First published in 1903, this volume revolutionized philosophy and forever altered the direction of ethical studies. A philosopher’s philosopher, G. E. Moore was the idol of the Bloomsbury group, and Lytton Strachey declared that Principia Ethica marked the rebirth of the Age of Reason. This work clarifies some of moral philosophy’s most common confusions and redefines the science’s terminology. Six chapters explore: the subject matter of ethics, naturalistic ethics, hedonism, metaphysical ethics, ethics in relation to conduct, and the ideal. Moore's (...) simplicity of style and precise use of everyday language exercised an enormous influence on the development of analytic philosophy, and they contribute to the continuing resonance of his compelling arguments. (shrink)

Bertrand Russell is concerned in this book with the foundations of knowledge. He approaches his subject through a discussion of language, the relationships of truth to experience and an investigation into how knowledge of the structure of language helps our understanding of the structure of the world. This edition includes a new introduction by Thomas Baldwin, Clare College, Cambridge.

ZusammenfassungDie Grellingsche Antinomie des Wortes «heterologisch» wird mit Hilfe einer exakten Notation gelöst, indem man die Verschiedenheit des Wortes «heterologisch» und des heterologischen Wortes symbolisch unterscheidet. bildet man die Menge aller heterologischen Wörter, die den Begriff des Heterologischen definiert. stellt man fest, dass das Wort «heterologisch» einer höheren Stufe der Hierarchie des Bezeichnens angehört als die heterologischen Wörter und somit translogisch ist. Dadurch lässt sich vermeiden, dass man die Menge der heterologischen Wörter für ein heterologisches Wort hält. Die Hierarchie des (...) Bezeichnens beruht auf der intransitiven Relation des Bezeichnens. Das autologische Wort gehört zur Menge, welche es bezeichnet. Die auto‐logischen Wörter gehören allein zur ersten Stufe der Hierarchic. (shrink)

Quine's areas of interest are panoramic, as this lively book amply demonstrates.

For the faithful there is much to ponder. In this short book, based on lectures delivered in Spain in 1990, Quine begins by locating his work historically.

A formal theory of truth, alternative to tarski's 'orthodox' theory, based on truth-value gaps, is presented. the theory is proposed as a fairly plausible model for natural language and as one which allows rigorous definitions to be given for various intuitive concepts, such as those of 'grounded' and 'paradoxical' sentences.

‘I proceed. ‘Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable—”’ ‘Found what?” said the Duck. ‘Found it’ the Mouse replied rather crossly: ‘of course you know what “it” means.’ ‘I know what “it” means well enough, when I find a thing’, said the Duck: ‘it's generally a frog or a worm. The question is, what did the archbishop find?’.

This anthology of essays on the work of David Kaplan, a leading contemporary philosopher of language, sprang from a conference, "Themes from Kaplan," organized by the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University.