Sense and reality : essays out of Swansea / John Edelman (ed.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edelman, John

Contributor:

Edelman, John.

Series:

Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - N.S.

Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; n.s., v. 10

Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - New Series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Wales--Swansea.

Philosophy.

Philosophy teachers--Wales--Swansea.

Philosophy teachers.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a collection of essays each of which discusses the work of one of eight individuals - Rush Rhees, Peter Winch, R. F. Holland, J. R. Jones, H. O. Mounce, D. Z. Phillips, Ilham Dilman and R.W. Beardsmore - who taught philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea, for some time from the 1950's through to the 1990's and so contributed to what in some circles came to be known as 'the Swansea School'. These eight essays are in turn followed by a ninth that, drawing on the previous eight, offers something of a critical overview of philosophy at Swansea during that same period. The essays...

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

Chapter 1. Rush Rhees: The Reality of Discourse / Cockburn, David

Chapter 2. Peter Winch: Philosophy as the Art of Disagreement / Hertzberg, Lars

Chapter 3. R. F. Holland: Absolute Ethics and the Challenge of Compassion / Northwood, Heidi

Chapter 4. J. R. Jones: 'How Do I Know Who I Am?' The Passage from Objects to Grammar / Gealy, Walford

Chapter 5. Howard Mounce: Wittgensteinian Transcendent Realism? / Weston, Michael

Chapter 6. D. Z. Phillips: Contemplation, Understanding, and the Particularity of Meaning / Edelman, John

Chapter 7. İlham Dilman: The Reality of the Human / Sidiropoulou, Chryssi

Chapter 8. R. W. Beardsmore: Understanding Moral Judgement / Whittaker, John H.

Chapter 9. Rhees, Wittgenstein, and the Swansea School / Von Der Ruhr, Mario

Backmatter

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-032881-X

OCLC:

1013939401

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access