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Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Analytical & linguistic philosophy

Bild - Prasenz - Symbol - Susanne Langers Philosophie Des Bildes (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2019 ed.): Nico Broemsser Bild - Prasenz - Symbol - Susanne Langers Philosophie Des Bildes (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2019 ed.)
Nico Broemsser
R2,188 Discovery Miles 21 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Schnittstellenprobleme in Neurowissenschaften Und Philosophie - Willensfreiheit Aus Handlungstheoretischer Perspektive (German,... Schnittstellenprobleme in Neurowissenschaften Und Philosophie - Willensfreiheit Aus Handlungstheoretischer Perspektive (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2019 ed.)
Andreas Schoenau
R1,637 Discovery Miles 16 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Crisis (mis)Management - The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Revisited (Paperback): Daniel D. Hardman Crisis (mis)Management - The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Revisited (Paperback)
Daniel D. Hardman
R465 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, New Ed): A. C. Grayling Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, New Ed)
A. C. Grayling
R287 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general reader by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought.

Frege A Critical Introduction (Paperback): H W Noonan Frege A Critical Introduction (Paperback)
H W Noonan
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Frege's remarkable philosophical work, examining the main areas of his writings and demonstrating the connections between them.
Frege's main contribution to philosophy spans philosophical logic, the theory of meaning, mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics. The book clearly explains and assesses Frege's work in these areas, systematically examining his major concepts, and revealing the links between them. The emphasis is on Frege's highly influential work in philosophical logic and the theory of meaning, including the features of his logic, his conceptions of object, concept and function, and his seminal distinction between sense and reference.
Frege will be invaluable for students of the philosophy of language, philosophical logic, and analytic philosophy.

Der theoretische Krankheitsbegriff und die Krise der Medizin (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2018): Petra Lenz Der theoretische Krankheitsbegriff und die Krise der Medizin (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2018)
Petra Lenz
R2,013 Discovery Miles 20 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Das biomedizinische Verstandnis der modernen (Schul-)Medizin darf als Resultat einer seit uber 160 Jahren andauernden Ver-Naturwissenschaftlichung der Medizin verstanden werden. Infolgedessen resumiert Petra Lenz eine "Krise der Medizin", die sich im Vertrauensverlust der Menschen in das Medizinsystem zeigt. Es wird gezeigt, dass der theoretische Krankheitsbegriff als sinnspezifischer Faktenbegriff der Naturwissenschaften nicht als Hoffnungstrager fur Medizin und Gesundheitspolitik infrage kommt, sondern erst durch ihn medizinethische und gesundheitspolitische Herausforderungen entstehen.

Praktisches Denken und Normativitat (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2018): Oliver Schott Praktisches Denken und Normativitat (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2018)
Oliver Schott
R1,890 Discovery Miles 18 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In diesem Buch diskutiert Oliver Schott verschiedene metaethische Ansatze ausgehend von der Kontroverse zwischen Internalismus und Externalismus bezuglich praktischer Grunde. Er entwickelt eine nichtkantianische Variante des Konstruktivismus, der sich sowohl phanomenologisch als auch hinsichtlich einer Grundlegung der Moralphilosophie als uberzeugendste Alternative erweist.

Probabilismus und Wahrheit - Eine historische und systematische Analyse zum Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriff (German, French,... Probabilismus und Wahrheit - Eine historische und systematische Analyse zum Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriff (German, French, English, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2017)
Sebastian Simmert
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dieses Buch zeigt die ideen- und wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklung des Wahrscheinlichkeitsbegriffs vom Mittelalter bis zum 20. Jhd. auf. Dabei geht Sebastian Simmert vertieft auf die epistemische Bedeutung der Wahrscheinlichkeit als qualitative Bestimmung von Wissen ein. Hierbei untersucht er die Bedingungen der Moeglichkeit quantitativer Wahrscheinlichkeit. Im Zentrum steht die UEberlegung, dass die elementare Ebene qualitativer Wahrscheinlichkeiten keine Gleichwahrscheinlichkeiten zulasst. Denn sie baut auf einer zweiwertigen Logik auf. Mit dieser Pramisse werden die Grenzen des durch Wahrscheinlichkeiten Aussagbaren aufgezeigt; unter anderem, dass die Anwendung des Gesetzes der grossen Zahl keine empirischen Aussagen rechtfertigt.

