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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461539703321

Autore

Preston Aaron

Titolo

Analytic philosophy : the history of an illusion / / Aaron Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

©2007

ISBN

1-283-20752-4

9786613207524

1-4411-8786-3

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in philosophy

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Analysis (Philosophy) - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Peculiar Career of Analytic Philosophy; Part I: The Crises in Analytic Philosophy; 1. The Identity Crisis in Analytic Philosophy; 2. A Crisis within the Crisis: The Problem of Revisionist History; 3. Against Revisionism; 4. On the Trail of an Illusion; Part II: Scientism and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy; 5. The Root of the Illusion of Unity; 6. The Root of the Illusion of Promise; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; C; I; P; S; Z

Sommario/riassunto

One would expect that so successful and controversial a philosophical school as analytic philosophy would have a clear platform of substantive philosophical views. However, this is not so. For at least 30 years, analytic philosophy has consisted in an increasingly loose and variable amalgam of philosophical topics, views and methods. This state of affairs has led some to claim that, despite its professional entrenchment, analytic philosophy is in a state of crisis. Analytic Philosophy: The History of an Illusion argues that this is so, and that the crisis is deeper and more longstanding than i