Analytic Philosophy: The History of an Illusion

Zusatztext From Michael Beaney, University of York (UK): Preston writes in a very engaging and lucid style...Throughout, his writing is informed by an historiographical sensitivity and historical self-consciousness that is rarely found in philosophers trained in the analytic tradition Informationen zum Autor Aaron Preston is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Valparaiso University, USA. Klappentext For at least 30 years! analytic philosophy has consisted in an increasingly loose and variable amalgam of philosophical topics! views and methods. Analytic Philosophy argues that this has led to a state of crisis! one much deeper and longstanding than usually recognized. Vorwort A novel, critical account of the origins and development of the dominant school of philosophy in the English-speaking world. Zusammenfassung Synthesizing data from studies on the historical and philosophical foundations of analytic philosophy as well as from canonical primary texts, this work argues that analytic philosophy has never involved significant agreement on substantive philosophical views, and thus that it has always been in this state of crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Peculiar Career of Analytic Philosophy Part I: The Crises in Analytic Philosophy 1. The Identity Crisis in Analytic Philosophy 2. A Crisis within the Crisis: The Problem of Revisionist History 3. Against Revisionism 4. On the Trail of an Illusion Part II: Scientism and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy 5. The Root of the Illusion of Unity 6. The Root of the Illusion of Promise 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Info autore

Aaron Preston is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Valparaiso University, USA.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aaron Preston, Preston Aaron
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 28.03.2007
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780826490032
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9003-2
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Serie: Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosophy
• Categorie: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern; Western philosophy from c 1800; Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -