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Contains essays on Plato, Locke, and Hume as well as important chapters on Russel and Wittgenstein. It also includes three essays on phenomenology, including Ryle's famous view on Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time".

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Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and controversial philosophers of the Twentieth century. This book contains 20 critical essays on the history of philosophy, including Plato, Locke and Hume as well as chapters on Russell and Wittgenstein. It includes essays on phenomenology, including Ryle's review of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time".
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Table of Contents

Preface Julia Tanney Introduction 1. Plato's 'Paramenides' 2. Review of F. M. Cornford: 'Plato and Paramenides' 3. Letters and Syllables in Plato 4. The 'Timaeus Locrus' 5. The Academy and Dialectic 6. Dialectic in the Academy 7. Locke on the Human Understanding 8. John Locke 9. Hume 10. Phenomenology 11. Phenomenology Versus 'The Concept of Mind' 12. Heidegger's 'Sein und Zeit' 13. Review of Martin Farber: 'The Foundations of Phenomenology' 14. Discussion of Rudolf Carnap: Meaning and Necessity 15. Logic and Professor Anderson 16. Ludwig Wittgenstein 17. Review of Ludwig Wittgenstein: 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics' 18. G. E. Moore 19. Review of 'Symposium on J. L. Austin' 20. Jane Austen and the Moralists Index