Exercises in Analysis Essays by Students of Casimir Lewy [Paperback]

This is a volume of specially commissioned essays of analytical philosophy, on topics of current interest in ethics and the philosophy of logic and language.This is a volume of specially commissioned essays of analytical philosophy, on topics of current interest in ethics and the philosophy of logic and language. Among the topics discussed are the making of wicked promises, G. E. Moore's early ethical views, as well as indexicals, tense, indeterminism, conventionalism in mathematics, and identity and necessity.This is a volume of specially commissioned essays of analytical philosophy, on topics of current interest in ethics and the philosophy of logic and language. Among the topics discussed are the making of wicked promises, G. E. Moore's early ethical views, as well as indexicals, tense, indeterminism, conventionalism in mathematics, and identity and necessity.This is a volume of specially commissioned essays of analytical philosophy, on topics of current interest in ethics and the philosophy of logic and language. Among the topics discussed are the making of wicked promises, G. E. Moore's early ethical views, as well as indexicals, tense, indeterminism, conventionalism in mathematics, and identity and necessity. The essays are all by former students of Casimir Lewy, until recently Reader in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and an exponent of a particularly thoroughgoing form of philosophical analysis. Together, they represent some of the best work in these areas at present, and express what may be described as a characteristic 'Cambridge' voice.Preface; 1. wicked promises J. E. J. Altham; 2. Ethical non-naturalism Thomas Baldwin; 3. Supervenience revisited Simon Blackburn; 4. Indexicals and tense Jeremy Butterfield; 5. Arithmetic and fact Edward Craig; 6. Rules, scepticism, proof, Wittgenstein Ian Hacking; 7. Propositions, indeterminancy and holism David Holdcroft; 8. Names, identity and necessity Peter Smith; 9. In defence of the Conventional Wisdom Cril³ª