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JUSTIFYING A LARGE PART OF PHILOSOPHY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

Bryan Frances
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Abstract

I explain why research in non-applied, non-interdisciplinary, non-historical philosophy is worthwhile. The key move in the explanation is the realization that many philosophical problems can be put in the form of a set of highly plausible yet apparently jointly inconsistent claims regarding a fundamental notion.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 18 , Issue 51 , Spring 2019 , pp. 93 - 99
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2019 

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