The Possibilities of Sense

Essays in Honour of D.Z. Phillips
2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-97149-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Remarkable in the range that it covers, The Possibilities of Sense testifies to an equally remarkable philosopher. In essays on ethics and the philosophy of religion, on literature and education, the contributors display not only the breadth of D.Z. Phillips's work but also its power. This power comes largely from Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose significance as a moral and religious philosopher rivals his reputation as a philosopher of language. Phillips, more than anyone else, has taught us to appreciate Wittgenstein in this sense and this book recognizes the importance of them both. Some of the essays which it contains speak directly to Phillips's work; some do not. But they all announce the fact that a 'Wittgensteinian' - now 'Phillipsian' - approach has long since earned its place in the history of philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whittaker, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction A Personal Tribute; I.Lloyd PART ONE: ETHICS Intervening in Ethics; R.Gaita On Being Neighbourly; L.Hertzberg The Availability of Wisdom; J.T.Edelman Good and Evil: Love and Ego-centricity; I.Dilman On Going the Bloody Hard Way in Philosophy; J.Conant PART TWO: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 'At the End of Reason Comes Persuasion'; J.H.Whittaker An Inheritance Reconsidered; M.J.Ferreira Free-Will Defences and Foundationalism; B.Tilghman Lessing and the Resurrection; P.Winch Is it the Same God?; R.Williams PART THREE: PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE AND EDUCATION The Mediation of Sense; M.Weston 'That's It Exactly'; C. Lyas Excellence and Elites: Sincerity, Rationality and Monitoring; A. Flew AN AFTERWORD Phillips's Contributions to Philosophy in the Welsh Language; W. Gealy D.Z.Phillips; Publications

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES CONANT Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago ILHAM DILMAN Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Wales, Swansea JOHN EDELMAN Professor of Philosophy, Nazareth College, Rochester M. JAMIE FERREIRA Professor of Philosophy of Religion, University of Virginia ANTONY FLEW Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading RAIMOND GAITA Institute of Advanced Research, Australian Catholic University and King's College London WALFORD GEALY Emeritus Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wales, Aberystwyth LARS HERTZBERG Professor of Philosophy, Åbo Academy, Finland COLIN LYAS Lecturer, University of Lancaster IEUAN LLOYD Department of Philosophy, University of Wales, Swansea B.R. TILGHMAN Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University MICHAEL WESTON Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Essex ROWAN WILLIAMS Bishop of Monmouth, Wales PETER WINCH (d.1997) was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, King's College London.