Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wittgenstein
Book Synopsis* Covers the central themes of Wittgensteina s oeuvre. * Provides a collection of newly--commissioned essays by internationally established philosophers. * Includes an excellent preface that explains the various perspectives of the contributors and offers an introduction to Wittgensteina s work. .Trade Review"Fifty years after the death of Ludwig Wittgenstein, it is clear that his contribution to philosophy will be as important in the twenty-first century as it was in the twentieth. In this volume Hans-Johann Glock has assembled a number of critical essays by distinguished scholars which will make a weighty contribution to the as yet incomplete reception of Wittgenstein. Writing from a variety of standpoints, the authors offer interpretations of the Wittgensteinian canon which range between the traditional and the innovative, but always invite serious consideration, and which offer a re-evaluation of contemporary trends in philosophy in the light of Wittgenstein's insights." Anthony Kenny, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors vii Preface xi List of Abbreviations and Primary Sources xxi 1 The Development of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy 1 Hans-Johann Glock 2 The So-called Picture Theory: Language and the World in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 26 Hidé Ishiguro 3 The Logical System of the Tractatus 47 Howard Mounce 4 Wittgenstein on Intentionality 59 Erich Ammereller 5 Meaning and Understanding 94 Bede Rundle 6 Following a Rule 119 Robert L. Arrington 7 Thinking 138 Oswald Hanfling 8 The Will 156 Stewart Candlish 9 Private Language and Private Experience 174 Severin Schroeder 10 The Inner and the Outer 199 Michel ter Hark 11 Wittgenstein and “I” 224 David Bakhurst 12 Seeing Aspects 246 Stephen Mulhall 13 Philosophy of Mathematics 268 Pasquale Frascolla 14 Autonomy 289 Hubert Schwyzer 15 Wittgenstein on Scepticism and Certainty 305 A. C. Grayling 16 Philosophy 322 P. M. S. Hacker 17 Ethics, Faith and ‘What Can Be Saved’ 348 D. Z. Philips Bibliography 367 Index 374
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Wiley Minds Causes and Mechanisms
Book SynopsisThis text questions the internal consistency of causal physicalism and vindicates a novel approach to mental causation. The volume includes a lucid discussion of recent developments by philosophers such as Block, Davidson, Mellor, Putnam, Shoemaker and Yablo.Trade Review'In their interesting and important book, Corbí and Prades successfully identify and question the metaphysical assumptions behind current orthodoxy about mental causation, making an original and important contribution to our understanding of this central topic.' Christopher Hookway, University of Sheffield 'Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms is a timely and highly valuable contribution that will re-energize the ongoing debate and take it to another level. It offers refeshingly lucid and illuminating analysis and critique of the basic assumptions and arguments that have shaped the dominant physicalist outlook in this area, what Corbí and Prades call "causal physicalism". This book is an essential contribution. Highly recommended.' Jaegwon Kim, Brown University 'A thorough and subtle critique of physicalism. After reading it, even committed physicalists may conclude that their doctrine is beyond resurrection.' George Couvalis, Flinders UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Physicalism and the Mental: The Dominant View. 2. An Initial Tension: Narrowness and Multiple Realization. 3. Dispositions, Minimality, and Intrinsic Causal Powers. 4. 'Ceteris Paribus' Laws and the Autonomy of Nonbasic Properties. 5. Strict Laws, Causes, and Background Conditions. 6. Mental Causation. Notes. References. Index.
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Harvard University Press The Varieties of Experience
Book SynopsisReconstructing the philosophical project of William James, Alexis Dianda deploys a concept of experience that avoids both foundationalist epistemology and an account of the subject rooted in immediately given objects of consciousness. In doing so, Dianda rethinks the role of experience as well as the aims and resources of pragmatic philosophy.Trade ReviewThis is a brilliant book and a stunning debut. In clear and eminently readable prose, Dianda succeeds in showing the centrality of experience in James’s work and how the existential richness of experience exceeds the rather narrow picture of pragmatism that we associate with Rorty, Brandom, and others. Avoiding the dead ends of classical empiricism and idealism, Dianda is right to suggest that James offers a philosophical vision attuned to the living complexity of the relations between self and world. -- Simon Critchley, The New SchoolThis book is the best philosophical treatment of the great William James in this generation. Alexis Dianda’s brilliant and subtle readings of James’s profound pluralism against Richard Rorty’s influential linguistic turn in contemporary neopragmatism are powerful and persuasive. She preserves the best of both by giving us a twenty-first-century pragmatism that embraces the vague, ambiguous, and indeterminate in order to better our grasp of the existential and moral challenges of our turbulent times. -- Cornel West, Union Theological SeminaryA brilliant reinterpretation of William James’s complex views of experience. The ‘pragmatic-existential’ conception of experience that Alexis Dianda carefully works out in this book will transform both James scholarship and current debates in and about pragmatism. -- Michael Bacon, Royal Holloway, University of LondonAlexis Dianda discovers a capacious account of an active lived experience in the work of William James. Importantly, she shows the weakness of neopragmatist attempts to abandon the concept of experience and instead focus on language alone. This is a major contribution to our understanding of James. -- Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University
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Harvard University Press Sense Nonsense and Subjectivity
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Harvard University Press Progress and Regression
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Harvard University Press Causation in Psychology
Book SynopsisPhilosopher John Campbell argues that humans are unique in our ability to imagine singular causation. While robots and nonhuman animals rely on general axioms concerning what causes what, humans can imagine the specific causes of specific outcomes. This suggests that even lifelike artificial intelligence will never truly empathize with humans.Trade ReviewI found this book highly engaging. The parts about Karl Jaspers and social robots are packed with insights that will make you nod and smile. Campbell argues that singular causation in the mind cannot be analyzed in terms of general causation, but instead is brought to light by human practices that rely on our imaginative understanding of ‘the ballistics of people’s thoughts and feelings.’ These practices include attempts to reach legal verdicts beyond a reasonable doubt about people’s motives. The book is accessible, it discusses a range of long-standing philosophical problems about action and interpretation, and no one will drown in technical details. It’s simply fantastic. -- Susanna Siegel, Harvard UniversityThere is a simplicity and directness with which John Campbell introduces and pursues material that has become cluttered and blocked in much philosophical discussion that has lost sight of the fundamental problems motivating such discussion in the first place. Causation in Psychology offers genuine, true solutions that should change the philosophical landscape for good. A fascinating, deeply original book. -- Bill Brewer, King’s College London
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Princeton University Press The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy Volume 2
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A terrifically good book—and an important contribution to analytic philosophy and its history."—Gil Harman, Princeton University"With its ambitious scope, deep coverage, and sophisticated and original analysis, this book offers a great wealth of valuable insights and advances our understanding of one of the most fertile periods in the history of philosophy."—John Barker, University of Illinois, Springfield
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Princeton University Press The Murder of Professor Schlick
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2020""A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021""[A] compelling biography."---Oliver Moody, The Times"[L]ively and accessible. . . . [Edmond’s] research has also uncovered important new biographical information, including about [the Vienna Circle’s] lesser-known female members."---Adam Kirsch, New Yorker"As pacy as a thriller."---Joe Humphreys, Irish Times"[An] exemplary [piece] of intellectual history, doing meticulous justice to the ideas and engrossing about the personalities involved."---Alan Ryan, New Statesman"A clear accessible introduction to the complexities of logical positivism . . . [Edmonds] brilliantly illuminates why and how the philosophy burned so brightly."---Clare Clark, Standpoint"A readable popular history of the Circle that deftly integrates the ideas and lives of its members with the story of the Viennese milieu in which it emerged and its destruction. . . . [Edmonds’] historical narrative is clear, reliable and thoroughly readable – gripping, even, in places."---Tom Stern, Literary Review"A stimulating, scintillating new book on the Vienna Circle."---Daniel Johnson, The Critic"[An] engrossing and eminently readable history of the circle."---David Conway, Jewish Chronicle"[Edmonds manages to] combine the biographical and historical with the philosophical, without getting too technical. . . . It’s quite a poignant book."---Nigel Warburton, FiveBooks"A cracking read."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"I very much enjoyed this book, and found its direct style refreshing, and I hope it will serve as a model for others. [Edmonds] actually tells you what you want to know!"---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"Absorbing. . . . so fascinating and relevant now."---Thomas Filbin, The Arts Fuse"An accessible introduction to the group of philosophers and scientists who formed the influential Vienna Circle in the 20th century. . . . Edmonds tells its story thoughtfully in this fascinating mix of philosophy, biography and cultural history."---David Herman, Jewish Renaissance"Edmonds has written a compelling, captivating, and easily approachable book on the history of the Vienna Circle. He is witty, engaging, knows where to put emphasis, and how to draw lively pictures of those philosophers that are still too often conceived as technically minded abstract logicians. . . .Edmonds’ book will make you understand why the Vienna Circle was so important back in the 1920s, and still important in the 2020s."---Adam Tamas Tuboly, Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books"[A] lively new book. . . .Edmonds draws unexpected connections within the sprawling web of thinkers and artists in interwar Vienna. . . bringing to life the artistic and political flavour of those coffee-house debates"---Jonathan Egid, Times Literary Supplement"An always-readable obituary for the philosophers who sought a common basis for western thought while communism and Nazism were on the bloody rise."---Frederic Raphael, Times Literary Supplement "An informative and pleasurable read. . . .The Murder of Professor Schlick is a must read for anyone interested in the Vienna Circle."---Ambika Natarajan, Austrian History Yearbook
