02898nam 2200625 450 991046153970332120200520144314.01-283-20752-497866132075241-4411-8786-3(CKB)2670000000107060(EBL)743071(OCoLC)745866712(SSID)ssj0000520881(PQKBManifestationID)11317846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520881(PQKBWorkID)10517744(PQKB)10770294(MiAaPQ)EBC743071(Au-PeEL)EBL743071(CaPaEBR)ebr10867339(CaONFJC)MIL320752(EXLCZ)99267000000010706020121101e20102007 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnalytic philosophy the history of an illusion /Aaron PrestonPaperback edition.London ;New York :Continuum,2010.©20071 online resource (203 p.)Continuum studies in philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-3196-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-185) and index.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; ZOne 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 iContinuum studies in philosophy.Analysis (Philosophy)Analysis (Philosophy)HistoryElectronic books.Analysis (Philosophy)Analysis (Philosophy)History.320.51Preston Aaron864333MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461539703321Analytic philosophy1929281UNINA