Pseudo-Problems - How Analytic Philosophy Gets Done

List of contents

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Question quality control, 2. Get ‘real’!, 3. Problems with ‘pseudo-problems’, 4. The soft consensual underbelly of dispute, 5. #?‘!+@me□an$□@ing~l$ ss*ne$$ˆ, 6. The devil’s volleyball, 7. Popped presuppositions, 8. The unity of opposites, 9. Forging the stream of consciousness, 10. Beyond our ken, 11. The edge of reason, 12. Undermining the undeserving, 13. Enlightened tasks, 14. Depth, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Sorensen, Roy A.

Summary

A fast-moving, fascinating alternative history of twentieth century analytic philosophy. Using many examples, Sorenson explains how problems are dissolved rather than solved. This is a fine example of what philosophical analysis should be.

Product details

• Authors: Roy A. Sorensen, Sorensen Roy A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.1993
• EAN: 9780415094641
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09464-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 420 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: logic