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Princeton University Press Freedom Resentment and the Metaphysics of Morals
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Princeton University Press Freedom Resentment and the Metaphysics of Morals
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Lexington Books Badiou and Hegel
Book SynopsisThis book collects the work of leading scholars on Alain Badiou and G.W.F. Hegel, creating a dialogue between, and a critical appraisal of, these two central figures in European philosophy.Trade ReviewThe essays in Jim Vernon and Antonio Calcagno's timely collection cover the multiple facets of Badiou's highly ambivalent rapport with Hegel's philosophy as it unfolds from the 1970s through today. . . .For those interested in Badiou and Badiou's relations with Hegel, Badiou and Hegel certainly is worth reading. It contains useful summaries and analyses of the place(s) of Hegel in the Badiouian oeuvre. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *This book contains the first exhaustive analysis of Badiou’s brilliant and surprising texts on Hegel. The essays include an excellent treatment of infinity in Badiou and Hegel that discusses precise mathematical ontology in a way that non-mathematicians can follow and participate in: this is the sort of Badiou scholarship we need. They also include theses on materiality and dialectic, subject and event, society and decision, art and politics, love and tragedy, and, of course, truth procedures. For its close readings of Badiou, and current approaches to Hegel, this collection is indispensible. What is especially good is that it forces readers to participate in controversial decisions, and raises the level at which these controversies will have to be pursued in the future. -- Jay Lampert, University of Guelph, Duquesne UniversityThis collection is a sustained and timely examination of the relationship between one of the foremost philosophers of the twenty-first century and one of the major thinkers of the nineteenth. Of equal use and importance to Badiou and Hegel scholars alike, these essays should provide the bedrock of any serious discussion of many key philosophical terms and approaches over the coming years. -- Nina PowerTable of Contents1. Measuring Up: Some Consequences of Badiou’s Confrontation with Hegel, A.J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens 2. The Good, the Bad and the Indeterminate: Hegel and Badiou on the Dialectics of the Infinite, Tzuchien Tho 3. Badiou contra Hegel: The Materialist Dialectic Against the Myth of the Whole, Adriel M. Trott 4. The Question of Art: Badiou and Hegel, Gabriel Riera 5. Badiou with Hegel: Preliminary Remarks on A(ny) Contemporary Reading of Hegel, Frank Ruda 6. The Biolinguistic Challenge to an Intrinsic Ontology, Norman Madarasz 7. Badiou and Hegel on Love and the Family, Jim Vernon 8. Fidelity to the Political Event: Hegel, Badiou, and the Return to the Same, Antonio Calcagno 9. Taming the Furies: Badiou and Hegel on The Eumenides, Alberto Toscano
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Kripke
Book SynopsisSaul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent.Trade Review"With characteristic verve and clarity, Burgess succeeds in doing what many thought impossible: presenting the best of Kripke's philosophical and technical work in a precise, readable, and highly illuminating fashion. Every philosopher should read this." Stephen Neale, City University of New York "Destined to become a classic, this is the best systematic overview of Saul Kripke’s major contributions to philosophy. While each chapter and appendix provides an excellent introduction for those new to the material, old hands will relish Burgess’s provocative takes on Kripkean views of belief, rule-following, and the mind. The explanation of the connection between Kripke’s technical and philosophical work on truth and modality is masterful." Scott Soames, University of Southern California "Burgess provides a masterful introduction to Kripke’s philosophy, but this volume is more than that; it is a first-rate piece of philosophy in its own right, as one would expect from one of the leading philosophers of mathematics in the world." Mark Steiner, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsPreface page vii Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Background 2 Plan 7 1 Naming 11 Mill vs Frege 11 Error and Ignorance 19 Metalinguistic Theories 24 The Historical Chain Picture 28 Reference vs Attribution 33 2 Identity 37 Modal Logic and its Archenemy 37 Rigidity 45 The Necessity of Identity 50 Resistance 53 The Contingent a Priori 56 3 Necessity 59 Imagination and the Necessary a Posteriori 59 Natural Substances 64 Natural Kinds 69 Natural Phenomena and Natural Law 71 The Mystery of Modality 74 4 Belief 78 Direct Reference 78 Puzzling Pierre 83 Poles Apart 88 Counterfactual Attitudes 91 Empty Names 98 5 Rules 104 Conventionalism 105 Kripkenstein 108 The Analogy with Hume 110 The Skeptical Paradox 116 The Skeptical Solution 120 6 Mind 128 Physicalism 128 Functionalism 131 Against Functionalism 134 Against Physicalism 136 The Mystery of Mentality 140 Appendix A Models 143 The Logic of Modality 143 Kripke Models 147 The Curse of the Barcan Formulas 150 Controversy and Confusion 153 Appendix B Truth 157 Paradox and Pathology 158 Kripke vs Tarski 159 Fixed Points 165 The Intuitive Notion of Truth 170 Notes 175 Bibliography 204 Index 211
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Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.
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Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.Trade ReviewDue to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. Year's Work in English Studies ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed. -- Anca Gata LINGUIST list Due to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Renascent Pragmatism Studies in Law and Social
Book SynopsisPragmatism is experiencing a resurgence in law, philosophy and social science, with pragmatists seeking a consistent, comprehensive and productive understanding of social life. In its four sections Renascent Pragmatism aids the reinvigoration of pragmatism as an important intellectual tradition and contributor to inquiry and change in social life. The book is a first of its kind for combining essays on theory, method, public policy and empirical scholarship, presenting contributions from philosophers, legal scholars and social scientists. Throughout the book, the concrete linkage between policy, theory and method is emphasized, while recognizing the philosophical tradition in which the inquiries and prescriptions rest.Trade Review'This book is must reading for anyone interested in pragmatism, law or social science. The book shows how pragmatism continues to be a powerful theoretical tool for the analysis of law and society.' George Martinez, Southern Methodist University, USA 'This collection of fascinating essays demonstrates the vitality and extends the reach of pragmatism in the social sciences. As one of the contributors notes: "Pragmatism is where the action really is.' John Lachs, Vanderbilt University, USA 'This collection of essays makes a powerful and coherent case for a renascent pragmatism as a tool and organizing principle for socio-legal research - and for the talents of a new generation of scholars embracing this tool. The uninitiated reader will learn important insights into the contribution and history of pragmatism, while those more familiar with pragmatism will see its particular utility for cutting-edge socio-legal research - superbly exemplified in this volume.' Bryant Garth, American Bar Foundation, USA 'This marvelously organized and researched set of essays provides readers both new and more familiar with pragmatism as a philosophy and form of politics with insightful commentary and interpretations. This book should help mobilize that renaissance its title announces. A much needed and welcome addition of use to just about every field of social inquiry.' Susan Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ’...I found the volume to be a coherent, engaging and thought-provoking...sum of its parts...social scientists interested in the promise of a pragmatic social science will find much here worth serious consideration.’ Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Pragmatic Philosophy on Social, Legal, and Scholarly Practice: The 'Democracy of Self-Devotion': Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and pragmatism, William G. Weaver; The dilemma of democracy: diversity of interests and common experiences, Charlene Haddock Seigfried; A pragmatic response to the embarrassing problems of ideology critique in socio-legal studies, Brian Z. Tamanaha; Pragmatic legal norms, Murray J. Leaf. Updating Pragmatist Informed Methods of Inquiry: Ethnography and pragmatism, Murray J. Leaf; The mathematical metaphysics of measurement and metrology: towards meaningful quantification in the human sciences, William P. Fisher Jr. Pragmatists' Perspectives on Policy and Politics: The pragmatic policy analyst, Anne Larason Schneider and Helen Ingram; Does consensus work? A pragmatic approach to public participation in the regulatory process, Cary Coglianese. Empirical Studies from Pragmatist Perspectives: A pragmatist theory of social movement leadership, Alfonso Morales and Robert R. Jimenez, Public interest lawyering and the pragmatist dilemma, Peter Margulies; Index.
