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1Michael Dummett, Origins of Analytical PhilosophyJournal of the History of Philosophy 33 (4): 699-699. 1995.
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22Wollheim, Wittgenstein, and Pictorial Representation: Seeing-as and Seeing-In (edited book)Routledge. 2016.Pictorial representation is one of the core questions in aesthetics and philosophy of art. What is a picture? How do pictures represent things? This collection of specially commissioned chapters examines the influential thesis that the core of pictorial representation is not resemblance but 'seeing-in', in particular as found in the work of Richard Wollheim. We can see a passing cloud _as_ a rabbit, but we also see a rabbit _in_ the clouds. 'Seeing-in' is an imaginative act of the kind employed …Read more
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27Critical notice of Alan Richardson,'Carnap's construction of the world: the Aufbau and the emergence of logical empiricism'Philosophical Books 40 (2): 89-98. 1999.
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239Editors' IntroductionIn Frederique Janssen-Lauret & Gary Kemp (eds.), Quine and His Place in History, Palgrave. pp. 1-7. 2014.Editors' introduction which discusses Quine's place in the history of analytic philosophy and the content of the papers collected in this volume.
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Western philosophy since Descartes has been marked by certain seminal books whose concern is the nature and scope of human knowledge. After Descartes Meditations, works by Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant are perhaps the most familiar and enduringly influential examples. Quine’s Word and Object (1960) does not conspicuously announce itself as a successor to these, but that is very much what it is. And after Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, it is amongst the most likely of the philosoph…Read more
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169Pushing Wittgenstein and Quine Closer TogetherJournal for the History of Analytical Philosophy 2 (10). 2014.As against the view represented here by Peter Hacker and John Canfield, I urge that the philosophies of Quine and Wittgenstein can be reconciled. Both replace the orthodox view of language as resting on reference: Quine with the notion of linguistic disposition, Wittgenstein with the notions of grammar and forms of life. I argue that Wittgenstein's insistence, in the rule-following discussion, that at bottom these are matters of practice, of ‘what we do’, is not only compatible in a rough sort o…Read more
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65The Themes of Quine’s Philosophy: Meaning, Reference, and Knowledge, by Edward Becker.: Book Reviews (review)Mind 122 (488): 1061-1065. 2013.
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112Critical Thinking: A Concise GuideRoutledge. 2001._Critical Thinking_ is a much-needed guide to thinking skills and above all to thinking critically for oneself. Through clear discussion, students learn the skills required to tell a good argument from a bad one. Key features include: *jargon-free discussion of key concepts in argumentation *how to avoid confusions surrounding words such as 'truth', 'knowledge' and 'opinion' *how to identify and evaluate the most common types of argument *how to spot fallacies in arguments and tell good reasonin…Read more
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