Author
George SantayanaPublisher
Dover PublicationsDate Published
1955Publication Subjects
Belief and doubt
SkepticismCall No.
B945 .S23 S3 1955ISBN
0486202364