The eighth volume of Copleston’s A History of Philosophy opens with an examination of the turn to empiricism in nineteenth-century Britain, analysing the important work of utilitarian thinkers such as Bentham and Mill.
Frederick Copleston was Professor of the History of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at London University. This eleven-volume work is one of the most remarkable single-handed scholarly enterprises of modern times. Volume 8 covers Jeremy Bentham, Francis Herbert Bradley, John Dewey, William James, John Stuart Mill, George Edward Moore, Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Royce, Bertrand Arthur William Russell and Herbert Spencer.
This volume details the development of idealism in both Britain and America as well as the revolt against it represented by the work of Moore and Russell in the twentieth century. There is also an invaluable section on Peirce’s and Dewey’s pragmatism.
Brimming with detail and enthusiasm, A History of Philosophy gives an accessible account of philosophers from all eras and explains their works in relation to other philosophers. Each volume is an ideal guide for students studying specific eras and as a set offers a complete and unrivalled overview of the entire western philosophical tradition.
By:
Frederick Copleston
Imprint: Continuum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 736g
ISBN: 9780826469021
ISBN 10: 0826469027
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 06 January 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Acknowledgements PART I: BRITISH EMPIRICISM I The Utilitarian Movement (1) II The Utilitarian Movement (2) III J.S. Mill: Logic and Empiricism IV Empiricists, Agnostics, Positivists V The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer PART II: THE IDEALIST MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN VI The Beginnings of the Movement VII The Development of Idealism VIII Absolute Idealism: Bradley IX Absolute Idealism: Bonsanquet X The Turn Towards Personal Identity PART III: IDEALISM IN AMERICA XI Introductory XII The Philosophy of Royce XIII Personal Idealism and Other Tendencies PART IV: THE PRAGMATIST MOVEMENT XIV The Philosophy of C.S. Peirce XV The Pragmatism of James and Schiller XVI The Experimentalism of John Dewey PART V: THE REVOLT AGAINST IDEALISM XVII Realism in Britain and America XVIII G. E. Moore and Analysis XIX Bertrand Russell (1) XX Bertrand Russell (2) XXI Bertrand Russell (3) Epilogue Appendix A: John Henry Newman Appendix B: A Short Bibliography Index
Reviews for History of Philosophy Volume 8: Utilitarianism to Early Analytic Philosophy
A monumental history . . . learned, lucid, patient and comprehensive. * New Statesman * We can only applaud at the end of each act and look forward to applauding again at the final curtain. * Times Literary Supplement * Immensely erudite, lucid in analysis, and almost incredibly dispassionate. * The Month *