Abstract: Inszenierungsmaterial zu dem Ballett "Romeo und Julia" von Sergej Prokofjew. In einer Überarbeitung von Lilo Gruber für die Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. Enthält: Durschschlag und Dublette des Durchschlags.

Abstract: Sitzungsprotokoll vom 29.7.1969 Beartung der Konzeption zur Vorbereitung einer theoretischen Konferenz zu ästhetischen Problemen des Laienbühnentanzes in der DDR

Abstract: Regiekonzeption von Lilo Gruber und Werner Hoerisch für das Ballett "Don Quixote" von Leo Spies. Für eine Aufführung an der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin. Enthält auch Charakternotizen zu Protagonisten.

Abstract: Introduction: The Place of Earth and Gods in Heidegger’s Philosophy -- I. Character of Heidegger’s Philosophy -- II. Heidegger’s Problem of Being -- III. Heidegger’s Stand in the History of Philosophy -- IV. Three Phases of Heidegger’s Thought -- V. Detour from Gods to Earth -- I. Dasein -- I. Approach to the Problem of Dasein -- II. To-be-in-the-world -- III. To-be-in -- IV. World -- V. Space -- VI. Togetherness -- VII. Da as Openness -- VIII. Dread -- IX. Death -- X. Conscience -- XI. Temporality -- II. Being -- I. Heidegger’s Post-Sein und Zeit Works -- II. Dasein -- III. Truth -- IV. Thinking -- V. Language -- VI. Befalling and History -- VII. Subjectivism and Metaphysics -- VIII. Nothingness and Nihilism -- IX. Being and Man -- III. World -- I. Problem of World in Traditional Philosophy -- II. World in the First Phase -- III. World in the Second Phase -- IV. World in the Third Phase -- IV. Earth -- I. Physis -- II. Physis and Logos -- III. Language -- IV. World and Earth -- V. Hölderlin’s Understanding of Nature -- V. Gods -- I. Olympian Deities -- II. Chthonian Religion -- III. Dionysus -- IV. Chaos -- V. Gods and Logos -- VI. Gods as Realities -- VI. Foursome -- VII. Thing -- I. Traditional Understanding of Thing -- II. Artwork as an Assembler -- III. Thing as Assembler -- IV. Subjective and Essential Understanding of Thing -- V. Thing and Space -- VI. Philosophy of Thing -- VIII. Dwelling -- I. Building and Dwelling -- II. Dwelling and Logos -- III. Poet as Prophet -- IV. Festivity -- V. Godly and Godless Man -- Appendix: Heidegger and Christianity.

Abstract: Earth and Gods is an attempt to introduce the reader to Heidegger's fully developed philosophy. The title Earth and Gods gives an im­ pression of not being a general study of Heidegger's philosophy. However, this is not true - the earth and the gods are fundamental ontological symbols of his fully developed philosophy, namely, his third and final phase of thought. This phase repeats the problems of both preceding phases in a fuller and more developed manner; hence, it implies them. The two preceding phases are the phase of Dasein and the phase of Being. These two phases are a natural flow of fundamental problems which reach their final formation and development in the phase of earth and gods. Dasein (the first phase) leads to Being, and Being (the second phase) bursts into fundamental ontological powers of Being (Seinsmiichte) which are earth and sky, gods and mortals (the third phase). Since earth is unthinkable without sky and since gods are gods in the world of mortals - of men, the title Earth and Gods is an abbreviation of these four fundamental powers of Being. Hence, an investigation of earth and gods is an attempt to present Heidegger's philosophy as a whole. Such a presentation provides the reader with the background necessary for a more adequate and efficient understanding of the writings of Heidegger himself. Thus, Earth and Gods may rightly be considered an introduction to Hei­ degger's philosophy.

