Bergsonism and the history of analytic philosophy. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andreas Vrahimis.
• Authors: Vrahimis, Andreas
• Contents: 1 IntroductionBibliography 2 Prelude: Bergsonism and Anglophone Analytic Philosophy 2.1 Before Stardom 2.2 Bergsonism in Britain and America 2.3 Stebbing's Response to Bergson's 1911 Lectures 2.4 Russell Meets Bergson 2.5 Costelloe-Stephen's Response to Russell Bibliography 3 Henri Bergson: A Misunderstood Celebrity 3.1 Bergson's Historical Background Spiritualism in Mid-Nineteenth-Century French Philosophy 'Spiritualist Positivism' 3.2 A Biological Epistemology of Perception 3.3 Memory and Recognition 3.4 Intellect and Intuition 3.5 Philosophy of Space and Time Beyond Spencer's Evolutionary Epistemology Number, Quantity, and Space Durée 3.6 Science and Metaphysics 3.7 Language Bibliography 4 William James and the Anglophone Reception of Bergsonism 4.1 A Philosophical Friendship 4.2 The Portrait of a Maître 4.3 Intellectualism 4.4 Bergson's Radical Empiricism? 4.5 Radical Empiricism Versus Absolute Idealism 4.6 James's Influence on Bergson's Analytic Critics Bibliography 5 'Ants, bees, and Bergson': Bertrand Russell's Polemic 5.1 Contra Anti-intellectualism 5.2 Number and Space 5.3 Zeno's Paradoxes Zeno's and Bergson's Solutions Russell's Mathematical Solution Russell's Objection to Bergson's Solution, and the Debate with Carr 5.4 Time and Memory 5.5 Perception and the Subject-Object Distinction 5.6 Russell's Later Responses to Bergson 'Jupiter sometimes nods' 'Evolutionism' and Scientific Philosophy Bergson's Place in the History of Philosophy Bibliography 6 'Analytic' and 'Synthetic' Philosophy: Karin Costelloe-Stephen's Defences of Bergson 6.1 Mereology 6.2 Recognition, Acquaintance, and the Limits of Thought 6.3 Costelloe-Stephen's Reply to Russell Space Mathematical Continua and Processes of Change 6.4 Complexes and Syntheses 6.5 Russell's Response to Costelloe-Stephen 6.6 Analytic Versus Continental 'Synthetic' Philosophy Bibliography 7 A Call for Moderation: L. Susan Stebbing's Critique of Bergson 7.1 How to Avoid Russell's Errors 7.2 Bergson's Historical Context 7.3 Bergson Versus the Pragmatists on Truth 7.4 'Anti-intellectualism' 7.5 Intuition and Argumentation 7.6 Stebbing's Objections to Bergson's Epistemology and Theory of Truth 7.7 Costelloe-Stephen's Answer to Stebbing's Objection Bibliography 8 Entr'acte: Bergson's Germanophone Reception and the Rise of Lebensphilosophie 8.1 The Philosophers' Great War 8.2 The Demise of Bergsonism 8.3 The Rise of Lebensphilosophie 8.4 The Vienna Circle's Opposition to Lebensphilosophie 8.5 Neurath's Russellian Critique of Spengler Bibliography 9 Evolutionary Epistemology: Moritz Schlick's Critique of Intuition 9.1 Anti-biologism 9.2 Schlick's Naturalised Epistemology 9.3 'Intuitive Knowledge': A Contradiction in Terms 9.4 Images and Concepts 9.5 Judgements and Coordination 9.6 Philosophy's 'Great Error' Revisited Bibliography 10 From the Critique of Intuition to Overcoming Metaphysics: Schlick's Dialogue with Carnap 10.1 Schlick on Intuition and Metaphysics 10.2 Carnap on Implicit Definitions and Structure Descriptions 10.3 Carnap's Critique of Bergson 10.4 Schlick's Answer to Carnap 10.5 Schlick's Critique of Russellian Acquaintance Bibliography 11 Different Kinds of Nothing 11.1 Carnap and Neurath Shift Their Target 11.2 Carnap on Heidegger's Pseudo-statements 11.3 Carnap's Response to Lebensphilosophie 11.4 Bergson and Carnap on Pseudo-problems About Nothing 11.5 Heidegger's Angst Versus Bergson's Disinterested Intuition 11.6 Sartre Responds to Bergson and Heidegger 11.7 Ayer Contra Sartre on Nothing and Negation Bibliography 12 Doing Without Masters: Oxford Philosophy and the Analytic-Continental Divide 12.1 Ayer Revives Russell 12.2 Ryle Against the 1953 UNESCO Report 12.3 R.M. Hare's Proposal for the Institutional Reform of Continental Philosophy 12.4 Ryle Against Continental 'Fuehrership' Bibliography 13 Conclusion Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 194; Analysis (Philosophy) -- History; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030807559
• Related ISBNs: 9783030807542
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