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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... seem so relevant . The growth of interest in these two philosophers follows from a revival of natural- ism and of ... seems to show this , it is surprising neither that Hume should have been in eclipse in Britain in the first two ...
... seem so relevant . The growth of interest in these two philosophers follows from a revival of natural- ism and of ... seems to show this , it is surprising neither that Hume should have been in eclipse in Britain in the first two ...
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... seem to depend on the strong view . Mill thinks that his explanation of the disposition to form percep- tual beliefs is subversive when those beliefs are taken to be about " external causes of sensation " rather than about " permanent ...
... seem to depend on the strong view . Mill thinks that his explanation of the disposition to form percep- tual beliefs is subversive when those beliefs are taken to be about " external causes of sensation " rather than about " permanent ...
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... seems to consist of evidence that they are primitively normative . But this is evidence of the wrong kind . What is needed is evidence that they are likely to preserve truth . And now we have a vicious circle , since nothing can be ...
... seems to consist of evidence that they are primitively normative . But this is evidence of the wrong kind . What is needed is evidence that they are likely to preserve truth . And now we have a vicious circle , since nothing can be ...
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... seem that he here en- dorses an expressivist view of normative claims , as expressing com- mands rather than ... seems to accept that these imperatives are objects of knowledge cognisable by reason . An even bigger question for ...
... seem that he here en- dorses an expressivist view of normative claims , as expressing com- mands rather than ... seems to accept that these imperatives are objects of knowledge cognisable by reason . An even bigger question for ...
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... seem misguided or simply quaint . Others , including proportional repre- sentation of minorities and not least his life - long advocacy of equal rights for women , may seem ahead of his time . Either way the reasons he gives for them ...
... seem misguided or simply quaint . Others , including proportional repre- sentation of minorities and not least his life - long advocacy of equal rights for women , may seem ahead of his time . Either way the reasons he gives for them ...
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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