Abstract: Topologie des Logos und Kant-Interpretation -- § 1. Topologie des Logos -- § 2. Die Entwicklung des Logos. Logos, Dialogos und Synlogos. Katalogos und Analogos -- § 3. Die Logik der Analogia -- § 4. Die Kant-Interpretation als Begreifen des Logos -- Erstes Kapitel. Das Ding an sich und „Die Theorie der Erfahrung -- § 5. Die kritische Methode und die Theorie der Erfahrung -- § 6. Die Erfahrung und die besonderen Gesetze -- § 7. Die Erfahrung überhaupt und die besondere Erfahrung. Natura formaliter spectata und natura materialiter spectata -- § 8. Die besondere Erfahrung als Grunderfahrung -- § 9. Die Grenzen der Erfahrung überhaupt. Das Apriorische und das Aposteriorische -- § 10. Das Problem des Dinges an sich -- § 11. Die Existenz des Dinges an sich -- § 12. Dasein und Sosein. Die Logik für das Ding an sich -- § 13. Der Unterschied der transzendentalen Deduktion in der ersten und zweiten Auflage -- § 14. Die transzendentale Deduktion des reinen Verstandesbegriffen in der ersten Auflage. Das Problem der Affinität -- § 15. Einbildungskraft und Apperzeption -- § 16. Die transzendentale Deduktion in der zweiten Auflage. Verstand und Apperzeption -- § 17. Das Wesen der Einbildungskraft -- § 18. Das Wesen der transzendentalen Deduktion -- Zweites Kapitel. Analogien der Erfahrung und Idee -- § 19. Die Bedeutung des Schematismus -- § 20. Der Schematismus und die Urteilskraft -- § 21. Schema und Analogie -- § 22. Mathematische und dynamische Grundsätze -- § 23. Konstitutiv und regulativ. Die negative Bedeutung der Analogie -- § 24. Die positive Bedeutung der Analogie. Die Eigentümlichkeit der Einheit der Analogia -- § 25. Die Grenzen der Grundsätze und das Wesen der Analogie -- § 26. Die erste Analogie der Erfahrung. Die Grenze dieses Grundsatzes. Das Problem des Nichts bei Kant -- § 27. Die zweite Analogie der Erfahrung -- § 28. Der Kausalitätsbegriff bei Kant. Ein Zirkel in Kants Beweis. Die Grenze des Kausalgesetzes -- § 29. Ursache und Wirkung -- § 30. Die dritte Analogie der Erfahrung. Kant und Newton -- § 31. Die Rekonstruktion des Systems der Kantischen Philosophie -- § 32. Die Vernunft -- § 33. Die erste und zweite Idee -- § 34. Die dynamische Idee und die Logik der Analogie -- Drittes Kapitel. Die Teleologie -- § 35. Das Verhältnis zwischen,,Kritik der reinen Vernunft” und,,Kritik der Urteilskraft”. Die Entstehung der,,Kritik der Urteilskraft” -- § 36. Der erste Weg von der,,Kritik der reinen Vernunft” zur,,Kritik der Urteilskraft”: Anhang zur transzendentalen Dialektik -- § 37. Das prinzip der Vernunftseinheit und die Logik der Analogia -- §38. Die allgemeine Erörterung der Teleologie -- § 39. Der zweite Weg von der,,Kritik der reinen Vernunft” zur,,Kritik der Urteilskraft”. Vertiefung des Erfahrungsbegriffs -- § 40. Die transzendentale Aesthetik -- § 41. Die Zufälligkeit der Erfahrung. Das Grundproblem der Kantischen Philosophie -- § 42. Affinität und Analogie der Erfahrung. Sosein und Dasein. Die Logik der Analogia als Entwicklung der transzendentalen Logik -- § 43. Die reflektierende Urteilskraft und die Entstehung der Erfahrung. Das übersinnliche Substrat und der intuitive Verstand -- § 44. Der glückliche Zufall und der intuitive Verstand. Zwei Standpunkte der Teleologie -- § 45. Der intuitive Verstand nach der Analogie. Der Als-ob Charakter der Analogie -- § 46. Die allgemeine Analogie auf dem Wege von der Erfahrungüberhaupt zur besonderen Erfahrung. Vier Zweckmäßigkeitsbegriffe.,,Kritik des Geschmacks” und,,Kritik der Urteilskraft” -- § 47. Die organische Zweckmäßigkeit. Teleologie und Mechanismus -- § 48. Die grundsätzliche Teleologie als letzte Einheit der Analogien -- § 49. Das Übersinnliche. Das Problem des Genies. Der Weg von der Natur zur Freiheit -- Anhang. Kant und die moderne Physik -- Viertes Kapitel. Transzendentale Logik und Analogos -- § 50. Wesen und Grenze der transzendentalen Logik -- § 51. Das Wesen der Analogia. Reine Logik, Dialektik und Analogia. Analogia bei Aristoteles, Augustinus und Thomas -- § 52. Analogia bei Kant. Analogie in der,,Kritik der reinen Vernunft” als Analogia proportionis. Analogie in der,,Kritik der Urteilskraft” als Analogia attributionis -- § 53. Universalitas und Universitas. Das Analytisch-Allgemeine und das Synthesitsch-Allgemeine -- § 54. Die logische Konstruktion der Analogia. Satz des Widerspruchs und Satz des ausgeschlossenen Dritten -- Schluss. Die Transzendentale Topik und die Topologie des Logos -- § 55. Der Standpunkt der Kantischen Philosophie als transzendentale Topik.

