Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Author: Stuart Shanker

Publisher: Taylor & Francis US

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780415149167

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Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy. In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research.As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this second collection also relates to a broader range of topics, including psychology, politics, art, music and culture.

Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

Author: Meredith Williams

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780742541917

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Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is one of the great works of 20th Century philosophy, destined to join the philosophical canon. Like all great works of philosophy, it poses new problems, while creating new forms of argument and persuasion. But unlike most contemporary philosophy texts, it is not structured by chapter and section headings, but rather by numbered passages -- evidence of Wittgenstein's distinctive style and profound originality. This anthology draws together in one volume several recent essays that help to make his problems and arguments more accessible. The essays are grouped into four sections that roughly correspond to the development that one finds in the Investigations. These sections are: reference and meaning; rules and their application; the interiority of mind, and the alleged uses of private languages; and necessity and grammar. Both readers who are new to the Investigations as well as those who are familiar with Wittgenstein's work should find these essays illuminating and engaging.

The Concept of Intelligence
The Concept of Intelligence

Author: Ira Altman

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780761807377

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Taking on a small part of the larger issue waged between dualists and materialists, the author presents an analysis of intelligence that supports Gilbert Ryle's analysis while exposing the limits that exist between the application of the concept of intelligence and other mental conduct concepts. Topics include the criteria of intelligence; Holloway's definition; intelligent success and change success; intelligence, reflexes, and tropisms; intelligence and instincts, learning, habit, and training ; purpose and intelligent action; style setting dispositions, exemplaries, and occasions; the minds of machines; Turing's analysis; the intelligence of computers; differences between machines and man; inductive and deductive reasoning; and the autonomous machine. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Believing and Acting
Believing and Acting

Author: G. Scott Davis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0199583900

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How should religion and ethics be studied if we want to understand what people believe and why they act the way they do? An energetic guide to the study of religion and ethics, rejecting theories from postmodernism and cognitive science in favour of a return to pragmatic enquiry.

Freedom and Resentment and Other Essays
Freedom and Resentment and Other Essays

Author: P.F. Strawson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-08-28

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1134060866

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By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers. First published thirty years ago but long since unavailable, Freedom and Resentment collects some of Strawson's most important work and is an ideal introduction to his thinking on such topics as the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics. Beginning with the title essay Freedom and Resentment, this invaluable collection is testament to the astonishing range of Strawson's thought as he discusses free will, ethics and morality, logic, the mind-body problem and aesthetics. The book is perhaps best-known for its three interrelated chapters on perception and the imagination, subjects now at the very forefront of philosophical research. This reissue includes a substantial new foreword by Paul Snowdon and a fascinating intellectual autobiography by Strawson.

Interpretation
Interpretation

Author: Peter D. Juhl

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1400858011

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This book provides and defends an analysis of our concept of the meaning of a literary work. P. D. Juhl challenges a number of widely held views concerning the role of an author's intention: the distinction between the real and the implied" author; and the question of whether a work has not one correct, but many acceptable interpretations. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Critical Hermeneutics
Critical Hermeneutics

Author: John B. Thompson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780521276665

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A comparative critique of ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics and critical theory.