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Truth by analysis : games, names, and philosophy / Colin McGinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGinn, Colin, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Analysis (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages)
- Other Title:
- Games, names, and philosophy
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this study of the nature of philosophy, Colin McGinn shows us how philosophy can maintain its connection to the past while looking forward to a bright future.
- Contents:
- Philosophy and analysis
- Definition and family resemblance
- Sufficiency and circularity
- The paradox of analysis
- Psychologism and the linguistic turn
- The analytic-synthetic distinction
- The whole of philosophy
- The sense of names
- Naturalism and philosophical method
- Philosophy as play
- The possibility of ontology
- The concept of instantiation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-991956-9
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