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Margaret Macdonald and Gilbert Ryle: a Philosophical Friendship
British Journal for the History of Philosophy ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rbjh20 Margaret MacDonald and Gilbert Ryle: a philosophical friendship Michael Kremer To cite this article: Michael Kremer (2021): Margaret MacDonald and Gilbert Ryle: a philosophical friendship, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2021.1932409 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2021.1932409 Published online: 15 Jun 2021. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 28 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rbjh20 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2021.1932409 ARTICLE Margaret MacDonald and Gilbert Ryle: a philosophical friendship Michael Kremer Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA ABSTRACT This article considers the personal and philosophical relationship between two philosophers, Margaret MacDonald and Gilbert Ryle. I show that a letter from MacDonald to Ryle found at Linacre College, Oxford, was part of an extensive correspondence, and that the two were intimate friends and philosophical interlocutors, and I explore the relationship between their respective philosophies. MacDonald, who studied with Wittgenstein before coming to Oxford in 1937, deployed and developed Wittgensteinian themes in her own subsequent work. I show that this work was an important source of ideas in Ryle’s philosophy. I examine two episodes: (1) a 1937 symposium in which MacDonald gave the lead paper, and Ryle was a respondent – I argue that Ryle derived his famous distinction between knowledge-how and knowledge-that from her paper; and (2) Ryle’s rejection in Dilemmas (1953/4) of the central importance of the idea of a ‘category mistake’–I argue that this may have been in response to MacDonald’scriticalreviewof The Concept of Mind. -
Susan Stebbing and the Vienna Circle on Moral Philosophy I Introduction
Susan Stebbing and the Vienna Circle on Moral Philosophy Anne Siegetsleitner SWIP UK Panel at the Joint Session of the Mind Association and Aristotelian Society, University of Warwick, UK, July 11, 2015 Abstract: Susan Stebbing, who is rarely mentioned in the history of analytic philosophy, was a prominent figure in the Unity of Science movement and maintained relationships with leading members of the Vienna Circle. This paper compares Stebbing’s conception of moral philosophy to those of Carnap, Neurath, and Schlick. At first glance, the conceptions of moral philosophy held by Stebbing and the Vienna Circle differ widely, as Stebbing rejects the logical empiricist standard view of moral philosophy generally ascribed to the Vienna Circle. What we now call normative or substantial ethics – and what is ruled out by the standard view – is an essential part of moral philosophy in Stebbing’s conception. A closer look reveals, however, that Schlick shares this view. He practiced normative and applied ethics on a eudaimonistic basis. The discrepancies further diminish once more general questions are addressed. Stebbing, Carnap, Neurath and Schlick endorse the perspective of scientific humanism. They are convinced that it is the task of humanity itself to improve human life conditions and that science is one of the most valuable means to this improvement. Therefore, Stebbing is close to the Vienna Circle in her conception of moral philosophy once the Vienna Circle is no longer reduced to a general rejection of normative ethics, and scientific humanism is taken into account. New insights may be gained by reconsidering the Ethical Movement. I Introduction Susan Stebbing (1885–1943) was the first female professor of philosophy in Great Britain, a leading figure of the so-called Cambridge School of Analysis, co-founder of the journal Analysis, and president of the Mind Association as well as of the Aristotelian Society. -
Post-Continental Philosophy: Its Definition, Contours, and Fundamental Sources
Post-continental Philosophy: Its Definition, Contours, and Fundamental Sources NELSON MALDONADO-TORRES It is no accident that the global geographical framework in use today is essentially a cartographic celebration of European power. After centuries of imperialism, the presumptions of a worldview of a once-dominant metropole has become part of the intellectual furniture of the world…. Metageography matters, and the attempt to engage it critically has only begun. Martin W. Lewis and Kären W. Wigen, The Myth of Continents.1 or several decades now the contours of legitimate philosophy have been drawn by advocates of F so-called analytic and continental philosophies. Analytic philosophy is often referred to as a style of thinking centered on the question of whether something is true, rather than, as continental philosophy, on the multiple factors that constitute meaning.2 Analytic philosophy is also said to be closer to the sciences, while continental philosophy has more affinity with the humanities.3 One of the reasons for this lies in that while analytic philosophy tends to dismiss history from its reflections, continental philosophy typically emphasizes the relevance of time, tradition, lived experience, and/or social context. Fortunately, this situation is slowly but gradually changing today. A variety of intellectuals are defying the rigid boundaries of these fields. Some of the most notable are Afro- American, Afro-Caribbean, and Latina/o scholars using the arsenal of these bodies of thought to analyze and interpret problems related to colonialism, racism, and sexism in the contemporary world.4 These challenges demand a critical analysis of the possibilities and limits of change within the main coordinates of these different styles or forms of philosophizing. -