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Cornell University Press Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meaning
Book SynopsisWhat is it for a sentence to have a certain meaning? This is the question that William P. Alston addresses in this major contribution to the philosophy of language.Trade Review"Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meaning makes a significant contribution to both speech-act theory and to speech-act semantics. It is exceptionally well organized and the level of discussion and argumentation is high. Part I contains some of the best and most detailed analyses of illocutionary acts since Austin, and Part II fills a large lacuna in the theory of meaning." —Robert M. Harnish, University of ArizonaJ. L. Austin's How to Do Things with Words was seen by many as a landmark in analytical philosophy... This lucid and comprehensive study provides a valuable starting point for anyone wishing to build on Austin's legacy. * International Philosophical Quarterly *This book deserves all the attention it is bound to get.... It will stimulate a lot of discussion and should be read by any serious philosopher of language. * Philosophical Quarterly *"This is an impressive book. It is clear, vigorously argued, admirably structured, with conclusions about the nature of meaning, which have retained their freshness, interest and relevance for present researchers, not only those working in speech-act theory but for those devoted to the broader topic of meaning-theory." —Mind
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MB - Cornell University Press Perspectives on Moral Responsibility
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis collection of fourteen essays by eleven philosophers covers virtually every question concerning responsibility that has interested analytical philosophers in the last two decades. The essays are without exception of the highest quality with respect to philosophical substance, contemporary significance, and readability. -- James B. Sauer, St. Mary's University * Canadian Review of Comparative Literature *
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Northwestern University Press A Thing of This World A History of Continental
Book SynopsisShows how one of the standard issues of analytic philosophy - realism and anti-realism - has also been at the heart of continental philosophy. Using a framework derived from prominent analytic thinkers, this book traces the roots of anti-realism to Kant's idea that the mind actively organizes experience.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Kantian Root; 1. Defining Realism; I. THE KANTIAN PARADIGM; 2. Kant's Revolution; 3. Hegel - The Truth of the Whole; 4. Nietzsche - Will-to-Truth; Transition; 5. Early Heidegger - Fundamental Ontology; II. THE HEIDEGGERIAN PARADIGM; 6. Later Heidegger - ""The Great Turning Around""; 7. Foucault's History of Truth; Post; 8. Derrida; Conclusion: Anthropology from Two Kantian Points of View or, A Tale of Two Kants.
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Ohio University Press Wilfrid Sellars and Phenomenology Intersections
Book SynopsisThis collection offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of Wilfrid Sellars’s Pittsburgh school of thought and Husserlian phenomenology. Beginning with an introduction to contemporary philosophical debates about the mind and pragmatism, the essays examine and clarify the discursive divide between analytic and Continental philosophy.Trade Review“This is the first book to bring Sellars and Husserlian phenomenology into dialogue, exploring the many lines of intersection between them, in an impressively wide range of issues. By highlighting the complexity and richness of the relations between Sellars’s thought and phenomenology, the book persuasively shows how an encounter between them can be beneficial to both parties and a source of novel philosophical insight.” -- Dionysis Christias, University of Athens“Wilfrid Sellars and Phenomenology … explores what Sellars does with phenomenology and how better attention to phenomenology throws much light on Sellars. In the twenty-first century the gap between analytic and Continental philosophy has been slowly closing. This volume makes a much-needed contribution to that project.” -- Carl Sachs, Marymount University“Finally, the relationship between Sellars and phenomenology receives the treatment it deserves. This thoughtful collection of papers explores unprecedented territories as it locates in Sellars’ own work traces of his complex and longstanding relation with phenomenology. The book is indispensable for anyone interested in the connection between phenomenology and analytic philosophy of Kantian and Neo-Kantian inspiration.” -- Maxime Doyon, Université de MontréalTable of ContentsEditors’ Introduction—DANIELE DE SANTIS AND DANILO MANCA 1 Husserl’s Legacy in Sellars’s Philosophical Strategy—ANTONIO M. NUNZIANTE 2 Sellars and Husserl on the Manifest World—WALTER HOPP 3 Husserl’s Lifeworld and Sellars’s Stereoscopic Vision of the World—DANILO MANCA 4 Beyond the Manifest Image: The Myth of the Given across Determination and Disposition—ROBERTA LANFREDINI 5 The Status of Phenomenological Reflection: A Reassessment Inspired by Wilfrid Sellars’s Philosophy—KARL MERTENS 6 The Space of Motivations, Experience, and the Categorial Given—JACOB RUMP 7 Is Imagination a “Necessary Ingredient of Perception”? Sellars’s and Husserl’s Variations on a Kantian Theme—MICHELA SUMMA 8 The Chisholm-Sellars Correspondence on Intentionality—WOLFGANG HUEMER 9 Phenomenological Variations on Sellars’s “Particulars”—DANIELE DE SANTIS Contributors Index
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Duke University Press Nature as Event
Book SynopsisDidier Debaise brings Alfred North Whitehead's philosophies of nature to bear on the Anthropocene, creating a new theory of nature that does not recognize a divide between the human and nonhuman, a theory in which all organisms have the power to unleash potential into the world.Trade Review“The takeaway of Debaise’s careful analysis is a robust and persuasive understanding of the ontology of affect, and affect as valuation–the feeling of the world in its allness and being moved by it according to what is of interest and importance to the societies we are and are becoming.” -- M. Gail Hamner * affecognitive *"As Debaise puts it: 'What is needed is a philosophy that, in its very form, its ambition and its manners of relating to things, can grant due importance to the deeply plural experience of nature.' This is the philosophy to which Debaise has opened us in his reading of Whitehead." -- Patricia Ticineto Clough * Critical Inquiry *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. The Cosmology of the Moderns 3 2. A Universal Mannerism 39 3. The Intensification of Experience 77 Notes 87 Bibliography 99 Index 103
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC History of Philosophy Volume 8
Book SynopsisCopleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, and explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.Trade ReviewA monumental history . . . learned, lucid, patient and comprehensive. * New Statesman *We can only applaud at the end of each act and look forward to applauding again at the final curtain. * Times Literary Supplement *Immensely erudite, lucid in analysis, and almost incredibly dispassionate. * The Month *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements PART I: BRITISH EMPIRICISM I The Utilitarian Movement (1) II The Utilitarian Movement (2) III J.S. Mill: Logic and Empiricism IV Empiricists, Agnostics, Positivists V The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer PART II: THE IDEALIST MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN VI The Beginnings of the Movement VII The Development of Idealism VIII Absolute Idealism: Bradley IX Absolute Idealism: Bonsanquet X The Turn Towards Personal Identity PART III: IDEALISM IN AMERICA XI Introductory XII The Philosophy of Royce XIII Personal Idealism and Other Tendencies PART IV: THE PRAGMATIST MOVEMENT XIV The Philosophy of C.S. Peirce XV The Pragmatism of James and Schiller XVI The Experimentalism of John Dewey PART V: THE REVOLT AGAINST IDEALISM XVII Realism in Britain and America XVIII G. E. Moore and Analysis XIX Bertrand Russell (1) XX Bertrand Russell (2) XXI Bertrand Russell (3) Epilogue Appendix A: John Henry Newman Appendix B: A Short Bibliography Index
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Wittgenstein Conversations 19491951
Book SynopsisOffers insights into what Wittgenstein was like as a human being. This title presents Wittgenstein's outlook on morality and religion, and reveals some of his personal problems.Trade Review"Gives an extraordinarily intimate insight into what Wittgenstein was like as a human being. . . . These notes . . . capture Wittgenstein's outlook on morality and religion, and reveal some of his personal problems." --Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz, Smith College
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Classics of Analytic Philosophy
Book SynopsisDeals with issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, and illustrates various approaches to the problems in the analytic tradition.Trade ReviewThe best anthology I know of for a general course on 20th century analytic philosophy. --H. E. Baber, University of San DiegoThis is an absolutely perfect anthology. I was thrilled when I found that Hackett reissued this irreplaceable collection that exactly fits its title. --Michael Losonsky, Colorado State University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Philosophical Occasions 19121951
Book SynopsisAn essential resource for students of Wittgenstein, this collection contains faithful, in some cases expanded and corrected, versions of many important pieces never before available in a single volume, including Notes for the ''Philosophical Lecture'', published here for the first time. Fifteen selections, with bi-lingual versions of those originally written in German, span the development of Wittgenstein''s thought, his range of interests, and his methods of philosophical investigation. Short introductions, an index, and an updated version of Georg Henrik von Wright''s The Wittgenstein Papers situate the selections within the broader context of the Wittgenstein corpus and the history of its publication.Trade ReviewA magnificent collection . . . the editors are to be congratulated. --Steven Gerrard, Williams College. . .selections make available in easily accessible form some of the most interesting smaller writings of Wittgenstein's, including the longest explanation he ever gave of the nature of the philosophical enterprise. --Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University[The editors] have usefully and skillfully assembled various writings by Wittgenstein. . . . to permit a synoptic view of his several concerns. . . . The book is an excellent source and it provides a nourishing supplement to the Investigations. --Colin McGinn, The New Republic
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Philosophical Occasions 19121951
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA magnificent collection . . . the editors are to be congratulated. --Steven Gerrard, Williams College. . .selections make available in easily accessible form some of the most interesting smaller writings of Wittgenstein's, including the longest explanation he ever gave of the nature of the philosophical enterprise. --Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University[The editors] have usefully and skillfully assembled various writings by Wittgenstein. . . . to permit a synoptic view of his several concerns. . . . The book is an excellent source and it provides a nourishing supplement to the Investigations. --Colin McGinn, The New Republic
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Cambridge University Press Metaphysics and the Sciences
Book SynopsisThis Element presents and critically examines the relationship between metaphysics and the sciences. Section 1 provides a brief introduction. Section 2 addresses methodological issues. Section 3 describe the milder forms of naturalism about metaphysics. Section 4 reflects on pressing open problems in scientifically oriented metaphysics.
