| #1886482 in Books | 2001-09-15 | 2001-10-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.71 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 304 pages||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Some good stuff, some not so good stuff|By Steve L|I'd actually give this book three and a half stars if I could. It's kind of a mixed bag -- the good sections (like the section on Austin) combine clear introductory overviews with insightful critical observations. But the not-so-good sections (like the section on Carnap) are muddled, assume too much knowledge, and will just||"No other book has canvassed the last century as Stroll has, and with such insight. Written with wit and verve, Stroll's book is informative and eloquent." -- "Journal of the History of Philosophy"
"No other book has canvassed the last century as St
Analytic philosophy is difficult to define since it is not so much a specific doctrine as a loose concatenation of approaches to problems. As well as having strong ties to scientism -the notion that only the methods of the natural sciences give rise to knowledge -it also has humanistic ties to the great thinkers and philosophical problems of the past. Moreover, no single feature characterizes the activities of analytic philosophers. Undaunted by these difficulties, Avrum...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy | Avrum Stroll. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
