Anthropocentrism in Philosophy
| Author | : Panayot Butchvarov |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2015-05-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781614519478 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1614519471 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (471 Downloads) |
Download or read book Anthropocentrism in Philosophy written by Panayot Butchvarov and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropocentrism in philosophy is deeply paradoxical. Ethics investigates the human good, epistemology investigates human knowledge, and antirealist metaphysics holds that the world depends on our cognitive capacities. But humans’ good and knowledge, including their language and concepts, are empirical matters, whereas philosophers do not engage in empirical research. And humans are inhabitants, not 'makers', of the world. Nevertheless, all three (ethics, epistemology, and antirealist metaphysics) can be drastically reinterpreted as making no reference to humans.
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