The Claim of Reason

The Claim of Reason
Author: Stanley Cavell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1999-07-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190284935


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The first three parts of this book deal with the tension between ordinary language philosophy (as envisioned in the writings of J.L. Austin and the later Wittgenstein) and the 'tradition.' In the fourth part the author explores the problem of skepticism and takes a broad view of its consequences.

The Claim of Reason
Language: en
Pages: 544
Authors: Stanley Cavell
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-07-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The first three parts of this book deal with the tension between ordinary language philosophy (as envisioned in the writings of J.L. Austin and the later Wittge
The Claim of Reason
Language: en
Pages: 538
Authors: Stanley Cavell
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of
Reasons and Persons
Language: en
Pages: 880
Authors: Derek Parfit
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986-01-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This book challenges, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity. The author claims that we
Themes out of School
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Stanley Cavell
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-07 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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“Themes out of School . . . cannot help but urge us to think, in fresh and undistracted ways, about the world that actually confronts us.” —Jay Parini, Hu
Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: David Rudrum
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-11 - Publisher: JHU Press

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An analysis of the significance of literature in the work of one of America's most influential contemporary philosophers. Stanley Cavell is widely recognized as