The History of Coherence by Nathan Larkin Coppedge (Paperback): Nathan Coppedge The History of Coherence by Nathan Larkin Coppedge (Paperback)
Nathan Coppedge
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Analytic Philosophy in America - And Other Historical and Contemporary Essays (Hardcover): Scott Soames Analytic Philosophy in America - And Other Historical and Contemporary Essays (Hardcover)
Scott Soames
R1,208 R1,111 Discovery Miles 11 110 Save R97 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this collection of recent and unpublished essays, leading analytic philosopher Scott Soames traces milestones in his field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's most vigorous philosophical tradition. The central essay chronicles how analytic philosophy developed in the United States out of American pragmatism, the impact of European visitors and immigrants, the midcentury transformation of the Harvard philosophy department, and the rapid spread of the analytic approach that followed. Another essay explains the methodology guiding analytic philosophy, from the logicism of Frege and Russell through Wittgenstein's linguistic turn and Carnap's vision of replacing metaphysics with philosophy of science. Further essays review advances in logic and the philosophy of mathematics that laid the foundation for a rigorous, scientific study of language, meaning, and information. Other essays discuss W.V.O. Quine, David K. Lewis, Saul Kripke, the Frege-Russell analysis of quantification, Russell's attempt to eliminate sets with his "no class theory," and the Quine-Carnap dispute over meaning and ontology. The collection then turns to topics at the frontier of philosophy of language. The final essays, combining philosophy of language and law, advance a sophisticated originalist theory of interpretation and apply it to U.S. constitutional rulings about due process.

Evolution of All Ideas Project Version - A Book of All Ideas Literally (Paperback): Nathan Coppedge Evolution of All Ideas Project Version - A Book of All Ideas Literally (Paperback)
Nathan Coppedge
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
African American Philosophers and Philosophy - An Introduction to the History, Concepts, and Contemporary Issues (Paperback):... African American Philosophers and Philosophy - An Introduction to the History, Concepts, and Contemporary Issues (Paperback)
Stephen Ferguson II, John McClendon III
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents the first introduction to African American academic philosophers, exploring their concepts and ideas and revealing the critical part they have played in the formation of philosophy in the USA. The book begins with the early years of educational attainment by African American philosophers in the 1860s. To demonstrate the impact of their philosophical work on general problems in the discipline, chapters are broken down into four major areas of study: Axiology, Social Science, Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science. Providing personal narratives on individual philosophers and examining the work of figures such as H. T. Johnson, William D. Johnson, Joyce Mitchell Cooke, Adrian Piper, William R. Jones, Roy D. Morrison, Eugene C. Holmes, and William A. Banner, the book challenges the myth that philosophy is exclusively a white academic discipline. Packed with examples of struggles and triumphs, this engaging introduction is a much-needed approach to studying philosophy today.

Freedom and the Self - Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace (Hardcover): Steven M Cahn, Maureen Eckert Freedom and the Self - Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace (Hardcover)
Steven M Cahn, Maureen Eckert
R1,740 R1,637 Discovery Miles 16 370 Save R103 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will, published in 2010 by Columbia University Press, presented David Foster Wallace's challenge to Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. In this anthology, notable philosophers engage directly with that work and assess Wallace's reply to Taylor as well as other aspects of Wallace's thought. With an introduction by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert, this collection includes essays by William Hasker (Huntington University), Gila Sher (University of California, San Diego), Marcello Oreste Fiocco (University of California, Irvine), Daniel R. Kelly (Purdue University), Nathan Ballantyne (Fordham University), Justin Tosi (University of Arizona), and Maureen Eckert. These thinkers explore Wallace's philosophical and literary work, illustrating remarkable ways in which his philosophical views influenced and were influenced by themes developed in his other writings, both fictional and nonfictional. Together with Fate, Time, and Language, this critical set unlocks key components of Wallace's work and its traces in modern literature and thought.

The Cambridge Companion to Frege (Paperback): Tom Ricketts, Michael Potter The Cambridge Companion to Frege (Paperback)
Tom Ricketts, Michael Potter
R1,189 R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Save R166 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gottlob Frege (1848 1925) was unquestionably one of the most important philosophers of all time. He trained as a mathematician, and his work in philosophy started as an attempt to provide an explanation of the truths of arithmetic, but in the course of this attempt he not only founded modern logic but also had to address fundamental questions in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Frege is generally seen (along with Russell and Wittgenstein) as one of the fathers of the analytic method, which dominated philosophy in English-speaking countries for most of the twentieth century. His work is studied today not just for its historical importance but also because many of his ideas are still seen as relevant to current debates in the philosophies of logic, language, mathematics and the mind. The Cambridge Companion to Frege provides a route into this lively area of research.

