Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy

Auteur

Avrum Stroll

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Avrum Stroll investigates the "family resemblances" between that impressive breed of thinkers known as analytic philosophers. In so doing, he grapples with the point and purpose of doing philosophy: What is philosophy? What are its tasks? What kind of information, illumination, and understanding is it supposed to provide if it is not one of the natural sciences?

Contenu

Acknowledgments 1 - The Solera System 2 - Philosophical Logic 3 - Logical Positivism and the Tractatus 4 - G.E. Moore: A Ton of Bricks 5 - Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy: "The Stream of Life" 6 - Ryle and Austin: The Golden Age of Philosophy 7 - W.V.O. Quine 8 - Direct Reference Theories 9 - Today and Tomorrow References Index