This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date.
As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2) gradual acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in sound prephilosophical thought. Though Soames views this history in a positive light, he also illustrates the difficulties, false starts, and disappointments endured along the way. As he engages with the work of his predecessors and contemporaries--from Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke--he seeks to highlight their accomplishments while also pinpointing their shortcomings, especially where their perspectives were limited by an incomplete grasp of matters that have now become clear.
Soames himself has been at the center of some of the tradition's most important debates, and throughout writes with exceptional ease about its often complex ideas. His gift for clear exposition makes the history as accessible to advanced undergraduates as it will be important to scholars. Despite its centrality to philosophy in the English-speaking world, the analytic tradition in philosophy has had very few synthetic histories. This will be the benchmark against which all future accounts will be measured.
0 有用 MellonCollie 2022-05-08 02:36:37
Soames牛逼 上soames教的课也希望自己变得牛逼
0 有用 在焉 2020-12-18 07:59:18
Russell est génial (5 & 6), Wittegenstein artistique et incompréhensible, the empiricist ennuyeux.
0 有用 豆友256828959 2022-09-10 19:10:47 湖北
终于陆陆续续看完了,感觉不太适合像我这种没看过论文、不了解背景的初学者🥲
0 有用 Stultus 2024-02-23 12:35:51 加拿大
虽然跟Soames学到很多,但这哲学史估计是不太及格的。。
0 有用 Fa 2013-04-05 23:57:53
非常可读。
0 有用 Stultus 2024-02-23 12:35:51 加拿大
虽然跟Soames学到很多,但这哲学史估计是不太及格的。。
0 有用 陳山奈 2024-01-29 01:19:05 比利时
确实是很清晰的论证重构。但随着时间越往后走,书里对“经典”论证的追问路径和重构方式,就和自己的预设有越多不同。大抵这是所谓史学之必然。不过看到Soames居然公开多次支持川普有点惊讶,至今他的名字还被川普的竞选网站挂在上面壮胆充门面……
0 有用 Anchi_Re 2022-11-27 20:38:12 福建
Male non "solution log"(Vol.I) & "argument"(Vol.II)? Exemit!
0 有用 豆友256828959 2022-09-10 19:10:47 湖北
终于陆陆续续看完了,感觉不太适合像我这种没看过论文、不了解背景的初学者🥲
0 有用 MellonCollie 2022-05-08 02:36:37
Soames牛逼 上soames教的课也希望自己变得牛逼