Abstract: Table des Matières / List of Contents -- Première séance (plénière) -- 1. Paroles de bienvenue -- Prof. Dr. W. Brundert, Oberbürgermeister -- Prof. Dr. E. Schütte, Kultusminister -- Dr. H. Lohse, Präsident, Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare. -- 2. Discours d’ouverture du Président de la Fédération -- 3. Rapport financier du Trésorier -- 4. Rapport du Secrétaire général -- 5. Rapport du représentant de I’UNESCO -- 6. Rapport du représentant de la FID -- Deuxième séance (plénière) -- 7. « Le livre et la bibliothèque dans une société industrielle — Books and libraries in an industrial society » -- a) Prof. Dr. W. RÜEGG -- b) Dr. J. E. MORPURGO. -- c) Mr. V. ORLOV (document distribué). -- Troisième séance (plénière) -- 8. Rapports et résolutions des Sections et Commissions -- Associations internationales: AIL, IATUL -- A. Résolutions des Sections (de types de bibliothèques) -- la. Bibliothèques nationales et universitaires -- 1b. Sous-section des bibliothèques universitaires -- 2. Bibliothèques de lecture publique -- 2a. INTAMEL -- 2b. Sous-section des bibliothèques d’enfants -- 2c. Sous-section des bibliothèques d’hôpitaux -- 3. Bibliothèques spécialisées -- 3a. Sous-section des bibliothèques d’observatoires astronomiques -- 4. Bibliothèques parlementaires et administratives -- B. Résolutions des Commissions (problèmes de bibliothéconomie) -- 1. Unification des règles de catalogue -- 2. Catalogues collectifs et prêt international -- 3. Echange de publications -- 3a. Echange de publications officielles -- 4. Périodiques et publications en série -- 5. Statistique -- 6. Fonds et documents rares et précieux -- 7. Formation professionnelle -- 8. Construction des bibliothèques -- 9. Mécanisation -- 10. Bibliographie -- 9. Communications du Bureau exécutif -- a) Le prix Sevensma -- b) La commission de la statistique -- c) Changements de fonctionnaires -- d) Charte de livre -- e) Sessions futures du Conseil général -- 10. Discours de clôture du Président -- Annexes -- Rapports Annuels Et Détails des Associations-Membres Annual Reports and Details of Member-Associations -- UDC (100) Associations internationales -- Association of Libraries of Judaica and Hebraica in Europe -- International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists (IAALD) -- International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) -- International Association of Law Libraries -- Association of International Libraries -- Membres nationaux UDC (4) Europe -- Allemagne: -- Bundesrepublik: Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare, 1967/1968 -- Verein der Bibliothekare an öffentlichen Büchereien (vormals: Verein Deutscher Volksbibliothekare) 1967/1968 -- Verein der Diplom-Bibliothekare an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken, 1967/1968 -- Deutscher Büchereiverland -- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken 1967/1968 -- D.D.R. Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, 1967/1968. -- Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, 1967 -- Deutsche Bücherei, 1967/1968 -- Nationale Forschungs-und Gedänkstätten, Weimar -- Autriche:Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare, 1967/1968 -- Verband Österreichischer Volksbüchereien -- Association des archivistes et bibliothécaires de Belgique, et Vlaamse Vereniging van Bibliothek -en archiefpersoneel -- Croix-Rouge de Belgique. Conseil national des Bibliothèques d’hôpitaux -- Union des Bibliothécaires auxiliaires sociaux. -- Association nationale des Bibliothécaires d’expression française