Philosophical interpretations / Robert J. Fogelin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fogelin, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermeneutics.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 Predicate : A Correction

11. Wittgenstein on Identity

12. Negative Elementary Propositions

13. Wittgenstein and Intuitionism

14. Wittgenstein and Classical Scepticism

15. Thinking and Doing.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-983322-2

9786610559879

1-280-55987-X

1-4356-1857-2

OCLC:

191827072