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- catalog abstract "Is philosophy in its dotage? Is it bankrupt and no longer deserving of the respect that is accorded science? Or is it still in infancy? As major intellectual enterprises in our Western civilization, science and philosophy have had equally long careers, going back to their simultaneous beginnings more than 2,500 years ago. The last 300 years have brought science to high public esteem for its methods, its accomplishments, and its usefulness. But in that same 300 years the methods, accomplishments, and usefulness of philosophy have come, more and more, to be questioned - by philosophers themselves as well as by the public.".
- catalog contributor b3214056.
- catalog created "1965.".
- catalog date "1965".
- catalog date "1965.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1965.".
- catalog description "Bibliographical footnotes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The five conditions -- Other views of philosophy -- Presuppositions -- Logical considerations -- A method of its own -- The common experience of mankind -- Common-sense knowledge -- Tests of truth in philosophy -- Philosophy as a public enterprise: agreement and progress -- The use of philosophy: the "is-ought" test -- Understanding the world: the "mixed question" -- Test -- Retrospect and prospect -- The misfortunes of philosophy in antiquity -- The disorders of philosophy in the middle ages -- The vicissitudes of philosophy in modern times -- Philosophy's future.".
- catalog description "Is philosophy in its dotage? Is it bankrupt and no longer deserving of the respect that is accorded science? Or is it still in infancy? As major intellectual enterprises in our Western civilization, science and philosophy have had equally long careers, going back to their simultaneous beginnings more than 2,500 years ago. The last 300 years have brought science to high public esteem for its methods, its accomplishments, and its usefulness. But in that same 300 years the methods, accomplishments, and usefulness of philosophy have come, more and more, to be questioned - by philosophers themselves as well as by the public.".
- catalog extent "xi, 303 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Conditions of philosophy.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Conditions of philosophy.".
- catalog issued "1965".
- catalog issued "1965.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Atheneum,".
- catalog relation "Conditions of philosophy.".
- catalog subject "101".
- catalog subject "B29 .A23".
- catalog subject "Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The five conditions -- Other views of philosophy -- Presuppositions -- Logical considerations -- A method of its own -- The common experience of mankind -- Common-sense knowledge -- Tests of truth in philosophy -- Philosophy as a public enterprise: agreement and progress -- The use of philosophy: the "is-ought" test -- Understanding the world: the "mixed question" -- Test -- Retrospect and prospect -- The misfortunes of philosophy in antiquity -- The disorders of philosophy in the middle ages -- The vicissitudes of philosophy in modern times -- Philosophy's future.".
- catalog title "The conditions of philosophy; its checkered past, its present disorder, and its future promise [by] Mortimer J. Adler.".
- catalog type "text".