02949oam 2200649I 450 991045934010332120200520144314.01-317-49028-21-315-71088-91-282-53470-X97866125347061-84465-320-X10.4324/9781315710884 (CKB)2670000000016998(EBL)1900194(SSID)ssj0000486489(PQKBManifestationID)12157573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486489(PQKBWorkID)10431656(PQKB)10015598(MiAaPQ)EBC3060918(Au-PeEL)EBL3060918(CaPaEBR)ebr10455568(CaONFJC)MIL253470(OCoLC)922958047(OCoLC)958107187(EXLCZ)99267000000001699820180706e20141999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeter Winch /Colin LyasAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (225 p.)Philosophy nowFirst published 1999 by Acumen.1-902683-02-1 1-902683-01-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Peter Winch, a glimpse of a life; 1 ""Such understanding as I have"": The influence of Wittgenstein; 2 ""I was investigating the notion of the social"": The idea of a social science; 3 ""Seriously to study another way of life"": Understanding another society; 4 ""Good examples are indispensable"": The ethical life; 5 ""The concept of God is used"": The religious forms of life; 6 ""The interval of hesitation"": Peter Winch's Simone Weil; 7 ""Someone willing to die for truth"": Peter Winch's legacy; EnvoiReferencesIndexThis is the first introduction to the ideas of the British philosopher, Peter Winch (1926-97). Although author of the hugely influential ""The Idea of a Social Science"" (1958) much of Winch's other work has been neglected as philosophical fashions have changed. Recently, however, philosophers are again seeing the importance of Winch's ideas and their relevance to current philosophical concerns. In charting the development of Winch's ideas, Lyas engages with many of the major preoccupations of philosophy of the past forty years. The range of Winch's ideas becomes apparent and his importance clPhilosophy now (Teddington, London, England)Philosophy, BritishElectronic books.Philosophy, British.192Lyas Colin.948177MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459340103321Peter Winch2143165UNINA