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Cambridge University Press Translation in Analytic Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis Element aims to introduce the different definitions of translation provided in the history of analytic philosophy. It explores the philosophical-analytic notions used to explain translation from Frege and Wittgenstein onwards. It focuses on translation equivalence, translating into another language, and the analytic philosophy of language.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. From Frege to carnap: translation as paraphrase; 2. Wittgenstein: translation as calculus and translation as a language game; 3. Quine and the thesis of translation indeterminacy; 4. The notion of synonymy and Davidson's theory of radical interpretation; 5. The Principle of Charity and the third dogma of Empiricism; 6. Sellars and the problem of semantic vs. pragmatic equivalence; 7. Grice and the translation of implicit meaning; 8. Kripke's translation test; 9. The translation of explicit meaning in Literalism vs. Contextualism; Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press Modal Logic for Philosophers
Book SynopsisThis book provides philosophers with an accessible yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications. This second edition contains a new chapter on logics of conditionals, an updated and expanded bibliography, and is updated throughout. A number of technical results have also been clarified and streamlined.Table of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The System K: a foundation for modal logic; 2. Extensions of K; 3. Basic concepts of intensional semantics; 4. Trees for K; 5. The accessibility of relation; 6. Trees for extensions of K; 7. Converting trees to proofs; 8. Adequacy of propositional modal logics; 9. Completeness of using canonical models; 10. Axioms and their corresponding conditions on R; 11. Relations between the modal logics; 12. Systems of quantified modal logic; 13. Semantics for quantified modal logics; 14. Trees for quantified modal logics; 15. The adequacy of quantified modal logics; 16. Completeness of quantified modal logics using trees; 17. Completeness using canonical models; 18. Descriptions; 19. Lambda abstraction; 20. Conditionals.
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Cambridge University Press Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy
Book SynopsisThis book will appeal to readers interested in analytic philosophy and its history. Avoiding mathematical detail and locating the relevant developments in their historical context, the book explains and extends recent advances in the philosophy of mathematics and our understanding of questions about the nature of scientific reality.Trade Review'As a philosophy major at the University of Western Ontario in 1995 I was fortunate enough to enroll in Demopoulos' history of analytic philosophy class … The essays in this volume preserve the intensity and commitment to rigorous argumentation that I first encountered in that class twenty years ago. … I look forward to Demopoulos' next contribution to these important debates.' Chris Pincock, The Journal of Bertrand Russell StudiesTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Frege's analysis of arithmetical knowledge; 2. Carnap's thesis, on extending 'empiricism, semantics and ontology' to the realism-instrumentalism controversy; 3. Carnap's analysis of realism; 4. Bertrand Russell's The Analysis of Matter: its historical context and contemporary interest with Michael Friedman; 5. On the rational reconstruction of our theoretical knowledge; 6. Three views of theoretical knowledge; 7. Frege and the rigorization of analysis; 8. The philosophical basis of our knowledge of number; 9. The 1910 Principia's theory of functions and classes; 10. Ramsey's extensional propositional functions.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein
Book SynopsisLudwig Wittgenstein (1889â1951) is one of the most important and influential philosophers in modern times, but he is also one of the least accessible. In this volume, leading experts chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stages. The essays, which are both expository and original, address central themes in Wittgenstein's writing on a wide range of topics, particularly his thinking about the mind, language, logic, and mathematics. The contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by focusing on key topics: the style of the philosophy, the conception of grammar contained in it, rule-following, convention, logical necessity, the self, and what Wittgenstein called, in a famous phrase, 'forms of life'. This revised edition includes a new introduction, five new essays - on Tractarian ethics, Wittgenstein's development, aspects, the mind, and time and history - and a fully updated comprehensive bibliography.Trade Review'The distinguished contributors take different interpretive approaches to Wittgenstein's work and cover a wide range of topics. Some essays stay within the standard range of topics, whereas others, e.g., Sluga's 'Time and History in Wittgenstein', look to extend the range.' ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Wittgenstein's critique of philosophy Robert J. Fogelin; 2. Pictures, logic, and the limits of sense in Wittgenstein's Tractatus Thomas Ricketts; 3. Tractarian ethics Kevin Cahill; 4. Wittgenstein in the 1930s David G. Stern; 5. A philosophy of mathematics between two camps Steve Gerrard; 6. Necessity and normativity Hans-Johann Glock; 7. Wittgenstein, mathematics, and ethics: resisting the attractions of realism Cora Diamond; 8. Notes and afterthoughts on the opening of Wittgenstein's Investigations Stanley Cavell; 9. Mind, meaning and practice Barry Stroud; 10. Body and soul Joachim Schulte; 11. The question of linguistic idealism revisited Hans Sluga; 12. Aspects of aspects Juliet Floyd; 13. Forms of life: mapping the rough ground Naomi Scheman; 14. Time and history in Wittgenstein Hans Sluga; 15. Certainties of a world picture: the epistemological investigations of On Certainty Michael Kober; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Modal Logic for Philosophers
Book SynopsisThis book on modal logic is especially designed for philosophy students. It provides an accessible yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications. Every effort is made to simplify the presentation by using diagrams instead of more complex mathematical apparatus. These and other innovations provide philosophers with easy access to a rich variety of topics in modal logic, including a full coverage of quantified modal logic, non-rigid designators, definite descriptions, and the de-re de-dicto distinction. Discussion of philosophical issues concerning the development of modal logic is woven into the text. The book uses natural deduction systems, which are widely regarded as the easiest to teach and use. It also includes a diagram technique that extends the method of truth trees to modal logic. This provides a foundation for a novel method for showing completeness that is easy to extend to quantifiers. This second edition contains a new chapter on logics oTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. The System K: a foundation for modal logic; 2. Extensions of K; 3. Basic concepts of intensional semantics; 4. Trees for K; 5. The accessibility of relation; 6. Trees for extensions of K; 7. Converting trees to proofs; 8. Adequacy of propositional modal logics; 9. Completeness of using canonical models; 10. Axioms and their corresponding conditions on R; 11. Relations between the modal logics; 12. Systems of quantified modal logic; 13. Semantics for quantified modal logics; 14. Trees for quantified modal logics; 15. The adequacy of quantified modal logics; 16. Completeness of quantified modal logics using trees; 17. Completeness using canonical models; 18. Descriptions; 19. Lambda abstraction; 20. Conditionals.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Wittgensteins Ethical Thought
Book SynopsisExploring the ethical dimension of Wittgenstein's thought, Iczkovits challenges the view that Wittgenstein had a vision of language and subsequently a vision of ethics, showing how the two are integrated in his philosophical method, and allowing us to reframe traditional problems in moral philosophy considered as external to questions of meaning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Rungs of the 'Ethical' Ladder Philosophical Imaginations On Certainty and Honesty World-Picture and World-View The Reality of What is Said Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Frank Ramsey and the Realistic Spirit History of Analytic Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis book attempts to explicate and expand upon Frank Ramsey's notion of the realistic spirit. In so doing, it provides a systematic reading of his work, and demonstrates the extent of Ramsey's genius as evinced by both his responses to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and the impact he had on Wittgenstein's later philosophical insights.Trade Review“Methven’s book is a welcome contribution to the study of Ramsey’s philosophy. It contains a wealth of interesting analyses and sheds much light on Ramsey’s initial dependence on Wittgenstein’s Tractatus and how eventually he got beyond this. Methven’s book is probably the most thorough analysis ever published of Ramsey’s engagement with the Tractatus.” (Paolo Mancosu, Philosophia Mathematica, Vol. 29 (1), February, 2021)“This book is a welcome contribution to the history of analytic philosophy, a field that has been thriving in recent times. Obviously the author is very knowledgeable in the history of the analytic tradition. The book is written in a clear and concise style … . It is an excellent contribution to the history of analytic philosophy, and I recommend it to everyone interested in this field.” (Günther Eder, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2018)Table of ContentsTable Of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART I: THE REALISTIC SPIRIT 1. The Realistic Spirit 1.1. Realism And The Realistic 1.2. Playing Not-Bridge 1.2.1. Three Contrasts 1.2.2. Playing And Contravention 1.2.3. The Comfort Of Pretence 1.2.4. Parsimony And Pretending 2. Empiricism, Solipsism And The Realistic 2.1. Empiricism And The Realistic 2.1.1. Berkeley, Russell, And The Language Of God 2.1.2. The Given 2.2. Solipsism And The Realistic 3. Pragmatism And The Realistic 3.1. Probability 3.1.1. Degrees Of Belief 3.1.2. Peirce And Probability 3.1.3. Rationality, Inquiry And Reasonableness 3.2. Truth 3.2.1. On Truth 3.2.2. Truth And Inquiry 3.3. Ramsey As Pragmatist PART II: MEANING 4. Ramsey And Wittgenstein: First Encounters 4.1. Pictures 4.1.1. Representation And Sense 4.1.2. Pictorial And Logical Form 4.2. Propositions 4.2.1. Type And Token 4.2.2. Truth And Meaning 5. The Mystical 5.1. Ramsey And The Mystical 5.1.1. Internal Properties 5.1.2. Making Clear 5.2. Ramsey And Nonsense 5.2.1. Existential Statements 5.2.2. Identity Statements 5.2.3. Logical And Semantic Properties 5.2.4. Mathematical Statements 5.2.5. Ramsey And Semantics 6. Truth And Meaning 6.1. Facts And Judgement 6.2. Judgement 6.2.1. Chicken Beliefs 6.2.2. Beliefs, Private States And Representation 6.3. Belief And Representation 6.3.1. Names, Objects And Antirealism 6.3.2. Mental Signs 6.3.3. Belief And Causation 6.3.4. Belief, Language And Forms Of Life 6.4. Objections 6.4.1. Judging Nonsense 6.4.2. What Is Squiggle? 