A Bibliography of Works on Reflexivity
A bibliography of works on reflexivity The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Peter Suber, A bibliography of works on reflexivity, in Self- Reference: Reflections on Reflexivity 259-362 (Peter Suber and Steven J. Bartlett 1987). Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4725021 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA Peter Suber A Bibliography of \ \'orks on Reflexivity "I don't have to quote anybody else to say what I could say for myself." --Anon. Section One: Introduction . ·:Reflexivity" is the generic name for all kinds and species of CJrcu~an.ty. It includes the self-reference of signs, the self-appplication of pnn~J_Ples and predicates. the self-justification and self-refutation of propositiOns and inferences the self-fulfillment and self-falsification of pre?!ctions, the self-creati~n and self-destruction of logical and legal Cntilie~, the self-augmentation and self-limitation of powers, circular reasonmg, circular causation. cvclic and spiral recurrence, feedback ?ste~s, mutu~li.ty, recipr~city: and organic. fonn. .It includes the sallaciOus, the VICious, the tnvial, and the quesuon beggmg, but also the ound, the benign, the useful and the inescapable. It ranges from the Pro. sa1c· to the numinous, from' the paradoxical to the self-evident, from ~Ience to religion. -
Why National Ehealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History
Why National eHealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History TRISHA GREENHALGH, JILL RUSSELL, RICHARD E. ASHCROFT, and WAYNE PARSONS Queen Mary University of London Context: Policymakers seeking to introduce expensive national eHealth pro- grams would be advised to study lessons from elsewhere. But these lessons are unclear, partly because a paradigm war (controlled experiment versus inter- pretive case study) is raging. England’s $20.6 billion National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) ran from 2003 to 2010, but its overall success was limited. Although case study evaluations were published, policymakers appeared to overlook many of their recommendations and persisted with some of the NPfIT’s most criticized components and implementation methods. Methods: In this reflective analysis, illustrated by a case fragment from the NPfIT, we apply ideas from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s postanalytic philosophy to justify the place of the “n of 1” case study and consider why those in charge of national eHealth programs appear reluctant to learn from such studies. Findings: National eHealth programs unfold as they do partly because no one fully understands what is going on. They fail when this lack of understanding becomes critical to the programs’ mission. Detailed analyses of the fortunes of individual programs, articulated in such a way as to illuminate the con- textualized talk and action (“language games”) of multiple stakeholders, offer unique and important insights. Such accounts, portrayals rather than models, deliver neither statistical generalization (as with experiments) nor theoretical generalization (as with multisite case comparisons or realist evaluations). But they do provide the facility for heuristic generalization (i.e., to achieve a clearer understanding of what is going on), thereby enabling more productive debate about eHealth programs’ complex, interdependent social practices. -
Philosophy 1
Philosophy 1 PHILOSOPHY VISITING FACULTY Doing philosophy means reasoning about questions that are of basic importance to the human experience—questions like, What is a good life? What is reality? Aileen Baek How are knowledge and understanding possible? What should we believe? BA, Yonsei University; MA, Yonsei University; PHD, Yonsei University What norms should govern our societies, our relationships, and our activities? Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy; Visiting Scholar in Philosophy Philosophers critically analyze ideas and practices that often are assumed without reflection. Wesleyan’s philosophy faculty draws on multiple traditions of Alessandra Buccella inquiry, offering a wide variety of perspectives and methods for addressing these BA, Universitagrave; degli Studi di Milano; MA, Universitagrave; degli Studi di questions. Milano; MA, Universidad de Barcelona; PHD, University of Pittsburgh Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy William Paris BA, Susquehanna University; MA, New York University; PHD, Pennsylvania State FACULTY University Stephen Angle Frank B. Weeks Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy BA, Yale University; PHD, University of Michigan Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies; Professor of Philosophy; Director, Center for Global Studies; Professor, East Asian Studies EMERITI Lori Gruen Brian C. Fay BA, University of Colorado Boulder; PHD, University of Colorado Boulder BA, Loyola Marymount University; DPHIL, Oxford University; MA, Oxford William Griffin Professor of Philosophy; Professor -
