Routledge History of Philosophy Volume VII : The Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780415060035 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 496 str.

C. L. Ten

Opis

The 19th century was a period of intense intellectual activity with major advances being made in the sciences, in mathematics and in psychology, which gradually established itself as a discipline independent of philosophy. Philosophical disputes arose about the nature of scientific method and about whether, or to what extent, the understanding of human conduct and human society required the adoption of the methods of observation and experiment common to the natural sciences. Different philosophical theories about the nature of reality, the foundations of knowledge and of morality, and the limits of individual freedom were systematically developed, and many such theories are still very much alive in contemporary philosophical debates. The philosophers discussed in this volume include those belonging to both the analytical and the continental traditions, as well as the influential American pragmatists. Each chapter is written by a different author who presents the issues in the context of the period in which they arose, while also keeping an eye on their relevance to current philosophical interests.

Recenzje

` ... a valuable addition to the literature of the Western philosophical tradition ... Recommended for all academic libraries.' - Library Journal

Spis treści

1. The early utilitarians: James Mill and Bentham G.L. Williams , University of Sheffield2. Whewell's philosophy of science and ethics Struan Jacobs , Deakins University3. J.S. Mill: ethics and politics R.F. Khan , Monash University4. J.S. Mill: logic and metaphysics John Skorupski , University of St Andrews5. Sidgwick's ethics C.A.J. Coady , University of Melbourne6. Comte and positivism Robert Brown , Australian National University7. Nietzsche Robin Small , Monash University8. Dilthey Michael Lessnoff , Glasgow University9. Logic and the philosophy of mathematics in the 19th century J.C. Stillwell , Monash University10. 19th century philosophy of biology Jagdish Hattiangadi , York University, Canada11. 19th century philosophy of psychology Edward S. Reed , Franklin and Marshall College12. American pragmatism: Peirce Cheryl Misak , University of Toronto13. American pragmatism: James J.E. Tiles , University of Hawaii at Manoa14. Green and Bosanquet Gerald F. Gaus , University of Minnesota15. Bradley T.L.S. Sprigge , University of Edinburgh

O autorze

C. L. Ten