The Philosophical Works : Vol-2
The Philosophical Works : Vol-2

Author: Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount)

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2023-10-01

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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The Philosophy of Mathematics by Auguste Comte: "The Philosophy of Mathematics" is a philosophical treatise by Auguste Comte that explores the nature and foundations of mathematics as a discipline. Comte's work delves into the philosophy of mathematics, addressing questions about the nature of mathematical truths and the relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences. Key Aspects of the Book "The Philosophy of Mathematics": Philosophical Inquiry: Comte engages in a philosophical examination of the nature of mathematics and its role in human knowledge. Mathematical Epistemology: The book explores how mathematical knowledge is acquired and validated within a philosophical framework. Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics: "The Philosophy of Mathematics" delves into the philosophical underpinnings of this foundational field. Auguste Comte (1798-1857) was a French philosopher known for his contributions to positivism and the philosophy of science. "The Philosophy of Mathematics" reflects his philosophical inquiries into the nature of mathematical thought and its significance in the realm of human understanding.

The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 (1893–1913)
The Essential Peirce, Volume 2 (1893–1913)

Author: The Peirce Edition Project

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1998-06-22

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 025300781X

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Praise for Volume 1: " . . . a first-rate edition, which supersedes all other portable Peirces. . . . all the Peirce most people will ever need." —Louis Menand, The New York Review of Books Volume 2 of this convenient two-volume chronological reader's edition provides the first comprehensive anthology of the brilliant American thinker Charles Sanders Peirce's mature philosophy. A central focus of Volume 2 is Peirce's evolving theory of signs and its appplication to his pragmatism.

The Structures of the Life-world
The Structures of the Life-world

Author: Alfred Schutz

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780810106222

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The Structures of the Life-World is the final focus of twenty-seven years of Alfred Schutz's labor, encompassing the fruits of his work between 1932 and his death in 1959. This book represents Schutz's seminal attempt to achieve a comprehensive grasp of the nature of social reality. Here he integrates his theory of relevance with his analysis of social structures. Thomas Luckmann, a former student of Schutz's, completed the manuscript for publication after Schutz's untimely death.

The Dawn of Analysis
The Dawn of Analysis

Author: Scott Soames

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2005-01-30

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780691122441

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This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2) gradual acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in sound prephilosophical thought. Though Soames views this history in a positive light, he also illustrates the difficulties, false starts, and disappointments endured along the way. As he engages with the work of his predecessors and contemporaries--from Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke--he seeks to highlight their accomplishments while also pinpointing their shortcomings, especially where their perspectives were limited by an incomplete grasp of matters that have now become clear. Soames himself has been at the center of some of the tradition's most important debates, and throughout writes with exceptional ease about its often complex ideas. His gift for clear exposition makes the history as accessible to advanced undergraduates as it will be important to scholars. Despite its centrality to philosophy in the English-speaking world, the analytic tradition in philosophy has had very few synthetic histories. This will be the benchmark against which all future accounts will be measured.

Of the Abuse of Words
Of the Abuse of Words

Author: John Locke

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2009-08-27

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 0141956577

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John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, truth and language are some of the most influential in the history of Western thought. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Universals
Universals

Author: James Porter Moreland

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-18

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1317490010

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Things are particulars and their qualities are universals, but do universals have an existence distinct from the particular things describable by those terms? And what must be their nature if they do? This book provides a careful and assured survey of the central issues of debate surrounding universals, in particular those issues that have been a crucial part of the emergence of contemporary analytic ontology. The book begins with a taxonomy of extreme nominalist, moderate nominalist, and realist positions on properties, and outlines the way each handles the phenomena of predication, resemblance, and abstract reference. The debate about properties and philosophical naturalism is also examined. Different forms of extreme nominalism, moderate nominalism, and minimalist realism are critiqued. Later chapters defend a traditional realist view of universals and examine the objections to realism from various infinite regresses, the difficulties in stating identity conditions for properties, and problems with realist accounts of knowledge of abstract objects. In addition, the debate between Platonists and Aristotelians is examined alongside a discussion of the relationship between properties and an adequate theory of existence. The book's final chapter explores the problem of individuating particulars. The book makes accessible a difficult topic without blunting the sophistication of argument required by a more advanced readership.

The Philosophy of Philosophy
The Philosophy of Philosophy

Author: Timothy Williamson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-09-27

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1119616670

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The expanded new edition of one of the most influential and controversial books about the nature of philosophy published in the past several decades The Philosophy of Philosophy presents an original, unified concept of philosophy as a non-natural science. In this provocative work, distinguished philosopher Timothy Williamson challenges widely-held assumptions and clarifies long-standing misconceptions about the methodology and nature of philosophical inquiry. The author rejects the standard narratives of contemporary philosophy developed from naturalism, the linguistic turn, postmodern irony, and other prominent trends of the twentieth century. Viewing the method of philosophy as evolving from non-philosophical pursuits, Williamson provides readers with fresh insight into the “self-image” of philosophy and offers new ways of understanding what philosophy is and how it actually works. Now in its second edition, this landmark volume comprises the original book and the author’s subsequent work. New topics include the recent history of analytic philosophy, assessments of experimental philosophy, theories of concepts and understanding, Wittgensteinian approaches, popular philosophy, naturalism, morally-loaded examples in philosophy, philosophical applications of scientific methods, and many more. This edition features the author’s latest thoughts on a variety of issues, autobiographical reflections, and replies to critics. Proposes an alternative narrative about the nature of philosophy Argues that the common assumption of philosophical exceptionalism is false Highlights the similarities between philosophy and the other sciences in both methodology and subject matter Explores why contemporary philosophy has failed to articulate an adequate methodology Emphasizes increasing the methodological standards of reasoning in philosophy The Philosophy of Philosophy, Second Edition remains essential reading for philosophers, scholars, graduate and advanced undergraduate students in philosophy, and other readers with a sustained interest in the method and rationale of the doing of philosophy.

Foundations of Mind
Foundations of Mind

Author: Tyler Burge

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0191527076

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Foundations of Mind collects the essays which established Tyler Burge as a leading philosopher of mind. This second volume of his papers offers nineteen pieces published between 1975 and 2003, including the influential series that develops anti-individualism. Burge contributes three essay-length postscripts, a substantial new paper on consciousness, and an introduction which surveys his work in this area. The foundations that Burge reflects on are conditions in the individual or the wider world that determine the natures of mental kinds. The conditions include causal, social, psychological conditions, and conditions of phenomenal consciousness. Some of these are basic conditions under which minds are possible. The book is essential reading for philosophers of mind, and should engage a wider public interested in basic philosophical issues.

Moral Psychology
Moral Psychology

Author: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 0262195615

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Since the 1990s, many philosophers have drawn on recent advances in cognitive psychology, brain science and evolutionary psychology to inform their work. These three volumes bring together some of the most innovative work by both philosophers and psychologists in this emerging, collaboratory field.