6.4.3. Realism And The Realistic PART III: MATHEMATICS 7. The Foundation Of Mathematics 7.1. Tractarian Logicism 7.2. Identity In The Tractatus 7.2.1. Wittgenstein On Identity 7.2.2. The Tractarian Convention 7.3. Ramsey's Definition Of '=' 7.3.1. The Problem Of Essential Classes 7.3.2. Identity In Principia 7.3.3. Propositional Functions In Extension 7.3.4. What Could A PFE Be? 8. Logical Revolt 8.1. Ramsey And Hilbert 8.1.1. Generalisation 8.1.2. The -Operator 8.2. The Entscheidungsproblem 8.2.1. Decidability And The Logic Of The Tractatus PART IV: INFLUENCE 9. Generality, Rules And Normativity 9.1. Generality 9.1.1. Quantification In The Tractatus 9.1.2. Ramseys' Criticisms 9.1.3. Ramsey And The Infinite 9.1.4. Wittgenstein And The Infinite 9.2. Rules And Normativity 9.2.1. Philosophical Investigations 81 9.2.1. Rules And Games 9.2.3. Normativity References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Constructive Interpretation of Predictive
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1990, this book consists of a detailed exposition of results of the theory of interpretation developed by G. Kreisel the relative impenetrability of which gives the elucidation contained here great value for anyone seeking to understand his work. It contains more complex versions of the information obtained by Kreisel for number theory and clustering around the no-counter-example interpretation, for number-theorectic forumulae provide in ramified analysis. It also proves the omega-consistency of ramified analysis. The author also presents proofs of Schütte's cut-elimination theorems which are based on his consistency proofs and essentially contain them these went further than any published work up to that point, helping to squeeze the maximum amount of information from these proofs.Table of ContentsPreface; Chapter I. Introduction; 1. Statement of the Problem 2. Systems Considered 3. Metamathematical Methods of Proof; Chapter II. Over-Simple Interpretations; 1. Trivial Interpretation 2. Failure of Interpretation by Recursive Satisfaction 3. Dependence of the Proof of the Verifiable Formula corresponding to a Theorem; Chapter III. Herbrand Interpretation; 1. The Concept of Herbrand Interpretation 2. Herbrand Interpretation of Elementary Number Theory without Induction 3. Properties of the Interpretation 4. Impossibility of an Herbrand Interpretation of Number Theory with Induction; Chapter IV. The No-Counter-Example Interpretation of Number Theory; 1. Non-constructive Considerations 2. No-Counter-Example Interpretation of Number Theory without Induction 3. No-Counter-Example Interpretation, 1*-Consistency, and External Consistency 4. Ordinal Recursive Functionals, 1*-Consistency of Number Theory with Induction 5. Representation of Ordinal Recursive Functionals in Elementary Number Theory; Chapter V. Ramified Analysis; 1. Description of Systems 2. Ramified Analysis without Induction 3. Recursive Well-orderings and Ordinal Recursive Functionals 4. Ramified Analysis with Induction 5. Representation of Ordinal Recursive Functionals in Ramified Analysis; Chapter VI. Ω-Consistency; 1. Critique of the Concept of ω-Consistency 2. Ω-Consistency, External Consistency, and 1*-Consistency 3. Ω-Consistency of Ramified Analysis; Appendix I. Arithmetization of Schütte’s Cut-elimination theorems; Appendix II. Ordinal Functions; Bibliography; Index of Definitions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creative Evolution
Book SynopsisFirst published in French in 1907, Henri Bergson's L'évolution créatrice is a scintillating and radical work by one of the great French philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This outstanding new translation, the first for over a hundred years, brings one of Bergson's most important and ambitious works to a new generation of readers.A sympathetic though critical reader of Darwin, Bergson argues in Creative Evolution against a mechanistic, reductionist view of evolution. For Bergson, all life emerges from a creative, shared impulse, which he famously terms élan vital and which passes like a current through different organisms and generations over time. Whilst this impulse remains as forms of life diverge and multiply, human life is characterized by a distinctive form of consciousness or intellect. Yet as Bergson brilliantly shows, the intellect's fragmentary and action- oriented nature, which he likens to the cinematograph, means Trade Review"I have been re-reading Bergson's books, and nothing that I have read for years has so excited and stimulated my thoughts. I am sure that his philosophy has a great future; it breaks through old frameworks and brings things to a solution from which new crystallizations can be reached." - William James (1903)"An updated translation of Bergson’s most significant and most misunderstood book was long overdue. … Landes – who has previously translated Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, another, notoriously elegant yet challenging text – more than meets these requirements. … There is no doubt that this new translation will become an absolute reference, not least because Landes has included illuminating passages from the critical apparatus of the most recent French edition of L’Evolution créatrice. But Landes’s most remarkable improvement is in his recreation of the effortless flow of Bergson’s philosophical prose." - Emily Herring, Times Literary Supplement"This new translation by Donald Landes captures the mesmerizing work that turned Henri Bergson into one of the century’s most provocative thinkers—with expert annotations, correspondence and additional material by influential thinkers from William James to Gilles Deleuze." - Jimena Canales, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA"Henri Bergson, who personally oversaw the translation of all his books into English, would be delighted by this new edition of his greatest work. Donald Landes’s translation is exquisite and the extensive editorial notes are indispensable for the serious study of Creative Evolution." - Alexandre Lefebvre, University of Sydney, Australia"This splendid new translation provides an exceptional, scholarly tool for serious specialists as well as all readers interested in Bergson’s work. It will swiftly become the definitive reference text for all Anglophone Bergson scholarship." - Christina Howells, University of Oxford, UK"A major event in post-Kantian philosophy. Featuring a lucid introduction, helpful translator’s notes, and a judicious selection from Arnaud François’s illuminating critical dossier, this fine translation of Creative Evolution means that English-language Bergson scholarship has begun to gain the serious editions of his texts that it deserves." - Mark Sinclair, Roehampton University, UK"This superb translation will introduce a new generation to Bergson. Landes's cogent introduction and editorial notes and the accompanying dossier of correspondence, reception and commentaries not only situates Creative Evolution in relation to Bergson's oeuvre, but also to the myriad scientific and philosophical sources informing his thought. An outstanding achievement." - Mark Antliff, Duke University, USA"This wonderful new translation of Bergson’s classic Creative Evolution is warmly welcomed, as are the rich introduction, comprehensive editorial notes, and thoughtful selection of commentaries. There are many improvements to the original translation published over a century ago." - Emily Thomas, Durham University, UK"Creative Evolution is essential reading today. To translate it well requires a serious engagement with Bergson’s entire body of work, sustained philosophical attention, a feel for context (including discoveries in thermodynamics) and, most importantly, enormous care. Happily, this is what Donald Landes offers us here." - Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley, USA"I have been re-reading Bergson's books, and nothing that I have read for years has so excited and stimulated my thoughts. I am sure that his philosophy has a great future; it breaks through old frameworks and brings things to a solution from which new crystallizations can be reached." - William James (1903)"An updated translation of Bergson’s most significant and most misunderstood book was long overdue. … Landes – who has previously translated Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, another, notoriously elegant yet challenging text – more than meets these requirements. … There is no doubt that this new translation will become an absolute reference, not least because Landes has included illuminating passages from the critical apparatus of the most recent French edition of L’Evolution créatrice. But Landes’s most remarkable improvement is in his recreation of the effortless flow of Bergson’s philosophical prose." - Emily Herring, Times