Philosophical interpretations [electronic resource] / Robert J. Fogelin.

Author
Fogelin, Robert J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description
1 online resource (266 p.)

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A collection of the author's essays on the interpretation of philosophical texts, dealing with the works of Plato, Aquinas Hume, Berkeley, Kant, Price, Hamilton and Wittgenstein. Although many of the selections were first published in journals, several are new to this volume.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Three Platonic Analogies""; ""2. A Reading of Aquinas's Five Ways""; ""3. Hume and Berkeley on the Proofs of Infinite Divisibility""; ""4. Hume and the Missing Shade of Blue""; ""5. Hume's Worries about Personal Identity""; ""6. What Hume Actually Said about Miracles""; ""7. Kant and Hume on Simultaneity of Causes and Effects""; ""8. The Tendency of Hume's Skepticism""; ""9. Richard Price on Promising: A Limited Defense""; ""10. a. Hamilton's Quantification of the Predicate""; ""b. Hamilton's Theory of Quantifying the Predicateâ€?a Correction""
  • ""11. Wittgenstein on Identity""""12. Negative Elementary Propositions""; ""13. Wittgenstein and Intuitionism""; ""14. Wittgenstein and Classical Scepticism""; ""15. Thinking and Doing""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
ISBN
  • 0-19-983322-2
  • 9786610559879
  • 1-280-55987-X
  • 1-4356-1857-2
OCLC
191827072
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