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Written by eminent philosophers from Britain, Europe, America and Australia, the essays of this collection are a tribute to Peter Winch, whose work is marked by his deep appreciation of the fundamental aspect of Wittgenstein's legacy: that we cannot detach our concepts from their roots in human life. The voices in this volume unite in different tones of sympathy and criticism by discussing the theme of human conditioning: the human conditioning of what we can find intelligible, possible and impossible, and the suspicion of an illusory transcendence. The issue is first raised in connection with metaphysics and then pursued in the domains of ethics and the philosophy of social science.

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Author:   Raimond Gaita
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415041508

ISBN 10:   0415041503
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   12 April 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ON ‘CEASING TO EXIST’, NORMAN MALCOLM; Chapter 2 INTELLIGIBILITY AND THE IMAGINATION, GRAEME MARSHALL; Chapter 3 NATURALISM AND PRETERNATURAL CHANGE, R. F. HOLLAND; Chapter 4 WITTGENSTEIN ON MAKING HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC CLEAR, FRANK CIOFFI; Chapter 5 UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES AND PartICULAR DECISIONS AND FORMS OF LIFE, KARL-OTTO APEL; Chapter 6 ON MORAL NECESSITY, LARS HERTZBERG; Chapter 7 ETHICAL INDIVIDUALITY, RAIMOND GAITA; Chapter 8 HOW MANY LEGS?, CORA DIAMOND; Chapter 9 ‘ETHICAL REWARD AND PUNISHMENT’, RUSH RHEES; Chapter 10 SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE REALITY OF GOOD AND EVIL, ?LHAM D?LMAN; Chapter 11 THE PRESUMPTION OF THEORY, D.Z. PHILLIPS; Chapter 12 THE FORM OF THE GOOD, TRADITION AND ENQUIRY, ALASDAIR MACINTYRE; Chapter 13 WINCH ON THE UNITY OF WITTGENSTEIN’S PHILOSOPHY, DAN RASHID MAIN PUBLICATIONS INDEX;

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