Origins of analytical philosophy
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Origins of analytical philosophy
Harvard University Press, 1994, c1993
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ISBN 9780674644724
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This book studies the roots of analytical philosophy - that style of philosophizing that has for half a century dominated professional philosophy in English-speaking lands and is often called "Anglo-American, " as contrasted with the "Continental, " philosophy. This, Dummett argues, is a misnomer. "Anglo-Austrian" would be a better label, for analytical philosophy arose in the same milieu as the principal rival school of phenomenology. Not only that, but the two schools have the same roots. The two forebear of both schools are Bolzano, the first to deny that thoughts are contents of the mind, and Brentano, who made intentionality the defining characteristic of the mental. Analytical philosophy has been distinguished by the central place it has given to language. Dummett explains why what had gone before made this "linguistic turn" so natural, and why the school founded by Husserl failed to take it. By re-examining the similar origins of the two traditions, we can come to understand why the later diverged so widely, and so take the first step to reconciliation.
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For half a century analytical philosophy has dominated professional philosophy in English-speaking countries. When contrasted with "Continental" philosophy, analytical philosophy is often called "Anglo-American." Michael Dummett argues that this is a misnomer: "Anglo-Austrian" would be a more accurate label, for analytical philosophy arose in the same milieu as the principal rival school of phenomenology. Furthermore, the two schools have the same roots. By reexamining the similar origins of the two traditions, we can come to understand why they later diverged so widely, and thus take the first step toward reconciliation.
Table of Contents
* Preface * The History of Thinkers and the History of Ideas * The Linguistic Turn * Truth and Meaning * The Extrusion of Thoughts from the Mind * The Legacy of Brentano * Husserl's View of Meaning * Sense without Reference * Noemata and Idealism * Frege on Perception * Grasping a Thought * Husserl on Perception: the Generalisation of Meaning * Proto-Thoughts * Thought and Language * Conclusion: a Methodology or a Subject-Matter? * Appendix: Interview * Index
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