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On Philosophical Style.

By Brand Blanshard

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1954
ISBN
0719002141, 9780719002144
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1349999 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
70\36
Time added
2017-03-29 05:49:52
Methodology;Philosophy;Politics & Social Sciences

Description

Originally given in 1953 as the Adamson Lecture at Manchester University, On Philosophical Style has become the classic presentation of the thesis that profundity and clarity are not opposed philosophical virtues but rather required companions. Blanshard begins with the question: Why is it that philosophers of great perception sometimes confess a failure to comprehend certain of their colleagues? He ends with the assertion "that the problem of style is not a problem of words and sentences merely, but of being the right kind of mine." In between, there is much offered, in fine style and short compass, for those who both write and read philosophy.

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