Sketches of Landscapes: Philosophy by Example

by Avrum Stroll

Avrum Stroll accepts the ancient tradition that one of the tasks of philosophy is to give an accurate account of the world's features, both animate and inanimate. But, he contends, because these features are inexhaustibly complex, no single theory or conceptual model can provide a complete account. Stroll's approach is piecemeal and example-oriented. In stressing the importance of examples, his work runs counter to one of the most powerful and seductive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262193914
• ISBN13: 9780262193917
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher