Philosophical Tasks - An Introduction to Some Aims and Methods in Recent Philosophy

First published in 1972, Philosophical Tasks was written to identify and examine some central themes in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy.
The book explores the claim that philosophy is essentially linguistic, and considers in particular such topics as philosophy and science, fact and language, conceptual analysis, first- and second-order tasks, scepticism, ordinary language, and conceptual frameworks.

List of contents

Preface; 1: The Revolutionary Background; 2: Philosophy and Science; 3: Philosophy and History; 4: Fact and Language; 5: Language and Perception; 6: Scepticism; 7: Ordinary Language; 8: Conceptual Schemes and Categorical Frameworks; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Graham Bird

Summary

First published in 1972, Philosophical Tasks was written to identify and examine some central themes in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Bird, Graham (University of Calgary Bird
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780367746575
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74657-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: logic