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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeXVolumeXoftheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophypresentsahistoricalsurveyofthecentraltopicsintwentieth-centuryAnglo-Americanphilosophy.Itchronicleswhathasbeentermedthe`linguisticturn'inanalyticphilosophyandtracestheinfluencethestudyoflanguagehashadonthemainproblemsofph

2、ilosophy.Eachchaptercontainsanextensivebibliographyofthemajorwritingsinthefield.Inkeepingwiththeimportanceofthelinguisticturn,theintroductionandthefirsttwoessaysinthebookdealwiththephilosophyoflanguage.Asubsequentseriesofessaysconcentratesonthecentralareasofmetaphysics,ethicsandepistemology.Theb

3、ookalsocoversthetraditional,relatedtopicsofaesthetics,politicalphilosophyandthephilosophyofreligion.Thenthereareessaysondomainsthathaveonlybecomeprominentinthiscentury,namely,appliedethics,feministphilosophyandthephilosophyoflaw.OnechapterisdevotedtothelaterWittgenstein.Thebook'sauthorshavecontr

4、ibutedtotheon-goingdiscussionstheycover,someofthemprominently.Alltheessayspresenttheirlargeandcomplextopicsinaclearandwellorganizedway.ThereaderwillfindahelpfulChronologyofmajoreventsinphilosophy,logicandscienceinthetwentiethcenturyandanextensiveGlossaryoftechnicalterms.JohnV.CanfieldlivesinToro

5、nto.HehastaughtphilosophyatCornellUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto,andistheauthorofWittgenstein:LanguageandWorld(1981)andTheLooking-GlassSelf(1990).HeiscurrentlyworkingonabookofessaysonWittgenstein.RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyGeneralEditorsÐG.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPh

6、ilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistoryofWesternphilosophy,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisallocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,areregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglect

7、ed,andtogetherthetenvolumesoftheHistoryincludebasicandcriticalinformationabouteverysignificantphilosopherofthepastandpresent.Thesephilosophersareclearlysituatedwithintheculturaland,inparticular,thescientificcontextoftheirtim