Analysis and Explication in 20th-century Philosophy

Guest Editors/Gasthrsg.: Frauke Albersmeier, David Hommen & Christoph Kann. Editors Uwe Meixner & Albert Newen. Managing Editors Philipp Steinkrüger & Pieter Sjoerd Hasper. Contributions by Frauke Albersmeier, Marcos G. Breuer, Moritz Cordes, José Pedro Correia, Filippo Costantini, Chris Daly, Christian J. Feldbacher-Escamilla, Jani Hakkarainen, David Hommen, Julian Husmann, Christoph Kann, Steffen Koch, Timothy C. Lord, Tammo Lossau, John Preston, Severin Schroeder, Adam Tamas Tuboly & Rogelio Miranda Vilchis.

Ever since the rise of the so-called analytic school in 20th century philosophy, philosophical analysis has often been considered to be synonymous with conceptual analysis. However, criticism has also been levelled at the conceptual analysis procedures, which undermined confidence in the merits of conceptual analysis. As far as the clarification of concepts is concerned, explication is therefore sometimes proposed as an alternative means. Combining historical and systematic perspectives, this volume collects new work on analytical and explicatory methods within 20th century philosophy. The contributions explore how clarificatory and reformatory methods of engaging with concepts have been construed and utilized by such different authors as Aristotle, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap or Mackie, marking out underappreciated congruencies and reevaluating historical disputes. They explore the role of analysis in metaphysics as well as metaethics and examine how methodological accounts relate to underlying ideas about concepts. 259 Seiten, broschiert (Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy - Philosophiegeschichte und logische Analyse; Vol. 22/mentis Verlag 2020) leichte Lagerspuren, leicht bestoßen, Einbanddeckel leicht geknickt, Mängelexemplarstempel auf Fußschnitt/unused, minor shelfwear, slightly bumped, cover slightly creased, remainder mark stamp on edge