de Belgique -- Bulgarie: Libraries in Bulgaria, 1967/1968 -- Danemark: Libraries in Denmark, 1967/1968 -- Danmarks Biblioteksforening -- Danmarks Videnskabelige og Faglige Bibliotekers Sammenslutning -- Espagne:Asociación nacional de Archiveros, bibliotecarios y arqueólogos de España -- Finlande: Suomen Kirjastoseura, 1967/1968 -- Suomen tieteellinen Kirjastoseura. Finlands Vetenskapliga Bibliotekssamfund -- France: Association des bibliothécaires français -- Grande-Bretagne: The Library Association, 1967 -- Hollande: Libraries in the Netherlands in 1967 -- Rijkscommissie van advies inzake het bibliotheekwezen -- Centrale Vereniging voor openbare Bibliotheken -- Nederlandse Vereniging van Bibliothecarissen -- Hongrie: Association of Hungarian librarians, 1967. -- Islande: Association of Icelandic Librarians -- Italie: Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, 1967/1968 -- Luxembourg: Bibliothèque nationale du Grand-Duché -- Monaco: Bibliothèque de Monaco -- Norvège: Norsk bibliotekforening, 1966 and 1967 -- Norsk bibliotekarlag -- Norsk forskningsbibliotekarers forening -- Pologne: Association des bibliothécaires polonais, 1968 -- Portugal: Direcçäo-Geral do Ensino superior e das Belas-artes -- Roumanie: Asociatia hibliotecarilor din Republica Populara Romîna -- Suède: Svenska Bibliotekariesamfundet -- Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksforening -- Sveriges Vetenskapliga Specialbiblioteks förening -- Svenska Folkbibliotekarieförbundet -- Swedish libraries, 1967/1968 -- Suisse: Vereinigung Schweizerischer Bibliotekare, 1967/1968 -- URSS: USSR Library Council. Library activities in the USSR (Russian text) -- English summary -- Vatican: Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana -- Yugoslavie: Savez drustava bibliotekara Jugoslavije, 1966/1967 -- (4) Asia -- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Library Association -- Inde: Indian Library Association -- Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers (IASLIC), 1967 -- Israel: Israel Library Association, 1967/1968 -- Japon: Japan Library Association, 1967/1968 -- Jourdain: Jordan Library Association, 1967 -- Liban: Lebanese Library Association, 1968/1969 -- Thailande: Thai Library Association -- Turquie: Türk Kütüphaneciler Dernegi -- (6) Afrique -- Afrique du Sud: The South African Libraries, 1967/1968 -- Ghana: Ghana Library Association -- Tunisie: Association tunisienne des Documentalistes, Bibliothécaires et Archivistes -- (7) Amérique du Nord -- Canada: Canadian Library Association, 1967/1968 -- Association canadienne des bibliothécaires de langue française, 1968 -- Ontario Library Association -- Quebec Library Association -- Etats-Unis d’Amérique American Library Association, 1967/1968 -- Medical Library Association -- Special Libraries Association, 1967/1968 -- American Association of Law Libraries -- Association of Research Libraries -- Puerto Rico: Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico -- (5) Amérique latine -- Brésil: Associaçâo Paulista de Bibliotecârios -- Associaçâo Brasileira de Bibliotecâ.rios -- Federaçâo Brasileira de Associaçóes de Bibliote-cârios (FEBAB) -- Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentaçâo -- Mexique: Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios -- Pérou: Asociación Peruana de Bibliotecarios -- Uruguay: Asociación de Bibliotecarios del Uruguay -- (9) Australasie -- Australie: Library Association of Australia, 1967 -- Nouvelle-Zélande: New Zealand Library Association, 1967/1968 -- * * * -- Associate members / Membres associés.

