Description:Reprinted.....from corrected sheets of the first edition 1958, 1960, 1965.The author traces the development of the views of analytical philosophers about the nature of philosophy between the two world wars. First the positions of Russell in his writings on logical atomism and of Wittgenstein in his Tractatus Logicophilosophicus are examined, together with developments of the atomistic position made in the late twenties and early thirties by such philosophers as Ramsey, Stebbing, and Wisdom. The shift of interest to logical positivism, and the reasons for it, are then discussed, together with the consequential changes in the conception of philosophical analysis. Finally a view of analysis proleptic of post-war philosophy is shown to have emerged in the late thirties.The main purpose of this book is to give a concise account of some very interesting philosophical developments. But it is designed both to provide an historical background for those interested in contemporary philosophy and also to facilitate an approach to recent philosophy by those to whom it is a perplexing mystery.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philosophical Analysis: Its Development Between the Two World Wars. To get started finding Philosophical Analysis: Its Development Between the Two World Wars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Philosophical Analysis: Its Development Between the Two World Wars
Description: Reprinted.....from corrected sheets of the first edition 1958, 1960, 1965.The author traces the development of the views of analytical philosophers about the nature of philosophy between the two world wars. First the positions of Russell in his writings on logical atomism and of Wittgenstein in his Tractatus Logicophilosophicus are examined, together with developments of the atomistic position made in the late twenties and early thirties by such philosophers as Ramsey, Stebbing, and Wisdom. The shift of interest to logical positivism, and the reasons for it, are then discussed, together with the consequential changes in the conception of philosophical analysis. Finally a view of analysis proleptic of post-war philosophy is shown to have emerged in the late thirties.The main purpose of this book is to give a concise account of some very interesting philosophical developments. But it is designed both to provide an historical background for those interested in contemporary philosophy and also to facilitate an approach to recent philosophy by those to whom it is a perplexing mystery.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philosophical Analysis: Its Development Between the Two World Wars. To get started finding Philosophical Analysis: Its Development Between the Two World Wars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.