Philosophical analysis in the twentieth century, Volume I, The dawn of analysis:
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Main Author: Soames, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 2003
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE TWO VOLUMES; PART ONE: G.E. MOORE ON ETHICS, EPISTEMOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS; PART TWO: BERTRAND RUSSELL ON LOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; PART THREE: LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN'S TRACTATUS; PART FOUR: LOGICAL POSITIVISM, EMOTIVISM, AND ETHICS; PART FIVE: THE POST-POSITIVIST PERSPECTIVE OF THE EARLY W.V. QUINE; Index
This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape
Physical Description:xix, 411 pages
ISBN:9781400825790
1400825792
9780691115733
0691115737
069112244X
9780691122441

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