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Relativism in Contemporary American Philosophy
MacIntyre, Putnam, and Rorty
Häftad, 2008
556 kr
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Relativism about knowledge or truth has always provoked the ire of philosophers. Ever since Protagoras declared in antiquity that "man is the measure of all things", relativism has been repeatedly attacked. Recently, however, Alasdair MacIntyre has observed that "relativism . is one of those …
Varieties of Pragmatism
Häftad, 2008
556 kr
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For much of the twentieth century, many Anglo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of …
Thomas Kuhn's Revolution
Häftad, 2009
556 kr
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The influence of Thomas Kuhn (1922 -1996) on the history and philosophy of science has been truly enormous. In 1962, Kuhn's famous work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, helped to inaugurate a revolution - the historiographic revolution - in the latter half of the twentieth century, …
America's First Women Philosophers
Transplanting Hegel, 1860-1925
Häftad, 2009
556 kr
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This is the first book about the women of the early American idealist movement in philosophy and a chapter is devoted to the life, practical work, and philosophical ideas of each of them. The American idealist movement started in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858, becoming more influential as women …
America's First Women Philosophers
Transplanting Hegel, 1860-1925
Inbunden, 2005
2120 kr
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This is the first book about the women of the early American Idealist movement in philosophy. The movement started in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858, becoming more influential as women joined and influenced its development. Many of these women were pioneers in feminist thought, in the expansion of …
Legacy of John Rawls
Av Thom Brooks, Fabian Freyenhagen
Inbunden, 2005
2542 kr
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John Rawls was unquestionably the most important moral and political philosopher of the last one hundred years. His A Theory of Justice published in 1971 is already a classic text, and his political philosophy is more widely studied than that of any other theorist. Interest in Rawls's work has …
John Searle and the Construction of Social Reality
Av Joshua Rust
Inbunden, 2005
2401 kr
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John Searle (1932-) is one of the most famous living American philosophers. A pupil of J. L. Austin at Oxford in the 1950s, he is currently Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1995 John Searle published "The Construction of Social …
Thomas Kuhn's Revolution
Inbunden, 2005
2120 kr
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The influence of Thomas Kuhn (1922 -1996) on the history and philosophy of science has been truly enormous. In 1962, Kuhn's famous work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, helped to inaugurate a revolution - the historiographic revolution - in the latter half of the twentieth century, …
Relativism in Contemporary American Philosophy
MacIntyre, Putnam, and Rorty
Inbunden, 2006
2120 kr
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Relativism about knowledge or truth has always provoked the ire of philosophers. Ever since Protagoras declared in antiquity that 'man is the measure of all things', relativism has been repeatedly attacked. Recently, however, Alasdair MacIntyre has observed that 'relativism...is one of those …
Quine on Meaning
The Indeterminacy of Translation
Av Eve Gaudet
Inbunden, 2006
2401 kr
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Willard Van Orman Quine was certainly the greatest analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in 1908, he held the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1956 to 2000. He made highly important contributions to such areas as mathematical logic, set …
Varieties of Pragmatism
Inbunden, 2006
2120 kr
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For much of the twentieth century, many Anlgo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of …
Nozick, Autonomy and Compensation
Inbunden, 2007
2120 kr
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Famously and notoriously, Robert Nozick argues against the welfare state in Anarchy, State and Utopia. While many academics have severely criticized Nozick's notion of a minimal state, neo-conservatives and many ordinary citizens remain convinced by his arguments for limited government. Much has …
Peirce's Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry
Fallibilism and Indeterminacy
Inbunden, 2006
2401 kr
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The philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is very important at every stage of the history of modern American thought. It informs William James's evolutionary metaphysics, John Dewey's theory of logic, W.V.O. Quine's naturalism, and Richard Rorty's notion of the Linguistic Turn. …
Virtue Ethics: Dewey and MacIntyre
Inbunden, 2006
2401 kr
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Modern ethical theory has experienced a resurgence of interest in the virtues. Long relegated to the ancient and medieval past, virtue theory is now considered by many to be a viable alternative to the otherwise dominant Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories. Alasdair Maclntyre is a central …
Richard Rorty's New Pragmatism
Neither Liberal nor Free
Inbunden, 2007
2120 kr
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This book is a study of Richard Rorty's "New Pragmatism" on its own terms, and a critical analysis of its implications for contemporary thought. As an anti-foundationalist and a liberal, Rorty's version of pragmatism is designed to promote personal freedom and democratic solidarity. Having as his …
