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With selections of philosophers from the earliest times to the present, this anthology provides significant learning support and historical context with biographical introductions, topic “Prologs,” reading introductions and “Philosophical Overviews,” “Philosophical Bridges” describing historical influences, study questions, and “Codas” placing major movements in contemporary context. topContents
This tentative table of contents is for early review purposes; the final contents may not include all of the selections listed here. Each chapter concludes with “Study Questions.” Preface. General Introduction. I. LOGICAL ATOMISM. Prologue to Logical Atomism.1. Bertrand Russell: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Descriptions,'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. Philosophical Bridges: Russell's Influence.2. Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Biographical History, Part I.
Philosophical Overview.Tractatus Logicus Philosophicus. Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Early Wittgenstein.Philosophical Bridges: The Logical Atomist Influence.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
II. PRAGMATISM. Prologue to Pragmatism.3. John Dewey: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.The Quest for Certainty. Philosophical Bridges: Dewey's Influence.Philosophical Bridges: The Pragmatic Influence.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
III. PROCESS PHILOSOPHY. Prologue to Process Philosophy.4. Alfred North Whitehead: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Process and Reality. Philosophical Bridges: Whitehead's Influence.Study Questions.
Bibliography.
IV. THE LOGICAL POSITIVISTS. Prologue to Logical Positivism.5. Rudolf Carnap: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.The Logical Structure of the World. 6. Hahn, Carnap and Neurath, 'The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle.'
7. A.J. Ayer: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'The Elimination of Metaphysics,' from Language, Truth and Logic. Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Logical Positivism.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
V. ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY. Prologue to Ordinary Language Philosophy.8. Gilbert Ryle: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Descartes Myth,'Concept of Mind. Philosophical Bridges: Ryle's Influence.9. Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Biographical History, Part II.
Philosophical Overview.Philosophical Investigations. Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of the Later Wittgenstein.Philosophical Bridges: The Ordinary Language Influence.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
VI. ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY. Prologue to Analytic Philosophy.10. W.V.O. Quine: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Two Dogmas of Empiricism,'From a Logical Point of View. 'Reasons for the Indeterminacy of Translation.'Philosophical Bridges: Quine's Influence.11. Donald Davidson: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Truth and Meaning,' from Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation. 'Mental Events,' from Essays on Actions and Events. Philosophical Bridges: Davidson's Influence.12. Thomas Kuhn: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Philosophical Bridges: Kuhn's Influence.13. Nelson Goodman: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Grue and Bleen,' from Fact, Fiction and Forecast. Philosophical Bridges: Goodman's Influence.14. John Rawls, A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Theory of Justice. Philosophical Bridges: Rawls' Influence.15. Hilary Putnam: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.'Why There Isn't a Ready Made World,'Realism and Reason. Philosophical Bridges: Putnam's Influence.Philosophical Bridges: The Analytic Influence.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
VII. PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM. Prologue to Phenomenology and Existentialism.16. Edmund Husserl: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology. Philosophical Bridges: Husserl's Influence.17. Martin Heidegger: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Being and Time. The Question Concerning Technology. Philosophical Bridges: Heidegger's Influence.18. Jean-Paul Sartre: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Being and Nothingness, An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology. Philosophical Bridges: Sartre's Influence.19. Simone DeBeauvoir: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.The Second Sex. Philosophical Bridges: DeBeauvoir's Influence.20. Maurice Merleau-Ponty: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Phenomenology of Perception. Philosophical Bridges: Merleau-Ponty's Influence.Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Phenomenology and Existentialism.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
VIII. HERMENEUTICS AND THE POST-MODERNISM. Prologue to Hermeneutics and Post-Modernism.21. Hans Georg Gadamer: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Truth and Method. Philosophical Bridges: Gadamer's Influence.22. Jurgen Habermas: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action. Philosophical Bridges: Habermas's Influence.23. Michel Foucault: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Power and Knowledge. 'Technologies of the Self,' from Ethics, Subjectivity and Truth. 'The Ethics of the Concern for Self as a Practice of Freedom.'Philosophical Bridges: Foucault's Influence.24. Jacques Derrida: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.Positions. Philosophical Bridges: Derrida's Influence.25. Luce Irigay: A Biographical History.
Philosophical Overview.This Sex Which Is Not One. Philosophical Bridges: Irigay's Influence.Philosophical Bridges: The Hermeneutic and Post-Modernist Influence.
Study Questions.
Bibliography.
Philosophical Bridges: The 20th Century Influence. topFeatures
- “Philosophical Bridges” describe how major schools of thought influenced later philosophers (e.g. “Philosophical Bridges: The Analytical Influence”) and show students the current relevance of what they've just read.
- Each Part opens with a General Introduction that provides an overview of the major historical eras.
- A “Prologue” opens each chapter, offering context for specific philosophers, or the key schools of thought (e.g. “Prologue to Analytical Philosophy.”)
- Individual “Biographical Histories” give pertinent details about the life and times of each philosopher (e.g. “Bertrand Russell: A Biographical History.”)
- “Philosophical Overviews” provide context and information about each reading and philosopher.
- “Study Questions” at the end of each section (e.g. “Study Questions for Phenomentology and Existentialism”) provide comprehension questions as well as wider discussion questions.
- Definitive translations have been used for the most accurate representation of the philosophers' work.
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