Abstract: I: The Evolution of Irony -- I: The Ironic Vision in Modern Literature -- II: Tragic Irony: Ancient and Modern -- II: The Philosophers Set the Stage for the Ironic Vision -- III: Schopenhauer: The Implicit Irony of Pessimism -- IV: The Dilemma of the Superman -- III: Religious Irony -- V: Irony and the Religious Quest -- VI: Death the Supreme Ironist -- IV: Irony in Modern Poetry, Fiction, and Drama -- VII: Thomas Hardy the Cosmic Ironist -- VIII: Anatole France and Aesthetic Irony -- IX: Chekhov’s Naturalistic Irony -- X: Illusion Versus Reality -- V: Irony and the Diabolical -- XI: The Devil as Ironist -- XII: The Irony of Thomas Mann -- VI: The Nihilism of the Absurd and the Absurdity of Art -- XIII: The Irony of the Absurd -- VII: Conclusion -- XIV: Conclusion.

Abstract: I. The Moon and Man -- 1. Man Moves into the Universe -- 2. Human Consequences of the Exploration of Space -- 3. From Alamogordo to Apollo: Will Man Heed the Lesson? -- II. The Politics of Spacefaring -- 4. Man on the Moon: The Columbian Dilemma -- 5. An American “Sputnik” for the Russians? -- 6. The Lunar Landing and the U.S.-Soviet Equation -- 7. Prospects for International Cooperation on the Moon: The Antarctic Analogy -- 8. Post-Apollo Policy: A Look into the 1970s -- III. The Future of Lunar Studies -- 9. Origin and History of the Moon -- 10. A Space Age Phenomenon: The Evolution of Lunar Studies -- 11. Manned Landings and Theories of Lunar Formation -- 12. A View from the Outside -- IV. The Technological Impact -- 13. The Industrial Impact of Apollo -- 14. Saturn/Apollo as a Transportation System -- 15. Apollo: A Pattern for Problem Solving -- 16. Automatic Checkout Equipment: The Apollo Hippocrates.

Abstract: AFTER THE LUNAR LANDING Our concern in this volume is the impact upon science, technology and international cooperation of man's emer­ gence from the "cradle," the biosphere of Earth, to visit the surface of another planet. The editors invited experts in the physical and social sciences who had been think­ ing, talking and writing about space programs for a long time. Some had been critical of manned space flight, its motives and its costs. Some have been or are currently involved in Project Apollo. Some had not committed themselves to value judgments but were fascinated by probable results. In general, the authors regard the moon landing as a climactic event in man's evolution. Sir Bernard Lovell is likely to have a cataclysmic effect on society suggests it and that an international effort should be mounted to send men to Mars in the 1980s. The question of how Project Apollo relates to a scheme of priorities which takes into account such needs as housing, health, pollution and the problems of urbaniza­ tion enters the discussion from several points of view. Eugene Rabinowitch suggests that Apollo may stimulate the development of a system of establishing national priorities in the application of the nation's resources. Freeman Dyson, on the other hand, does not believe that ix PREFACE x any "hierarchy of committees" can devise an accepted order of priorities.

