UID:
edocfu_9959696077102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 591 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-81520-2
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0-511-22258-0
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1-139-00068-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to philosophy
Content:
John Stuart Mill (1806-73) ranks among the very greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact through his books, journalism, correspondence, and political activity on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognised. This Companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and fully 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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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Introduction : the fortunes of liberal naturalism ; Mill on language and logic / John Skorupski -- Mill, mathematics, and the naturalist tradition / Philip Kitcher -- Mill on induction and scientific method / Geoffrey Scarre -- Mill, phenomenalism, and the self / Andy Hamilton -- Mill on religion / Alan Millar -- Mill on psychology and the moral sciences / Fred Wilson -- Mill's utilitarianism / Wendy Donner -- Mill's political economy : Ricardian science and liberal utilitarian art / Jonathan Riley -- Civilization and culture as moral concepts / John Robson --Democracy, socialism, and the working classes / C.L. Ten -- The subjection of women / Mary Lyndon Shanley -- Mill and the classical world / T.H. Irwin -- The reception and early reputation of Mill's political thought / Peter Nicholson -- Mill in a liberal landscape / Alan Ryan.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-42211-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-41987-5
Language:
English
