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Idealization and Ideals

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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ISBN 9780674975002

Publication Date: 08/14/2017

240 pages

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Preface
1. Useful Untruths: Lessons from Hans Vaihinger
2. A Measure of Belief: Lessons from Frank Ramsey
3. Political Ideals: Lessons from John Rawls
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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