Literary Supplement"This new translation by Donald Landes captures the mesmerizing work that turned Henri Bergson into one of the century’s most provocative thinkers—with expert annotations, correspondence and additional material by influential thinkers from William James to Gilles Deleuze." - Jimena Canales, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA"Henri Bergson, who personally oversaw the translation of all his books into English, would be delighted by this new edition of his greatest work. Donald Landes’s translation is exquisite and the extensive editorial notes are indispensable for the serious study of Creative Evolution." - Alexandre Lefebvre, University of Sydney, Australia"This splendid new translation provides an exceptional, scholarly tool for serious specialists as well as all readers interested in Bergson’s work. It will swiftly become the definitive reference text for all Anglophone Bergson scholarship." - Christina Howells, University of Oxford, UK"A major event in post-Kantian philosophy. Featuring a lucid introduction, helpful translator’s notes, and a judicious selection from Arnaud François’s illuminating critical dossier, this fine translation of Creative Evolution means that English-language Bergson scholarship has begun to gain the serious editions of his texts that it deserves." - Mark Sinclair, Roehampton University, UK"This superb translation will introduce a new generation to Bergson. Landes's cogent introduction and editorial notes and the accompanying dossier of correspondence, reception and commentaries not only situates Creative Evolution in relation to Bergson's oeuvre, but also to the myriad scientific and philosophical sources informing his thought. An outstanding achievement." - Mark Antliff, Duke University, USA"This wonderful new translation of Bergson’s classic Creative Evolution is warmly welcomed, as are the rich introduction, comprehensive editorial notes, and thoughtful selection of commentaries. There are many improvements to the original translation published over a century ago." - Emily Thomas, Durham University, UK"Creative Evolution is essential reading today. To translate it well requires a serious engagement with Bergson’s entire body of work, sustained philosophical attention, a feel for context (including discoveries in thermodynamics) and, most importantly, enormous care. Happily, this is what Donald Landes offers us here." - Suzanne Guerlac, University of California, Berkeley, USATable of ContentsForeword Elizabeth Grosz Translator’s Introduction Donald A. Landes Creative Evolution, by Henri Bergson, translated by Donald A. Landes Bilingual Table of Contents Introduction 1. On the Evolution of Life. Mechanism and Finality 2. The Diverging Directions of Life: Torpor, Intellect, and Instinct 3. On the Meaning of Life, the Order of Nature, and the Form of the Intellect 4. The Cinematographic Mechanism of Thought and the Mechanistic Illusion. A Glance at the History of Systems. Real Becoming and False Evolutionism Correspondence, Reception, and Commentaries Introduction 1. Correspondence James–Bergson Correspondence (1907) Letter to H. Wildon Carr (1908) Letter to Florian Znaniecki (1911) 2. Critical Reception in Biology Bergson and Le Dantec in Dialogue Ruyer as Reader of Bergson 3. Critical Reception in Mathematics Bergson and Borel in Dialogue 4. Critical Reception in Theology Bergson and Tonquédec in Dialogue 5. Notable Commentaries Canguilhem as Reader of L’évolution créatrice Merleau-Ponty as Reader of L’évolution créatrice Deleuze as Reader of L’évolution créatrice Critical Apparatus Editorial Endnotes Bibliographies Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Moore and Wittgenstein
Book SynopsisDoes scepticism threaten our common sense picture of the world? Does it really undermine our deep-rooted certainties? Answers to these questions are offered through a comparative study of the epistemological work of two key figures in the history of analytic philosophy, G. E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Foreword Abbreviations of Works by Moore and Wittgenstein Aknowledgements Introduction G. E. Moore: Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense Wittgenstein: Belief, Knowledge and Certainty Wittgenstein: Doubts and the Nonsense of Scepticism Wittgenstein: Hinges, Certainty, World-Picture and Mythology Conclusion: Moore and Wittgenstein On Epistemology and Language: A Synopsis References Index
£58.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Philosophy of Science The Key Thinkers
Book SynopsisJames Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada.Trade ReviewA well-thought complement to traditional introductions to the philosophy of science. Introduced by leading scholars in their fields, the key debates in the discipline, from inductivism to realism, are not only clarified but enlightened so as to be of interest to students and scholars alike. * Giancarlo Ianulardo, Lecturer in Economics, University of Exeter, UK *In this classic introductory textbook, now at its second edition, Jim Brown brings together a stellar array of philosophers of science. Each chapter is organised around a central theme — from conventionalism to realism and feminist philosophy of science, among several others — and introduces some classic authors in the field. Study questions and Further Reading suggestions accompany each chapter. This book will continue to be an extremely valuable resource for students approaching the field for the first time and for anyone else wishing to have an introduction to philosophy of science. * Michela Massimi, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Edinburgh, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction, James Robert Brown (University of Toronto, Canada) 1. Experience and Necessity: The Whewell and Mill Debate, Laura Snyder (St. John’s University, USA) 2. Conventionalism: Poincaré, Duhem, Reichenbach, Torsten Wilholt (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany) 3. The Vienna Circle: Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap, Otto Neurath, Friedrich Stadler (University of Vienna, Austria) 4. Carl G. Hempel: Logical Empiricist, Martin Curd (Purdue University, USA) 5. Anti-Inductivism as Worldview: The Philosophy of Karl Popper, Steve Fuller (University of Warwick, UK) 6. Historical Approaches: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend, Martin Carrier (Bielefeld University, Germany) 7. The Contingency of the Causal Nexus: Ghazali and Modern Science, Arun Bala (National University of Singapore, Singapore) 8.Sociology of Science: Bloor, Collins, Latour, Martin Kusch (University of Vienna, Austria) 9. One Cannot Be Just a Little Bit Realist: Putnam and van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos (University of Athens, Greece) 10. Beyond Theories: Hacking and Cartwright, William Seager (University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada) 11. Feminist Critiques: Harding and Longino, Janet Kourany (University of Notre Dame, USA) Afterword Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Why Did the Logician Cross the Road
Book SynopsisFind out what connects logic and humor in this alternative guide to logical reasoning. Combining jokes, stories, and ironic situations, Stan Baronett shows how it is possible to ground the language of logic in everyday experience. Each chapter introduces a basic logical reasoning concept based on happenings in daily life. Using jokes as his examples, Baronett reveals the inner workings of logic. After all an effective joke often relies on an unanticipated assumption that leads to an unexpected result. The assumption changes the normal context of an everyday situation, so we are surprised by the ending. A complex mind that learns from experience, and builds a storehouse of regularly recurring patterns, is a great survival tool. But for a joke to work, the punch line has to be something our minds don't logically anticipate. The ending jolts our minds for a split second while we grasp the absurdity of the situation. This is how logic works: one part of your mind determines whether tTrade ReviewEngaging, accessible, and very clearly written, this wonderfully humorous text makes learning logic as enjoyable as a comedy show! * James Stacey Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy, The College of New Jersey, USA *Baronett expertly presents both logic and humor as processes moving from assumptions to inferences, helping us see how the conclusion of our neighbor’s argument can be as rigorous in its logic as it is hilarious in its unpredictability. We're also reminded how much fun it can be to thoughtfully communicate with one other on topics large and small, from the absurd to the noteworthy. * Joia Lewis, Professor of Philosophy of Science (retired), Saint Paul College, USA *How clear. How practical. How memorable. What witty illustrations! Professor Baronett’s affinity for the humorous is catchy, and it leads the reader to understand. Students, teachers, and enthusiasts alike will read with pleasure. I plan to use this as a companion to Baronett’s Logic in my classroom. * Wes Jorde, Philosophy Instructor, Dakota County Technical College, Minnesota, USA *Table of ContentsPreface 1. You Call That An Argument? 2. That Comes In Two Flavors 3. I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You 4. Origin Of The Specious 5. It’s Nothing Like That 6. Operator Assistance 7. Below Average 8. Casual Causality Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Philosophy of Comparisons
