routledge history of philosophy volume vii the nineteenth century - c.l.ten

[...]... Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams Bosanquet, Philosophical Theory of the State Philosophy 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Introduction C.L.Ten This volume covers most of the major philosophers of the nineteenth century The most conspicuous exceptions such as Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard, are included in other, more thematically focused volumes Of the philosophers considered in this volume, ... types of philosophy were prominent during this period the empiricism of Mill, the idealism of Bradley and the pragmatism of the American philosophers Peirce and William James Major advances were made in mathematics For example, in the earlier part of the century there were challenges to Euclidean geometry, while the latter part saw Frege’s contributions to the understanding of the foundations of mathematics... certain dimensions of value and that the sum of these would give the overall result Thus intensity and duration were relevant in estimating value as were the degree of certainty and the degree of remoteness of a pleasure, the likelihood of further pleasure following on or the opposite effect occurring In addition the number of people affected, or the extent of the pleasure, must enter the calculation... happen, the end, the goal of legislation; the descriptive indicates the material, the limitations imposed on the legislator in achieving those ends For the project to work these two aspects must be made consistent the pursuit of pleasure by the individual as a natural activity must be made compatible with the achievement of the happiness of the community over whom the ruler legislates Only if the two... the University of Melbourne and M.I.T Since 1970 he has been a member of the Mathematics Department at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and has written several books, the best known of which is Mathematics and Its History (Springer-Verlag 1989) J.E.Tiles is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa He is the author of Dewey (1988) and Things that Happen (1981) and the co-author... in these subjects Michael Lessnoff is Reader in Politics in the University of Glasgow, Scotland He is the author of books on The Structure of Social Sciences and Social Contract, and of numerous articles on political theory and the philosophy of social science He has recently completed a book on Max Weber entitled The Spirit of Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic Cheryl Misak is Associate Professor of. .. 1970) He is the author of How is Language Possible? (1987) and numerous journal articles in philosophy and in the history of ideas Struan Jacobs lectures in science studies and history of ideas at Deakin University He has a Ph.D from the L.S.E., and is the author of Science and British Liberalism, and of articles that have appeared in such journals as History of Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, ... as their guide in maximizing the community’s good Thus the moral evaluation of a law or a policy proposal comes down in the end to matters of fact, to observation of consequences, to verification Similarly the tools which the law uses in order to create the greatest happiness’ are also examples of pleasures and pains, the most notable of course being punishment The attractiveness of the principle then... a sense the substitute sentence provides the possibility of verifying the original by reference to the world of real entities Thus if the word ‘duty’ were used without reference to the pain through punishment which the law laid down then the ‘duty’ would have no more meaning than an expression of opinion In this way the law, by distinguishing between the real and the fictitious and between the fictitious... volume, the figure of John Stuart Mill looms large He made contributions to a wide area of philosophy, although he is best known today for his defence of individual liberty and for his much-maligned attempt to ‘prove’ the utilitarian principle The roots of his ethics are to be found in the writings of his father, James Mill, and Jeremy Bentham None of these was a professional philosopher, unlike many other . 146 8 Dilthey Michael Lessnoff 170 9 Logic and the philosophy of mathematics in the nineteenth century John Stillwell 201 10 Philosophy of biology in the nineteenth century Jagdish. set of philosophical problems. This volume provides a broad, scholarly introduction to nineteenth- century philosophy. It also contains a glossary of philosophical terms and a chronological table. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The Nineteenth century/ edited by C. L. Ten. p. cm.— (Routledge history of philosophy: v. 7) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Philosophy,