After Rorty
The Possibilities for Ethics and Religious Belief
Inbunden, 2006
2401 kr
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Richard Rorty is regarded as something of a pariah in mainstream philosophical circles. Trained by some of the most eminent philosophers of the twentieth century, he has come to be one of the strongest critics of the philosophical tradition. Over the years Rorty's books have cast serious doubt on …
Quine's Naturalism
Language, Theory and the Knowing Subject
Inbunden, 2008
2260 kr
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This is a new and highly original monograph examining Quine's naturalism, an issue central to the work of this hugely influential analytic philosopher.W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that …
Feminist Epistemology and American Pragmatism
Dewey and Quine
Inbunden, 2010
2120 kr
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Feminist philosophy identifies tensions within mainstream theories of knowledge. To create a more egalitarian epistemology, solutions to these problems have been as diverse as the traditions of philosophy out of which feminists continue to emerge. This book considers two equally formidable …
Legacy of John Rawls
Av Thom Brooks, Fabian Freyenhagen
Häftad, 2007
1134 kr
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John Rawls was unquestionably the most important moral and political philosopher of the last one hundred years. His "A Theory of Justice" published in 1971 is already a classic text, and his political philosophy is more widely studied than that of any other theorist. Interest in Rawls' work has …
Quine's Naturalism
Language, Theory and the Knowing Subject
E-bok, 2011
608 kr
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W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that empirical science is our best avenue to knowledge. His views, however, have not been well understood. Critics charge that Quine''s naturalized …
Quine's Naturalism
Language, Theory and the Knowing Subject
Häftad, 2012
556 kr
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W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that empirical science is our best avenue to knowledge. His views, however, have not been well understood. Critics charge that Quine's naturalized …
Reality and Its Appearance
Häftad, 2012
556 kr
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In Reality and Its Appearance, Nicholas Rescher aims to address the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we think with regard to the issue of reality's relations to appearances? Rescher argues that the distinction between reality and its …
Pragmatist Metaphysics
An Essay on the Ethical Grounds of Ontology
E-bok, 2009
2745 kr
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Pragmatist Metaphysics proposes a pragmatist re-articulation of the nature, aims and methods of metaphysics. Rather than regarding metaphysics as a 'first philosophy', an inquiry into the world independent of human perspectives, the pragmatist views metaphysics as an inquiry into categorizations of …
Peirce, James, and a Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion
E-bok, 2012
608 kr
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In this book, John W. Woell shows us how contemporary readings of American Pragmatism founded on mistakenly used categories of the Analytic tradition have led to misreadings of Peirce and James. By focusing on terms drawn largely from Descartes and Kant, contemporary debates between metaphysical …
Quine's Naturalism
Language, Theory and the Knowing Subject
E-bok, 2008
595 kr
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W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that empirical science is our best avenue to knowledge. His views, however, have not been well understood. Critics charge that Quine's naturalized …
Peirce, James, and a Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion
E-bok, 2012
595 kr
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In this book, John W. Woell shows us how contemporary readings of American Pragmatism founded on mistakenly used categories of the Analytic tradition have led to misreadings of Peirce and James. By focusing on terms drawn largely from Descartes and Kant, contemporary debates between metaphysical …
Varieties of Pragmatism
E-bok, 2008
608 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For much of the twentieth century, many Anglo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of …
Peirce's Philosophy of Communication
The Rhetorical Underpinnings of the Theory of Signs
Av Mats Bergman
E-bok, 2009
595 kr
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Charles S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was also the architect of a remarkable theory of signs that continues to puzzle and inspire philosophers today. In this important new book, Mats Bergman articulates a bold new approach to Peirce's semeiotic through a reassessment of the role of rhetoric …
Feminist Epistemology and American Pragmatism
Dewey and Quine
E-bok, 2010
608 kr
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Feminist philosophy identifies tensions within mainstream theories of knowledge. To create a more egalitarian epistemology, solutions to these problems have been as diverse as the traditions of philosophy out of which feminists continue to emerge. This book considers two equally formidable …
Peirce's Philosophy of Communication
The Rhetorical Underpinnings of the Theory of Signs
Av Mats Bergman
Häftad, 2012
556 kr
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Charles S. Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was also the architect of a remarkable theory of signs that continues to puzzle and inspire philosophers today. In this important new book, Mats Bergman articulates a bold new approach to Peirce's semeiotic through a reassessment of the role of rhetoric …
