201906

Springer, Dordrecht

1999

250 Pages

ISBN 978-90-481-5260-5

In search of a new humanism

the philosophy of Georg Henrik Von Wright

Edited by

Rosaria Egidi

This collection of essays presents a systematic and up-to-date survey of the main aspects of Georg Henrik von Wright's philosophy, tracing the general humanistic leitmotiv to be found in his vast, varied output. The analysis covers the developments in Von Wright's thought up to the end of the 1990s. The essays are arranged thematically to focus on the chief areas of Von Wright's interests: practical rationality; human action and determinism; philosophical logic andtheories of norms; research in the analytical tradition; and Wittgenstein studies. Readership: Scholars and students of moral philosophy, logic, psychology, sociology, cognitive science and the history of contemporary philosophy.

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Egidi, R. (ed) (1999). In search of a new humanism: the philosophy of Georg Henrik Von Wright, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

Wittgenstein and tradition

Von Wright Georg Henrik

35-46

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What is analytical philosophy?

Cozzo Cesare

55-63

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What Wittgenstein wrote

Schulte Joachim

79-91

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Von Wright on on certainty

Stroll Avrum

93-96

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Morphology in Wittgenstein

Andronico Marilena

97-102

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The logical connection argument again

Nannini Sandro

103-112

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Actions, causes, and supervenience

Gozzano Simone

113-118

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Von Wright on the mind-body problem

De Caro Mario

123-130

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W. James' defence of free will

Calcaterra Rosa M.

139-146

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Is determinism impossible?

Dessì Paola

147-155

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The decidability of syllogism

Cellucci Carlo

171-174

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Dynamic ideas in quantum logic

Dalla Chiara Maria Luisa; Giuntini Roberto

175-182

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Three levels of deontics

Conte Amedeo G; Conte G.

205-214

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