The Ethics and Practice of Refugee Repatriation (Hardcover): Mollie Gerver The Ethics and Practice of Refugee Repatriation (Hardcover)
Mollie Gerver
R2,545 Discovery Miles 25 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Combines qualitative fieldwork with analytical philosophy to provide guidelines for when it is right to help refugees repatriate Every year, millions of people flee their countries to seek asylum abroad. When they arrive, many are forced into enclosed camps or denied residency rights. Some prefer to try to repatriate home, preferring the risks to a life without freedom. Mollie Gerver considers when bodies such as the UN, government agencies and NGOs ought to help refugees to return home to dangerous countries. Drawing on original interviews with 172 refugees before and after repatriation, she resolves six moral puzzles arising from repatriation using the methods of analytical philosophy to provide a more ethical framework.

An Introduction to Metaphysics (Paperback): John W. Carroll, Ned Markosian An Introduction to Metaphysics (Paperback)
John W. Carroll, Ned Markosian
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems. The philosophical questions discussed include: What makes it the case that one event causes another event? What are material objects? Given that material objects exist, do such things as properties exist? What makes it the case that a person may exist at two different times? An Introduction to Metaphysics makes these tough questions tractable by presenting the features and flaws of current attempts to answer them. Intended primarily for students taking a first class in metaphysics, this lucid and well-written text would also provide an excellent introduction for anyone interested in knowing more about this important area of philosophy.

Calm The F*ck Down I'm a journalist - Swear Word Coloring Book For Adults: Humorous job Cusses, Snarky Comments,... Calm The F*ck Down I'm a journalist - Swear Word Coloring Book For Adults: Humorous job Cusses, Snarky Comments, Motivating Quotes & Relatable journalist Reflections for Work Anger Management, Stress Relief & Relaxation Mindful Book For Grown-ups (Paperback)
Swear Word Coloring Book
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Theory of Argument (Paperback): Mark Vorobej A Theory of Argument (Paperback)
Mark Vorobej
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Theory of Argument is an advanced textbook intended for students in philosophy, communications studies and linguistics who have completed at least one course in argumentation theory, information logic, critical thinking or formal logic. Containing nearly 400 exercises, Mark Vorobej develops a novel approach to argument interpretation and evaluation. One of the key themes of the book is that we cannot succeed in distinguishing good argument from bad arguments until we learn to listen carefully to others. Part I develops a relativistic account of argument cogency that allows for rational disagreement. Part II offers a comprehensive and rigorous account of argument diagramming. Hybrid arguments are contrasted with linked and convergent arguments, and a novel technique is introduced for graphically recording disagreements with authorial claims.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Bertrand Russell (Paperback): Russell Wahl The Bloomsbury Companion to Bertrand Russell (Paperback)
Russell Wahl
R1,792 Discovery Miles 17 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A founder of modern analytic philosophy and one of the most important logicians of the twentieth century, Bertrand Russell has influenced generations of philosophers. The Bloomsbury Companion to Bertrand Russell explores this influence in detail and responds to renewed interest in Russell's philosophical approach, presenting the best guide to research in Russell studies today. Bringing new insights into Russell's relationship with his contemporaries, a team of experts explore his life-long battles with important philosophical issues. They consider how he influenced thinkers and schools of thought, from Schroeder, Frege and Meinong to Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, while also covering his impact on individual issues in epistemology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and political philosophy. Importantly this companion discusses often overlooked topics. Focusing on Russell's later views, including his moral philosophy and his politics, reveals that Russell did make significant contributions to ethics - both theoretical and practical - in the course of his career. Through a combination of enlightening historical background and sustained focus on Russell's impact on contemporary areas of philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Bertrand Russell demonstrates why Russell continues to influence philosophers of language, mathematics, epistemology and metaphysics.

Human Identity and Bioethics (Paperback, New): David DeGrazia Human Identity and Bioethics (Paperback, New)
David DeGrazia
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address personal identity, they often have in mind narrative identity: Which characteristics of a particular person are salient to her self-conception? This book develops accounts of both senses of identity, arguing that both are normatively important, and is unique in its exploration of a range of issues in bioethics through the lens of identity. Defending a biological view of our numerical identity and a framework for understanding narrative identity, DeGrazia investigates various issues for which considerations of identity prove critical: the definition of death; the authority of advance directives in cases of severe dementia; the use of enhancement technologies; prenatal genetic interventions; and certain types of reproductive choices. He demonstrates the power of personal identity theory to illuminate issues in bioethics as they bring philosophical theory to life.

