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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/B09X7SGJK7 During the 20th century, our
understanding of the world was transformed thanks to the likes of relativity, quantum physics,
molecular biology, chaos theory and computer science. Likewise, our comprehension of ourselves
developed dramatically courtesy of theories such as behaviourism, structuralism and cognitive
science.&nbspThehistory of Western philosophy in the 20th century broadly reflects all of this
change and diversity, but at an abstract level. Part of its story is of the contrast between two
conflicting traditions: the analytic and the continental. In the analytic tradition, there are thinkers
such as Russell, Quine and Davidson, who, among other things, aim to show how semantic
meaning fits into the scientifically conceived physical world. This often goes hand in hand with the
idea that social progress must be in part scientific. However, within this analytic branch, there are
several counter-narratives, such as the work of the pragmatists and the ordinary language
philosophers, who resist the idea that language must conform to an idealized scientific picture, and
who often point towards a conception of social progress that is not scientific.&nbspInsharp
contrast, much continental thought tries to characterise the human condition through descriptions
of experience as such in ways that are pre-scientific. This applies especially to thinkers in the
phenomenological and existentialist traditions, such as Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre. Branching
out from this, hermeneutics examines the art of interpreting texts, especially with regard to the
historical and linguistic assumptions that make interpretation possible. Poststructuralism
constitutes largely a rejection of these traditions that emphasizes the shifting relations between
signifiers within a whole system and which defies all attempts to seek absolutes beyond those
relations.&nbspInthis illuminating overview, Professor Garrett Thomson surveys the field,
considering the work and influence of 29 major thinkers representing logical atomism and logical
positivism (including Russell and Wittgenstein), analytic philosophy (including Quine, Davidson,
Rawls), phenomenology and existentialism (including Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre), hermeneutics
(including Gadamer and Habermas) and post-structuralism (including Foucault, Derrida and
Deleuze). Also examined are some recent thinkers including Richard Rorty and Charles Taylor.
The field is clearly presented with a short biography of the major figures followed by their thoughts
and views. With over 20 books to his credit, Professor Thomson is an experienced presenter of his
subject, conveying his knowledge expertly while injecting his personal enthusiasm for the
challenges of 20th century Western philosophy. The text is read with clarity by James
Gillies.&nbspPLESE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available
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