English-Language Philosophy 1750-1945

Zusatztext 'libraries serving philosophy departments will undoubtedly want this entire Oxford series in their holdings! if only for the sake of completeness'R.H. Nash! Reformed Theological Seminary! Choice! Jan'94 Klappentext From the end of the Enlightenment to the middle of the twentieth century philosophy took fascinating and controversial paths whose relevance to contemporary post-modernist thought is becoming increasingly clear. This volume traces the English-language side of the period! while also taking into account those continental thinkers who deeply influenced twentieth-century English-language philosophy.The story begins with Reid! Coleridge! and Bentham - who set the agenda for much that followed - and continues with a portrait of the nineteenth century's greatest British philosopher! John Stuart Mill. It then surveys the cross-currents of thought at the end of the century! including American pragmatism! a movement never more influential than now. Finally! it assesses two phases of what John Skorupski calls `analytic modernism' - the revolution against the idealism of Moore and Russell! andthe Viennese sequel whose project was to show that philosophy consists of pseudo-problems. Zusammenfassung From the end of the Enlightenment to the middle of the twentieth century philosophy took fascinating and controversial paths. This volume traces the English-language side of the period, while also taking into account those continental thinkers who deeply influenced twentieth-century English-language philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Skorupski, John (Professor of Moral Philosophy Skorupski, Skorupski John
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 17.06.1993
• EAN: 9780192891921
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289192-1
• Seiten: 248
• Serien: A History of Western Philosophy; A History of Western Philosophy; History of Western Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Philosophy of Language, English, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, 20th Century, PHILOSOPHY / Language, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, C 1700 To C 1800