This critical anthology brings together Soyinka scholars from across the globe to throw new light on major issues and concerns in Soyinka studies. These include Soyinka’s embeddedness in autochthonous metaphysics and his ritual theory of drama in Yoruba m 1st ed. 271p., Bibliography; Index; 23cm.

It would not be an exaggeration in saying that Kant is the most influential founder of European modernity and the Enlightenment rationality. Kant and Kantianism have made great stir not only in the fields of epistemology, metaphysics, morality and aesthet 1st ed. 191p., Notes; References; Index; 23cm.

Is there a truth, somewhere, which is so certain that no reasonable individual could doubt its veracity? The excitement of this quest comes from the scent of freedom. Both Shankara and Heidegger erect a metaphysics of experienced' upon the pillars of Bein 1st ed. 182p., Black & White Illustrations; Glossary; Bibliography; 22cm.

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Note; this is an article extracted from the collected volume, not a reprint or an offprint. Octavo. 40 pages. A disbound article.

Note; this is an extracted article from the collected volume, not an offprint or reprint. Octavo. 6 pages. Disbound.

First Edition pp: xx, 571, index; illus from photographs and old prints. Drinnon traces the continuity of attitude and action as whites pushed Native Americans westward, starting with Capt. John Endicott's brutal expedition against the Pequots in Connecticut in 1636. 8.25" x 5.5". n y

Contents: Introduction. I. The linguistic revolution: 1. Philosophical analysis and the nature of the linguistic revolution. 2. Logic and metaphysics: breaking away from the past. II. The logic of language: 3. Logic and language: the rise and fall of formal language philosophy. 4. The logic of natural language: facing ordinary language. III. The primacy of the semantical: 5. The semantic models: foundations of a theory of truth. 6. Meaning truth and verification: parameters of a theory of meaning. 7. Reference and predication: the structure of a theory of reference. IV. Language, and reality: 8. Language, thought and reality. 9. Mind, language and subjectivity. 10. Realism and anti-realism: towards a reconstruction of metaphysics. 11. Knowledge, value and the metaphysics of freedom. Selected bibliography. Index. "The book presents a systematic view of the landmark developments in analytic philosophy in the twentieth century. It highlights the development of the concepts such as language, meaning, truth, reference, necessity, analyticity, etc. which have been central to analytic philosophy. "The book consists of four parts, namely: Part I The Linguistic Revolution; Part II The Logic of Language; Part III The Primacy of the Semantical and Part IV Language, Mind and Metaphysics. Part I discusses the nature of the linguistic revolution and the analytic method. Part II presents a panoramic view of the fall of formal language philosophy and the rise of the ordinary language philosophy in the west. Part III brings out the semantic issues like the problems of truth,

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