Devil in Modern Philosophy

AvErnest Gellner

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy and life and they approach the topic from a number of directions: philosophy of morals, history of ideas, a discussion of individuals including R. G. Collingwood, Noam Chomsky, Piaget and Eysenck and discussions on the setting of philosophy in the general culture of England and America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-02-15
Mått:138 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415434607

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Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Philosophy in general; Chapter 1 The devil in modern philosophy; Chapter 2 The crisis in the humanities and the mainstream of philosophy; Chapter 3 Reflections on philosophy, especially in America; Chapter 4 On being wrong; Chapter 5 Is belief really necessary?; Part 2 On ethics; Chapter 6 Maxims; Chapter 7 Ethics and logic; Chapter 8 Knowing how and validity; Chapter 9 Morality and ‘je ne sais quoi’ concepts; Part 3 Some ancestors; Chapter 10 French eighteenth-century materialism; Part 4 Philosophy in particular; Chapter 11 Thought and time, or the reluctant relativist; Chapter 12 Poker player; Chapter 13 Ayer’s epistle to the Russians; Chapter 14 Ayer on Moore and Russell; Chapter 15 The belief machine; Part 5 Psychologists and others; Chapter 16 The ascent of life; Chapter 17 Man’s picture of his world; Chapter 18 On Freud and Reich; Chapter 19 A genetic psychologist’s confessions; Chapter 20 Eysenck: seeing emperors naked; Chapter 21 On Chomsky;