Must We Mean What We Say

Author : Stanley Cavell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316425363
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Must We Mean What We Say? written by Stanley Cavell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, Wittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare on human needs, the difficulties of authorship, Kierkegaard and post-Enlightenment religion. Presented in a fresh twenty-first century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface, written by Stephen Mulhall, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work is now available for a new generation of readers.

Author : Greg Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1316515257
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cavell's Must We Mean What We Say? at 50 written by Greg Chase and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible investigation of the importance of Cavell's most famous work for modern and contemporary philosophy and literature.

Author : Stanley Cavell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107113636
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Must We Mean What We Say? written by Stanley Cavell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This famous collection of essays by Stanley Cavell explores a diverse range of issues from philosophy to music and drama.

Author : Colin Lyas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Linguistics written by Colin Lyas and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Todd May
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022623570X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Significant Life written by Todd May and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tour de force. It is a thoughtful, subtle, beautifully written discussion of what it takes to live a meaningful life.” —Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice Throughout history most of us have looked to faith, relationships, or deeds to give our lives purpose. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about meaning, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey—and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. May starts by looking at the fundamental fact that life unfolds over time, and as it does so, it begins to develop certain qualities, certain themes. Our lives can be marked by intensity, curiosity, perseverance, or many other qualities that become guiding narrative values. These values lend meanings to our lives that are distinct from—but also interact with—the universal values we are taught to cultivate, such as goodness or happiness. Offering a fascinating examination of a broad range of figures—from music icon Jimi Hendrix to civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, from cyclist Lance Armstrong to The Portrait of a Lady’s Ralph Touchett to Claus von Stauffenberg, a German officer who tried to assassinate Hitler—May shows that narrative values offer a rich variety of criteria by which to assess a life, specific to each of us and yet widely available. They offer us a way of reading ourselves, who we are, and who we might like to be.

Author : John Langshaw Austin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019824553X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Do Things with Words written by John Langshaw Austin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that distinction, replacing it with a more general theory of 'illocutionary forces' of utterances which has important bearings on a wide variety of philosophicalproblems.

Author : Thomas Nagel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199878889
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Does It All Mean? written by Thomas Nagel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1987-10-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy, the distinguished author of Mortal Questions and The View From Nowhere sets forth the central problems of philosophical inquiry for the beginning student. Arguing that the best way to learn about philosophy is to think about its questions directly, Thomas Nagel considers possible solutions to nine problems--knowledge of the world beyond our minds, knowledge of other minds, the mind-body problem, free will, the basis of morality, right and wrong, the nature of death, the meaning of life, and the meaning of words. Although he states his own opinions clearly, Nagel leaves these fundamental questions open, allowing students to entertain other solutions and encouraging them to think for themselves.

Author : Elle Luna
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0761184201
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crossroads of Should and Must written by Elle Luna and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two paths in life: Should & Must. We arrive at this crossroads over and over again, and every day. And we get to choose. Starting out or starting over, making a career change or making a life change, the most life-affirming thing you can do is to honor the voice inside that says your have something special to give, and then heed the call and act. Many have traveled this road before. Here’s how you can, too. #choosemust An inspirational gift book for every recent graduate, every artist, every seeker, and every career change.

Author : Martin Toseland
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 1909815160
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaves on the Line written by Martin Toseland and published by Portico. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. We say 'I'm sorry' when we mean 'absolute nonsense', and write 'Yours faithfully' when we're thinking 'Sod you!' Jealousy, rage, love, affection – we're equally good at disguising them all. Leaves on the Line compiles this secret language – this 'double English' – in a hilarious and forthright volume exposing the doublespeak of the British language. For the first time, everyday terms which we casually deploy to loved ones and total strangers, and have been thrown at us from the radio or TV will be 'glossed' (yes, we really mean 'stripped') to reveal the unadorned, raw truth below. The book will be over 200 hilarious phrases of common doublespeak and will be essential reading for everyone from puzzled foreigners to young people to whom the dark art of linguistic dissembling are not yet second nature. The book includes phrases and the truths behind them, such as: Transport: 'This service is delayed because of leaves on the track...' Social: 'I'm not being racist but...' Weather: 'Nice weather we're having...' Sport: 'We're taking each game as it comes...' Relationships: 'I've never met anyone like you before...' Polititcs: 'Spending on health has increased in real terms, year on year, since we were elected...'

Author : Stanley Cavell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190284935
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Claim of Reason written by Stanley Cavell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three parts of this book deal with the tension between ordinary language philosophy (as envisioned in the writings of J.L. Austin and the later Wittgenstein) and the 'tradition.' In the fourth part the author explores the problem of skepticism and takes a broad view of its consequences.