Book SynopsisComparing is one of the most essential practices, in our everyday life as well as in science and humanities. In this in-depth philosophical analysis of the structure, practice and ethics of comparative procedures, Hartmut von Sass expands on the significance of comparison. Elucidating the ramified structure of comparing, von Sass suggests a typology of comparisons before introducing the notion of comparative injustice and the limits of comparisons. He elaborates on comparing as practice by relating comparing to three relative practices orienting, describing, and expressing oneself to unfold some of the most important chapters of what might be called comparativism. This approach allows von Sass to clarify the idea of the incomparable, distinguish between different versions of incomparability and shed light on important ethical aspects of comparisons today. Confronting the claim that we are living in an age of comparisons, his book is an important contribution to ideTrade ReviewThis carefully argued and clearly written book is the most thorough study of the meaning and practice of comparing that I am aware of. It draws impressively in a wide range of philosophical literature and traditions as it explains the many roles of making comparisons in our thought and in our culture.’ * Douglas MacLean, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Comparisons—A Marginalised Classic Part I: Comparison as Structure and Comparing as Practice 1. Comparisons. A General Account 2. Comparisons: A Typology 3. On Comparative Injustice Part II: Three Studies in Comparativism 4. Orientation, Indexicality, and Comparisons: A Theme from Kant 5. Comparative / Descriptive: Wittgenstein and the Search for “Objects of Comparison” 6. Comparative Ironism: Richard Rorty on Plural Vocabularies and the Comparisons Between Them Part III: On Relocating Incomparability 7. Against Structural Incomparability 8. On Indexical Incomparability 9. The Curious Case of Normative Incomparability: Comparisons, Animals and the Quest for Adequacy Epilogue: Living in an “Age of Comparison”?: An Interpretation with Diagnostic Intent Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Radial Method of the Middle Wittgenstein
Book SynopsisSpanning the period between Wittgenstein's return to Cambridge in 1929 and the first version of Philosophical Investigations in 1936, Piotr Dehnel explores the middle stage in Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophical development and identifies the major issues which engrossed him, including phenomenology, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of language. Contrary to the dominant perspective, Dehnel argues that this period was intrinsically different from the early and late stages and should not be viewed as a mere transitional phase. The distinctiveness of Wittgenstein's middle work can be seen in his philosophical thinking as it unfolds in a non-linear trajectory: thoughts do not follow upon each other, ideas do not appear sequentially one by one, and insights do not form a straight chain. Dehnel portrays the diffused and multifarious quality of Wittgenstein's middle thinking, enabling readers to form a more comprehensive view of his entire philosophy and acquire a better grasp Trade ReviewThe book sheds an interesting new light on interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy as it offers one of the first explorations of his concepts between the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations. The author argues that, rather than developing in a linear sequence from insight to insight and from idea to idea, Wittgenstein’s thought in the middle period expands radially, unfolding in several directions at the same time. A must-read for Wittgenstein researchers, the book is certainly of profound interest to humanities scholars and social scientists alike. * Leszek Koczanowicz, Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland *This book offers broad hermeneutic explanations of Wittgenstein’s writings from 1929 to 1936. They are based on a thorough knowledge of the source material, which they place in the context of his thought and its philosophical environment. I am impressed with the scientific merit of the present work. * Herbert Hrachovec, Associate Professor at the Institute for Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Phenomenological Turn 2. Verification: 1929-1932 3. Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frege in the Notes of 1929-1932 4. ‘A Clever Man got Caught in this Net of Language’: Wittgenstein’s Attack on Set Theory 5. The Big Typescript as a Work of the Middle Period 6. P.S. Understanding, Expecting, Wishing 7. Magic, Rituals and Philosophy: Wittgenstein on Frazer’s The Golden Bough 8. Wittgenstein as a Philosopher of Culture Bibliography Index
£80.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Virtue Epistemology and the Analysis of Knowledge
Book SynopsisThis book centers on two dominant trends within contemporary epistemology: first, the dissatisfaction with the project of analyzing knowledge in terms of necessary and jointly sufficient conditions and, second, the surging popularity of virtue-theoretic approaches to knowledge. Church argues that the Gettier Problem, the primary reason for abandoning the reductive analysis project, cannot viably be solved, and that prominent approaches to virtue epistemology fail to solve the Gettier Problem precisely along the lines his diagnosis predicts. Such an outcome motivates Church to explore a better way forward: non-reductive virtue epistemology. In so doing, he makes room for virtue epistemologies that are not only able to endure what he sees as inevitable developments in 21st-century epistemology, but also able to contribute positively to debates and discussions across the discipline and beyond.Trade ReviewVirtue Epistemology and the Analysis of Knowledge offers a distinctive line on virtue epistemology, and in the process covers many of the core topics of contemporary epistemology. This insightful book will be required reading for anyone hoping to keep abreast of the latest work in epistemology. * Duncan Pritchard, UC Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Diagnosing The Problem 1. Luck and Gettier Problems 2. Objections Part II: Applying the Diagnosis 3. Agent Reliablism 4. Agent Responsiblism 5. Proper Functionalism Part III: Exploring Alternatives 6. Prolegomena to Non-Reductive Virtue Epistemology 7. Knowledge as Virtue 8. Objections and New Directions Notes Bibliography Index
£80.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Metaphysics of Contingency
Book SynopsisPhilosophers approach the problem of possibility in two markedly different ways: with reference to worlds, whereby an event is possible if there is a world in which it occurs, and with reference to modal properties, whereby an event is a possible manifestation of a property of some substance or object.Showing how the world-account cannot properly explain the nature of possibilities within worlds, Ferenc Huoranszki argues that the latter approach is more plausible. He develops a theory of contingent possibilities grounded in a distinction between abilities and dispositions as real, first-order modal properties of objects, with fundamentally distinct ontological roles. By understanding abilities as first-order modal properties, and by linking such modal properties to counterfactual conditionals, Huoranszki argues we can distinguish between variably generic or specific abilities and identify more or less abstract possibilities in a world. In doing so, he furthers our understandingTrade ReviewThis book makes a worthwhile contribution to a serious ongoing debate in metaphysics. At times brilliant, The Metaphysics of Contingency has novel and challenging wisdom to offer on the nature and role of dispositions and powers that will interest both the Aristotelian and the Humean alike. Huoranszki’s account provides a worthy addition to a growing contemporary literature. * Stephen Mumford, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK *Your coffee mug could have gotten broken when you accidentally dropped it on the floor this morning. Thank goodness it didn’t! But what makes it the case that there was such a contingent possibility? Ferenc Huoranszki’s book offers a fresh, engaging and valiantly defended contribution to the current debate on this topic. * Anna Marmodoro, Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and Associate Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Contingency, Worlds and Properties 2. Abilities and Dispositions 3. Specificity and Intrinsicness 4. Abilities, Dispositions and Conditionals 5. Reasoning with Possibilities 6. Manifestations and Events 7. Concluding Remarks: Abilities, Qualities and the Priority of the Actual References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Quines Epistemic Norms in Practice
Book SynopsisIn this illuminating guide to the criteria of rational theorizing, Michael Shepanski identifies, defends and applies W. V. Quine's epistemic norms the norms that best explain Quine's decisions to accept some theories and not others. Parts I and II set out the doctrines of this epistemology, demonstrating their potential for philosophical application. Part III is a case study in which Shepanski develops a theory of the propositional attitudes by the method of formalizing inferences to behaviour. He presents critiques of popular alternative views, including foundationalism, the centrality of knowledge and Quine's own epistemological naturalism. By reassessing Quine's normative epistemology, Shepanski advances our understanding of Quine's philosophy whilst providing a guide for our own theorizing.Trade ReviewStarting from a clear exposition of Quine's views, Shepanski develops an elegant and useful epistemology of his own. Written with personality and rigor, this is an enjoyable and intriguing read. * Paul Gregory, Professor of Philosophy, Washington and Lee University, USA *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part I. Undogmatic Empiricism 1. Wanted: A Normative Epistemology in Working Order 2. Epistemological Dissociative Disorder 3. Empiricism Without (Even Mentioning) the Dogmas 4. Conservatism is not a Third Norm 5. Sufficient Logical Explicitness is Norm Zero Part II. Application to Philosophy 6. Touching Base 7. The Armchair 8. Adapting to Predicate Logic Part III. Case Study: Propositional Attitude Ascriptions 9. Destination and Horizon 10. Sententialism 11. From Sententialism to Russellianism 12. Sententialism with Non-Designating Names Part IV. Paths Not Taken 13. The “Two Dogmas” Argument 14. Naturalized Epistemology 15. Attitudes to Sets of Possibilia 16. The Mythical Given 17. Epistemology as the Theory of Knowledge Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Philosophy of Joseph Petzoldt
