Logical Foundations
Published in March 1991
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-333-51841-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays marks the occasion of Dan O'Connor's 75th birthday, and provides the opportunity for the contributors to show their appreciation of his work in philosophy. The essays each discuss a topic which has commanded his attention. In print or in personal discussion, though not every essay takes issue with him directly. The range of these topics, from philosophical logic to the philosophy of education, reflects his commitment to following through the consequences of the fundamental principles of logical empiricism for the major questions of philosophy. Inheriting these principles from Russel and Carnap - and more distantly from Locke and Hume - Dan O'Connor's service to his subject has been it their unwavering defence. But this primary task has been supplemented by a strong interest in the history of philosophy. His most important works includes "John Locke", "HAquinas and natural law" and the "Critical history of Western philosophy".
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, indices
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51841-0 (9780333518410)
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Content
Part 1 Paradox and inference: super pragmatic paradoxes, Robert Ackermann; fences and ceilings, Heinz Post; the paradoxes of indicative conditionals, Brian Carr; pretending to infer, G.B. Keene; the non-existence of probabilistic inductive support, Karl R. Popper. Part 2 Knowledge and language: on certainty, Alice ambrose; truth and "status rerum", David E. Cooper; knowledge and rationality, D.W. Hamlyn; language and philosophy, John Burbidge; languageless creatures and communication, Indira Mahalingam. Part 3 Thought and action: Locke's idea of an idea, Glenn Langford; the Chinese room argument, Ajit Narayanan; free-will and determinism, A.J. Ayer; two all-or-nothing theories of freedom, John Watkins; contra hume - on making things happen, Collin B. Wright. Part 4 People and things: Locke on solidity and incompressibility, Peter Alexander; what did Aristoteles mean by "Nature does nothing in vain"?, Pamela M. Huby; could the world embody God? W.D. Hudson; Locke on government, R.F. Atkinson; the philosophy of education, Alan Montefiore; education - anti-racist, multiethnic and multicultural, Antony Flew.