The Cambridge Companion to MillJohn Skorupski Cambridge University Press, 1998 M01 13 - 591 pages John Stuart Mill was one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognized. This companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and up-to-date account of the many facets of Mill's thought and influence. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Mill currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Mill. |
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... distinction between factual propo- sitions and normative claims becomes a distinction between factual propositions within language - frameworks and choices - about lan- guage - frameworks or about ethical stances . What then of the ...
... distinction between factual propo- sitions and normative claims becomes a distinction between factual propositions within language - frameworks and choices - about lan- guage - frameworks or about ethical stances . What then of the ...
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... distinction between verbal and real propositions which plays a role in his epistemology as fundamental as that played in Hume's epistemology by the distinction between Introduction 13.
... distinction between verbal and real propositions which plays a role in his epistemology as fundamental as that played in Hume's epistemology by the distinction between Introduction 13.
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... distinction is to reject the view that all content is factual content , in that sense of fact which goes with a correspond- ence conception of truth and a matching epistemology . But the thesis that all propositional content is factual ...
... distinction is to reject the view that all content is factual content , in that sense of fact which goes with a correspond- ence conception of truth and a matching epistemology . But the thesis that all propositional content is factual ...
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... distinction between Science and Art . He says that " sciences in the only proper sense of the term " are " inquiries into the course of nature " . How- ever , " moral knowledge " results from " an inquiry the results of which do not ...
... distinction between Science and Art . He says that " sciences in the only proper sense of the term " are " inquiries into the course of nature " . How- ever , " moral knowledge " results from " an inquiry the results of which do not ...
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... distinction between quantity and quality of pleasure . At this level of analysis of utilitarianism his contribution is slim . These are live ethical questions which can only be pursued abstractly and analytically . What Mill offers in ...
... distinction between quantity and quality of pleasure . At this level of analysis of utilitarianism his contribution is slim . These are live ethical questions which can only be pursued abstractly and analytically . What Mill offers in ...
Contents
Mill on language and logic | 35 |
Mill mathematics and the naturalist tradition | 57 |
Mill on induction and scientific method | 112 |
Mill phenomenalism and the self | 139 |
Mill on religion | 176 |
Mill on psychology and the moral sciences | 203 |
Mills utilitarianism | 255 |
Mills political economy Ricardian science and liberal utilitarian art | 293 |
Democracy socialism and the working classes | 372 |
The subjection of women | 396 |
Mill and the Classical world | 423 |
The reception and early reputation of Mills political thought | 464 |
Mill in a liberal landscape | 497 |
Guide to further reading | 541 |
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