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first English resource to shed light on the philosophy of Joseph Petzoldt (1862-1929), the main pupil of Ernst Mach and founder of the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Philosophie, later the association of Berlin logical positivists. A central figure in the early debate on the theory of relativity, his work was praised by Einstein himself. Tracing the development of Petzoldt's ideas, starting from his early acceptance of materialism and Kantian agnosticism, Chiara Russo Krauss presents a comprehensive reconstruction of his philosophy in the context of the German milieu. She examines his attempt to develop a new philosophy following Gustav Fechner and the empiriocriticism of Richard Avenarius and Ernst Mach. In the final chapter, she sets out how Petzoldt proposed relativistic positivism as the official interpretation of Einstein's relativity. By illuminating key elements of Petzoldt's work, this is a valuable case study for students and scholars of philosTrade ReviewThis book masterfully combines history of philosophy and history of ideas. It portrays Joseph Petzoldt (1862–1929) who creatively combined elements of thought of his teacher Richard Avenarius (1843–1896) and of the physicist-physiologist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838–1916). Petzoldt developed a philosophy of “relativistic positivism” and became an influential interpreter of Einstein’s theory of relativity. In her richly contextualized account, Chiara Russo Krauss discusses strengths and weaknesses of Petzoldt’s thought. * Klaus Hentschel, Professor for History of Science and Technology, University of Stuttgart, Germany *Russo Krauss offers a rich and fascinating picture of Petzholt’s positivism, including his accounts of the unity of science, the determinacy of law, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. She shows him to be a significant bridge from nineteenth-century German philosophy to early analytic philosophy of science. * Scott Edgar, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Mary's University, Canada *Chiara Russo Krauss's book on Petzoldt should be obligatory reading for anyone interested in German intellectual history from the 1890s to the 1920s. Russo Krauss situates Petzoldt in the philosophical debates of his time, illuminating not only Petzoldt's own wide-randing oeuvre, but also the work of those authors who influenced him, or who responded to him. The book is chock-a-block with intriguing historical and systematic insights. Russo Krauss' study sets a model of how best to discuss an allegedly 'minor' figure. * Martin Kusch, Professor of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Stability and Eindeutigkeit 3. Subjectivism and Relativistic Positivism 4. Petzoldt and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity 5. Criticism of Petzoldt’s Interpretation of Relativity 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) What Gender Should Be
Book SynopsisWhat is gender? What should gender look like in the 21st century? This book brings together philosophy with insights from feminist and transgender theory to argue for gender pluralism: that there should be more than two genders, and that each gender term should have multiple meanings. Developing an explicitly political version of conceptual engineering, What Gender Should Be contains novel and powerful arguments both against existing theories of gender such as family resemblance accounts and against gender abolition, underlining how each is insufficient for thinking about and doing justice to contemporary transgender identities and politics. Instead, Matthew J. Cull argues that we should be pluralists about gender, putting forward and advocating for a position that is more apt for contemporary transgender and feminist activism. The 21st century requires a new way of thinking about gender. What Gender Should Be sets out to provide it.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wittgensteins Method
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously. Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris. Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper. Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996). Trade ReviewGordon Baker, together with P. M . S. Hacker, was instrumental in the elaboration of what has become the standard interpretation of Wittgenstein's later work. In a dramatic turnabout, in his later years, Baker came to the conclusion that that interpretation, which he had done so much to help consolidate, was fundamentally flawed, exegetically and philosophically. He embarked on the task of putting forward a radically new interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy -- an interpretation which has seemed to some to be a perverse dismantling of his life's work, while seeming to others, myself included, to open up exciting new possibilities and to help put us in a position to better understand what Wittgenstein was really up to. Baker was in the midst of developing this new interpretation in a series of articles, when his tragic early death brought the project to an abrupt halt. This volume collects those articles. Any serious student of Wittgenstein's philosophy will want to own this book. James Conant, University of Chicago `The essays in this volume are replete with a wealth of historical and linguistic detail. They contain the combination of careful textual exegesis and rigorous analysis which was characteristic of Baker's work generally.' Dr Mark Addis, International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2005) Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction by Katherine J. Morris 1 Part I: Reading Wittgenstein 19 A. Methodological Concepts: 21 1. Philosophical Investigations §122: Neglected Aspects 22 2. Some Remarks on ‘Language’ and ‘Grammar’ 52 3. Wittgenstein’s ‘Depth Grammar’ 73 4. Wittgenstein on Metaphysical/Everyday Use 92 B. Applications: the ‘Private Language Argument': 108 5. The Reception of the Private Language Argument 109 6. Wittgenstein’s Method and the Private Language Argument 119 7. The Private Language Argument (extract) 130 Part II: Wittgenstein and Waismann: 141 A. The Analogy with Psychoanalysis: 143 8. ‘Our’ Method of Thinking about ‘Thinking’ 144 9. A Vision of Philosophy 179 10. Wittgenstein’s Method and Psychoanalysis 205 B. Aspects and Conceptions: 223 11. Italics in Wittgenstein 224 12. Wittgenstein: Concepts or Conceptions? 260 13. The Grammar of Aspects and Aspects of Grammar 279 Bibliography of the Works of Gordon Baker 294 General Bibliography 299 Index 305
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wittgenstein Reader
Book SynopsisThis popular selection of Wittgenstein's key writings has now been updated to include new material relevant to recent debates about the philosopher. Follows the evolution of Wittgenstein's philosophical thought from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through to the Philosophical Investigations. Excerpts are arranged by topic and introduce readers to all the central concerns of Wittgenstein's philosophy. Now includes a new chapter on Sense, Nonsense and Philosophy' incorporating material relevant to recent debates about Wittgenstein. Trade Review"This excellent selection of key passages from the voluminous writings of Wittgenstein for the first time allows him to be read systematically and continuously. I am sure it will be invaluable in the classroom and give much pleasure and enlightenment to the general reader." Rom Harré, University of Oxford and Georgetown University Anthony Kenny and Blackwell's have done it again. With an extended preface and an added chapter on the 'New Wittgensteinians', especially for undergraduate syllabi that aim to cover the breadth of Wittgenstein's philosophical concerns, this new edition of Kenny's astute selections is required reading. Richard Kortum, East Tennessee State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. 2. The Rejection of Logical Atomism. 3. The Nature of Philosophy. 4. Meaning and Understanding. 5. Intentionality. 6. Following a Rule. 7. Thinking. 8. The Will. 9. Private Language and Private Experience. 10. Aspect and Image. 11. The First Person. 12. The Inner and the Outer. 13. Necessity. 14. Scepticism and Certainty. 15. Sense, Nonsense and Philosophy. 16. Ethics, Life and Faith. Notes on Sources. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wittgenstein in Cambridge
Book SynopsisThis volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein''s long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters). Now expanded to include 200 previously unpublished letters and documents, including correspondence between Wittgenstein and the economist Piero Sraffa, and between Wittgenstein and his pupils Includes extensive editorial annotations Provides a fascinating and intimate insight into Wittgenstein''s life and thought Trade Review“One could say, this book takes a close look at Wittgenstein’s face; and whether or not this will interest anyone, he was nonetheless a human being and so it may have value.” (The Dabbler, 18 May 2012) "The publication of all this new material is to be welcomed ... .[A] very handsome book, and impeccably edited. In his notes (conveniently placed after each letter and not at the end of the book), the editor gives just the right amount of background and further information to explain references to people and events in the letters." (Times Literary Supplement, March 2010) "A beautifully produced and immaculately edited volume, [McGuinness] collects together a rich mass of letters and other documents." (London Review of Books, January 2009) "Primarily a historical and biographical resource. The editor's stated aim is to picture a portion of Wittgenstein's 'pattern of ... life and work' centered on Cambridge. He has ... succeeded." (Notre Dame Reviews, October 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 List of Letters and Documents 15 Letters 29 Bibliography 481 Index of Correspondents and Document Sources 490 Index 492
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