Truth by analysis : games, names, and philosophy / [electronic resource]
McGinn, Colin,1950-
New York : Oxford University Press,
2012.
In this study of the nature of philosophy, Colin McGinn shows us how philosophy can maintain its connection to the past while looking forward to a bright future.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philosophy and analysis -- Definition and family resemblance -- Sufficiency and circularity -- The paradox of analysis -- Psychologism and the linguistic turn -- The analytic-synthetic distinction -- The whole of philosophy -- The sense of names -- Naturalism and philosophical method -- Philosophy as play -- The possibility of ontology -- The concept of instantiation.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
In this study of the nature of philosophy, Colin McGinn shows us how philosophy can maintain its connection to the past while looking forward to a bright future.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).
Philosophy.
Analysis (Philosophy)
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy
Also issued in print format.