gilbert gyle (4 resultados)

Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1963. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 386-392 (the rest of the volume: pp. 309-85, 393-462, [6 pp. advertisements]). First publication of Karl R. Popper's discussion with G. S. Kirk, who, in an article named 'Popper on Science and the Presocratics', criticized Popper for having "a fundamentally mistaken attitude to scientific methodology". But in the discussion Popper does not involve himself in a direct exchange with Kirk, but instead develops some points about the understanding of Heraclitus that go against the interpretation of Kirk. Thus Popper criticizes his critic by using his arguments against himself.Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political philosophy - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by J. F. M. Hunter, J. O. Wisdom, K. Walton, etc.

Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1962. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 377-382 (the rest of the volume: pp. 289-376, 383-442, [6 pp. advertisements]). First publication of a short article in which the important political philosopher Robert Nozick - known primarily for his libertarian book 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' (1974) - together with Richard Routley set sails to escape 'The Paradox of the Good Samaritan': "If 'p is done' strictly implies 'q is done' then if q is forbidden then p is forbidden. (.) 'If helping a robbery victim implies a person being robbed then if the robbing is forbidden, helping the robbery victim is forbidden'".

Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1954. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 162-69 (the rest of the volume: pp. 145-61, 170-288, [4 pp. advertisements]). First publication of Karl R. Popper's (1902-94) small Platonic dialogue, in which the author lets Socrates and Theaetetus, the old philosopher and the mathematical prodigy, discuss the self-reference that can occur both in ordinary conversation and in the most complex of philosophical discussions.Besides philosophical elaborations as the present one, Popper is celebrated as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Especially within the philosophy of science and scientific method - where he has presented his Critical Rationalism and his theory of falsification - and within political theory - where he has presented his strong critique of historicism and the idea of the open society and its enemies - Popper has left a major mark on modern thinking. In the present issue of 'Mind' there are also contributions by J. N. Findlay, A. Stroll, G. N. A. Vesey, etc. .

Edinburgh & N. Y., T. Nelson & Sons, 1957. 8vo. Orig. printed grey wrappers w. small nicks to extremities. Internally fine. Pp. 28-41 (the rest of the volume: pp. 1-27, 42-144, [4 pp. advertisements]). First publication.Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929 - ) is mainly know for his contributions to ethics, being one of the principal exponents of modern virtue ethics, as it is shown in his important work 'After Virtue' (1981) but also already in the popular 'A Short History of Ethics' (1966). Whereas many contemporary philosophers advance philosophical positions by focusing on the logical, analytical or so-called scientific underpinnings, MacIntyre normally utilizes dialectics in order to present a historical narration of the development of ethics in order to illuminate the modern problem of incommensurable moral notions used independently of their original conceptual frameworks. And normally MacIntyre does not solve the conceptual problems he identifies, but argues for one tradition of ethics as being better than the others, namely the special brand of virtue ethics that can be elaborated from Aristotelianism. In the present article, though, he differs a bit form this normal method. He argues, in a traditionally analytic style, for coherent solution of "the problem of free-will and determinism" claiming that there "is no way out of arguing that determinism and a belief in human responsibility are really compatible". This makes this article a looking-glass into a more rare area of MacIntyre's philosophy.The issue also contains contributions by P. Herbst, O. L. Perry, C. Johnson, J. J. Smart, etc.