Ethics and the A Priori - Selected Essays on Moral Psychology and Meta-Ethics (Hardcover): Michael Smith Ethics and the A Priori - Selected Essays on Moral Psychology and Meta-Ethics (Hardcover)
Michael Smith
R2,641 Discovery Miles 26 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Michael Smith has written a series of seminal essays about the nature of belief and desire, the status of normative judgment, and the relevance of the views we take on both these topics to the accounts we give of our nature as free and responsible agents. This long awaited collection comprises some of the most influential of Smith's essays. Among the topics covered are: the Humean theory of motivating reasons, the nature of normative reasons, Williams and Korsgaard on internal and external reasons, the nature of self-control, weakness of will, compulsion, freedom, responsibility, the analysis of our rational capacities, moral realism, the dispositional theory of value, the supervenience of the normative on the non-normative, the error theory, rationalist treatments of moral judgment, the practicality requirement on moral judgment and non-cognivist. This collection will be of interest to students in philosophy and psychology.

Satisficing and Maximizing - Moral Theorists on Practical Reason (Hardcover, New): Michael Byron Satisficing and Maximizing - Moral Theorists on Practical Reason (Hardcover, New)
Michael Byron
R2,190 Discovery Miles 21 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do we think about what we plan to do? One dominant answer is that we select the best possible option available. However, a growing number of philosophers would offer a different answer: since we are not equipped to maximize we often choose the next best alternative, one that is no more than satisfactory. This strategy choice is called satisficing (a term coined by the economist Herb Simon). This new collection of essays explores both these accounts of practical reason, examining the consequences for adopting one or the other for moral theory in general and the theory of practical rationality in particular. It aims to address a constituency larger than contemporary moral philosophers and bring these questions to the attention of those interested in the applications of decision theory in economics, psychology and political science.

Word and World - Practice and the Foundations of Language (Paperback, New): Patricia Hanna, Bernard Harrison Word and World - Practice and the Foundations of Language (Paperback, New)
Patricia Hanna, Bernard Harrison
R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important book proposes a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein. The authors deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. Rather, the link between language and world is a two-stage one, in which meaning is used and in which a natural language should be understood as fundamentally a collection of socially devised and maintained practices. Arguing against the philosophical mainstream descending from Frege and Russell to Quine, Davidson, Dummett, McDowell, Evans, Putnam, Kripke and others, the authors demonstrate that discarding the notion of reference does not entail relativism or semantic nihilism. A provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice, this book will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, students of communication and all those concerned with the nature and acquisition of human linguistic capacities.

Literal Meaning (Paperback): Francois Recanati Literal Meaning (Paperback)
Francois Recanati
R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

According to the dominant position among philosophers of language today, we can legitimately ascribe determinate contents (such as truth-conditions) to natural language sentences, independently of what the speaker actually means. This view contrasts with that held by ordinary language philosophers fifty years ago: according to them, speech acts, not sentences, are the primary bearers of content. Francois Recanati argues for the relevance of this controversy to the current debate about semantics and pragmatics. Is 'what is said' (as opposed to merely implied) determined by linguistic conventions, or is it an aspect of 'speaker's meaning'? Do we need pragmatics to fix truth-conditions? What is 'literal meaning'? To what extent is semantic composition a creative process? How pervasive is context-sensitivity? Recanati provides an original and insightful defence of 'contextualism', and offers an informed survey of the spectrum of positions held by linguists and philosophers working at the semantics/pragmatics interface.

Mind, Reason and Imagination - Selected Essays in Philosophy of Mind and Language (Paperback): Jane Heal Mind, Reason and Imagination - Selected Essays in Philosophy of Mind and Language (Paperback)
Jane Heal
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jane Heal argues that central to our ability to arrive at views about others' thoughts is not knowledge of some theory of the mind but rather an ability to imagine alternative worlds and how things appear from another person's point of view. She then applies this view to questions of how we represent others' thoughts, the shape of psychological concepts, the nature of rationality and the possibility of first person authority. This book is of interest to students and professionals in philosophy of mind and language.

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