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 283 International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018) Phenomenology, Existentialism and Postanalytic Philosophy in Modern Social Cognition: Attitude Positions* Anna Ivanova Bauman Moscow State Technical University 5/1, 2nd Baumankaya Str. Moscow, Russia 105005 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract—The article considers the phenomenological phenomenological sociology is the basic philosophical theory interrelation with some other directions of modern principles, which seem to differ significantly. We will socio-philosophical discourse, primarily - with existentialism. explain. We formulated the difference between the phenomenology of M. Heidegger and existentialism J.-P. Sartre. Considered existential sociology of E. Tiryakian. Specificity of the social II. SOCIAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM: phenomenology of A. Schütz was determined.As a result, we COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS come to a conclusion about the illegalityof uncritical Existentialism is a truly anthropological version of convergenceof social phenomenology and existentialism but philosophizing. The problem of Sense for existentialists there also exists a conceptual connection between becomes the problem of the meaning of life. For phenomenological sociology and postanalytic philosophy. phenomenologists, this is by no means the case. Both E. Husserl and M. Heidegger rejected philosophizing «on Keywords—social phenomenology; existentialism; social anthropological -
Pragmatism, Holism, and the Concept of Law
Pragmatism, Holism, and the Concept of Law Adam Michał Dyrda* equally, most commonplace) accusations against a cer- Abstract tain legal theory is the ‘methodological objection’ (MO). In its general form, it is as follows: When discussing O. W. Holmes’s answer to the question What constitutes the law? Morton White underlines the (MO) The discussed theory fails because it uses the fact that Holmes’s inquiry didn’t focus on developing the wrong methodology and asks the wrong questions, concept of law. White states: ‘…Holmes said little in The which precludes the theory from reaching the right Path of the Law about the notion of legal authority, perhaps (adequate) conclusions. Without putting our ques- because he was interested not in what he called a “useless tions in the right way, we cannot grasp any substan- quintessence of all legal systems” but in “an accurate anat- tial answers, i.e. such answers that (at least) could omy of one”’. Such ambition (or lack of ambition) is charac- have a claim to adequacy.1 teristic of many pragmatic enterprises in the field of jurispru- dence. However, sometimes the opposition between legal It seems, then, that for researchers who use this argu- pragmatism and other legal theories is built upon a refer- ment against a particular theory T, the theory T fails on ence to the notion of the ‘nature’ or ‘essence’ of law. Many its own grounds because it asks the wrong questions legal philosophers who aim to reveal the very ‘nature of and, thus, receives inadequate answers. However, it is law’ (or ‘the concept of law’ as H. -
Bergsonism and the History of Analytic Philosophy
palgrave.com Andreas Vrahimis 1st ed. 2022, Approx. 335 p. Bergsonism and the History Printed book Hardcover Ca. 109,99 € | Ca. £99.99 | Ca. of Analytic Philosophy $139.99 [1]Ca. 117,69 € (D) | Ca. 120,99 € (A) Series: History of Analytic Philosophy | Ca. CHF 130,00 Recovers work by women in the history of philosophy, namely L. Susan eBook Stebbing and Karin Costelloe-Stephen Available from your library or Examines the importance of responses to Bergsonism for the development of springer.com/shop the history of analytic philosophy MyCopy [3] Traces the Vienna Circle’s project of overcoming metaphysics back to earlier Printed eBook for just criticisms of Bergsonian intuition € | $ 24.99 During the first quarter of the twentieth century, the French philosopher Henri Bergson became springer.com/mycopy an international celebrity, profoundly influencing contemporary intellectual and artistic currents. Error[en_EN | Export.Bookseller. While Bergsonism was fashionable, L. Susan Stebbing, Bertrand Russell, Moritz Schlick, and MediumType | SE] Rudolf Carnap launched different critical attacks against some of Bergson’s views. This book examines this series of critical responses to Bergsonism early in the history of analytic philosophy. Analytic criticisms of Bergsonism were influenced by William James, who saw Bergson as an ‘anti-intellectualist’ ally of American Pragmatism, and Max Scheler, who saw him as a prophet of Lebensphilosophie. Some of the main analytic objections to Bergson are answered in the work of Karin Costelloe-Stephen. Analytic anti-Bergsonism accompanied the earlier refutations of idealism by Russell and Moore, and later influenced the Vienna Circle’s critique of metaphysics. It eventually contributed to the formation of the view that ‘analytic’ philosophy is divided from its ‘continental’ counterpart. -
