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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... thought has been immense , and his continuing importance for con- temporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognized . This companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and fully up - to - date account of the many facets ...
... thought has been immense , and his continuing importance for con- temporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognized . This companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and fully up - to - date account of the many facets ...
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... Thought ( 1988 ) , and Plato's Ethics ( 1995 ) . PHILIP KITCHER is Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the Univer- sity of California at San Diego . He is the author of Abusing Science : The Case Against Creationism ( 1982 ) , The ...
... Thought ( 1988 ) , and Plato's Ethics ( 1995 ) . PHILIP KITCHER is Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the Univer- sity of California at San Diego . He is the author of Abusing Science : The Case Against Creationism ( 1982 ) , The ...
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... thought and literature . He was General and Textual Editor of The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill ( 1963-91 ) and author of The Improvement of Mankind : The Social and Political Thought of John Stuart Mill ( 1968 ) . ALAN RYAN is ...
... thought and literature . He was General and Textual Editor of The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill ( 1963-91 ) and author of The Improvement of Mankind : The Social and Political Thought of John Stuart Mill ( 1968 ) . ALAN RYAN is ...
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... freedom as well as a ' negative ' notion of civil liberty . By the end of his life he thought of himself as a kind of socialist ; but the posthumously published ' Chapters on Socialism ' ( CW V 4 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MILL.
... freedom as well as a ' negative ' notion of civil liberty . By the end of his life he thought of himself as a kind of socialist ; but the posthumously published ' Chapters on Socialism ' ( CW V 4 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MILL.
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... thought without any fact corresponding to it . ( CW IX : 207 ) But we can ask how Mill knows this , given that he denies that hypothetical reasoning is primitively normative . He could only re- spond that his knowledge of the " real tie ...
... thought without any fact corresponding to it . ( CW IX : 207 ) But we can ask how Mill knows this , given that he denies that hypothetical reasoning is primitively normative . He could only re- spond that his knowledge of the " real tie ...
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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