Description: Further DetailsTitle: Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1Condition: NewEAN: 9780691122441ISBN: 9780691122441Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/30/2005Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 567gAuthor: Scott SoamesLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Dawn of AnalysisISBN-10: 069112244XDescription: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1
Title: Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1
EAN: 9780691122441
ISBN: 9780691122441
Release Date: 01/30/2005
Release Year: 2005
Subtitle: The Dawn of Analysis
ISBN-10: 069112244X
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Name: Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1 : the Dawn of Analysis
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: History & Surveys / General, Methodology, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Movements / Analytic
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Philosophy
Author: Scott Soames
Item Width: 7.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