Frege and the Logic of Sense and Reference
FREGE AND THE LOGIC OF SENSE AND REFERENCE Kevin C. Klement Routledge New York & London Published in 2002 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2002 by Kevin C. Klement All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any infomration storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Klement, Kevin C., 1974– Frege and the logic of sense and reference / by Kevin Klement. p. cm — (Studies in philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-415-93790-6 1. Frege, Gottlob, 1848–1925. 2. Sense (Philosophy) 3. Reference (Philosophy) I. Title II. Studies in philosophy (New York, N. Y.) B3245.F24 K54 2001 12'.68'092—dc21 2001048169 Contents Page Preface ix Abbreviations xiii 1. The Need for a Logical Calculus for the Theory of Sinn and Bedeutung 3 Introduction 3 Frege’s Project: Logicism and the Notion of Begriffsschrift 4 The Theory of Sinn and Bedeutung 8 The Limitations of the Begriffsschrift 14 Filling the Gap 21 2. The Logic of the Grundgesetze 25 Logical Language and the Content of Logic 25 Functionality and Predication 28 Quantifiers and Gothic Letters 32 Roman Letters: An Alternative Notation for Generality 38 Value-Ranges and Extensions of Concepts 42 The Syntactic Rules of the Begriffsschrift 44 The Axiomatization of Frege’s System 49 Responses to the Paradox 56 v vi Contents 3. -
Between Meaning and Essence Explaining Necessary Truth
This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from the King’s Research Portal at https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/ Between meaning and essence explaining necessary truth Schieder-Hestermann, Jakob Awarding institution: King's College London The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without proper acknowledgement. END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT Unless another licence is stated on the immediately following page this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works - You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you receive permission from the author. Your fair dealings and other rights are in no way affected by the above. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 27. Sep. 2021 Between Meaning and Essence - Explaining Necessary Truth Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) eingereicht an der Philosophischen Fakultät I der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin im Rahmen des Joint PhD Programms mit dem King’s College London Dissertation submitted to Philosophischen Fakultät I of Humboldt University Berlin as part of the Joint-PhD Program between Humboldt University Berlin and King’s College London von/by Jakob Schieder-Hestermann Präsidentin der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: Prof. -
Susan Stebbing, Incomplete Symbols, and Foundherentist Meta-Ontology Volume 5, Number 2 Frederique Janssen-Lauret Editor in Chief Kevin C
JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY SUSAN STEBBING, INCOMPLETE SYMBOLS, AND FOUNDHERENTIST METa-ONTOLOGY VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2 FREDERIQUE JANSSEN-LAURET EDITOR IN CHIEF KEVIN C. KLEMENt, UnIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Susan Stebbing’s work on incomplete symbols and analysis EDITORIAL BOARD was instrumental in clarifying, sharpening, and improving the ANNALISA COLIVA, UnIVERSITY OF MODENA AND UC IRVINE project of logical constructions which was pivotal to early ana- GaRY EBBS, INDIANA UnIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON lytic philosophy. She dispelled use-mention confusions by re- GrEG FROSt-ARNOLD, HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES stricting the term ‘incomplete symbol’ to expressions eliminable HENRY JACKMAN, YORK UnIVERSITY through analysis, rather than those expressions’ purported ref- SANDRA LaPOINte, MCMASTER UnIVERSITY erents, and distinguished linguistic analysis from analysis of CONSUELO PRETI, THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY facts. In this paper I explore Stebbing’s role in analytic philos- MARCUS ROSSBERG, UnIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ophy’s development from anti-holism, presupposing that anal- ANTHONY SKELTON, WESTERN UnIVERSITY ysis terminates in simples, to the more holist or foundherentist MARK TEXTOR, KING’S COLLEGE LonDON analytic philosophy of the later 20th century. I read Stebbing AUDREY YAP, UnIVERSITY OF VICTORIA as a transitional figure who made room for more holist analytic RICHARD ZACH, UnIVERSITY OF CALGARY movements, e.g., applications of incomplete symbol theory to Quinean ontological commitment. Stebbing, I argue, is part of REVIEW EDITORS a historical narrative which starts with the holism of Bradley, JULIET FLOYD, BOSTON UnIVERSITY an early influence on her, to which Moore and Russell’s logi- CHRIS PINCOCK, OHIO STATE UnIVERSITY cal analysis was a response.