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The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870–1945

The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870–1945

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Cambridge University Press
Edition: New, 11/27/2003
EAN 9780521591041, ISBN10: 052159104X

Hardcover, 974 pages, 22.9 x 16.5 x 7 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945 comprises over sixty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of this period, and is designed to be accessible to non-specialists. The first part of the book traces the history of philosophy from its remarkable flowering in the 1870s through to the early years of the twentieth century. After a brief discussion of the impact of the First World War, the second part of the book describes further developments in philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. The essays concentrate on developments across the range of philosophical topics, from logic and metaphysics to political philosophy and philosophy of religion. This volume will be of critical importance not only to teachers and students of philosophy but also to scholars in neighbouring disciplines such as the history of science, the history of ideas, theology and the social sciences.

Introduction; Part I. 1870-1914: I. The Dialectical situation in 1870: Positivism vs. Idealism: 1. The positivist tradition; 2. Neo-Kantianism: the German idealism movement; 3. Idealism in Britain and the USA; 4. Idealism in Russia; II. The Argument Moves On: Pragmatism and The New Realisms: 5. Bergson; 6. Pragmatism; 7. Psychology: old and new; 8. The unconscious mind; III. The New Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics: 9. The new logic: revival, reform, revolution; 10. Foundations of mathematics; IV. From Judgement to Language: 11. Theories of judgement; 12. The logical analysis of language; V. Physics and the Philosophy of Science: 13. The atomism debate; 14. Theories of space-time in modern physics; VI. Philosophy of History and the Idea of Social Sciences: 15. The German debate and the Geisteswissenschaften; 16. From political economy to positive economics; 17. Sociology and the idea of social science; VII. Ethical Theory: 18. Utilitarians and idealists; 19. Nietzsche; 20. The new realism in ethics; VIII. Legal and Political Theory: 21. Individualism vs. collectivism; 22. Marxism and anarchism; 23. Legal theory; IX. Philosophy and Religion: 24. Sceptical challenges to faith; 25. The defence of faith; X. Philosophy and the Arts: 26. Art and morality: aesthetics at 1870; 27. Format and feeling: aesthetics at the turn of the century; Interlude: philosophy and the Great War; Part II. 1914-1945: XI. Logic and Philosophy: the analytic programme: 28. Logical atomism; 29. Logical positivism; 30. The achievements of the Polish school of logic; 31. Logic and philosophical analysis; XII. From Idealism and Naturalism to Phenomenology and Existentialism: 32. The continuing idealist tradition; 33. Transformations in speculative philosophy; 34. Realism, naturalism and pragmatism; 35. French Catholic philosophy; 36. Spanish philosophy; 37. The Phenomenological Movement; 38. Heidegger; 39. Latin American philosophy; 40. Japanese philosophy; XIII. Perception, Knowledge, Language, and the End of Metaphysics: 41. Sensible appearances; 42 The renaissance of epistemology; 43. The solipsism debates; 44. Language; 45. The end of philosophy as metaphysics; XIV Philosophy and the Exact Sciences: 46. First-order logic and its rivals; 47. The golden age of mathematical logic; 48. General relativity; 49. Scientific explanation; 50. The rise of probabilistic thinking; XV. Mind and its Place in Nature: 51. Vitalism and emergentism; 52. Behaviourism and psychology; 53. Gestalt psychology; 54. Wittgenstein's conception of mind; XVI. Philosophy and The Social Sciences: 55. The methodology of the social sciences; 56. The rise of social anthropology; 57. Western Marxism and ideology critique; XVII. Ethics and Religion: Emotivism, Intuitionism, and Authenticity: 58. From intuitionism to emotivism; 59. Philosophy of religion; XVIII. Literature and Aesthetic Theory: 60. Literature as philosophy; 61. Aesthetics between the wars: art and liberation; XIX. The Decline of Europe: 62. The liberal democratic state: defences and developments, 1918-1945; 63. Hans Kelsen and normative legal positivism; 64. The liberal democratic state - critics; Bibliographical appendix; Bibliography.

'The overall standard of the contributions is high, and there is much to be gained from the brief but incisive essays... a valuable reference work.' Political Studies Review