Abstract: I. The Epistemology of Albert Einstein -- Section A. The Inductive Beginnings of Scientific Investigation -- Section B. The Formation of Primary Concepts according to Einstein. Their Invention -- Section C. The Deductive Process. The Rules of Naturalness and Simplicity -- Section D. The Epistemological Elements of the Special Theory of Relativity. Confirmation of the Theory -- II. A Metaphysical Analysis of Einstein’s View of Reality -- Section A. The Notion of Reality in Albert Einstein -- Section B. The Problem of the Reality of Relations -- Section C. The Grasp of Reality in Mathematico-physical Investigation -- III. The Metaphysical Foundations Of Einstein’s Epistemology -- Section A. The Foundations of Inductive Beginnings -- Section B. The Roots of the Formation of the Primary Concepts -- Section C. Judgment and Reasoning as Related to Scientific Postulation -- Section D. The Confirmation of the Theorems and the Nature of Scientific Proof -- Conclusions -- Appendix. A note on the Discovery of Being.

Abstract: Now how would things be intelligible if they did not proceed from an intelligence? In the last analy­ sis a Primal Intelligence must exist, which is itself Intellection and Intelligibility in pure act, and which is the first principle of intelligibility and essences of things, and causes order to exist in them, as well as an infinitely complex network of regular relationships, whose fundamental mysterious unity our reason dreams of rediscovering in its own way. Such an approach to God's existence is a variant of Thomas Aquinas' fifth way. Its impact was secretly present in Einstein's famous saying: "God does not play dice," which, no doubt, used the word God in a merely figurative sense, and meant only: "nature does not result from a throw of the dice," yet the very fact implicitly postulated the existence of the divine Intellect. Jacques Maritain God's creation is the insistence on the dependence of "epistemology" on ontology; man's acknow­ ledgement of creation is an insistence on the episte­ mological recovery of ontology.

Abstract: Introduction: The Problems of Contemporary Philosophy -- A. Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Philosophy -- B. The Process of Differentiation in Philosophy -- C. A Look Ahead -- I / The Philosophy of Self-Evidence: Franz Brentano -- A. Mental Phenomena and Knowledge -- B. The Theory of Being -- C. The Theory of Moral Knowledge -- D. Knowledge of God -- E. Evaluation -- II / Methodological Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl -- A. The Absolute Character of Truth -- B. The Problem of Universals -- C. Intentionality, Judgment and Knowledge (The Phenomenology of Consciousness) -- D. The Phenomenological Intuiting of Essences (Die phänomenologische Wesensschau) -- E. Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy -- F. Evaluation -- III / Applied Phenomenology: Max Scheler -- A. Gnoseology and Phenomenology -- B. The Theory of Sympathy -- C. Value and Person -- D. Religious Philosophy and Theology -- E. Man’s Place in the Stratified Structure of the World -- F. Evaluation -- IV / Existential Ontology: Martin Heidegger -- A. The Philosophy of Existence in General and its Historical Relationship to Western Thought -- B. The Ontology of Finite Dasein -- C. Evaluation -- V / The Philosophy of Existence: Karl Jaspers -- A. Philosophical World-Orientation, Illumination of Existence, and Metaphysics -- B. The Being of the Encompassing, and Truth -- C. Evaluation -- VI / Critical Realism: Nicolai Hartmann -- A. The Metaphysics of Knowledge -- B. The Structure of Being -- C. The Philosophy of Spirit -- D. The Philosophy of Value -- E. Evaluation -- VII / Modern Empiricism: Rudolf Carnap and the Vienna Circle -- A. Reasons for the Rise of Modern Empiricism -- B. Immanence Positivism (Mach, Avenarius) and the Epistemology of Moritz Schlick -- C. Definitions and Explications of Concepts -- D. Statements and the Meaning of Statements -- 1. First Formulation of the Empiricist’s Criterion of Meaning -- E. The Structure of Empirical Knowledge -- F. Semantics and Logical Syntax -- G. Evaluation -- VIII / Foundational Studies and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy -- A. Research in the Foundations of Logic and Mathematics -- B. The Theory of Empirical Scientific Knowledge -- C. Problems of Reality -- D. Ethics -- IX / Ludwig Wittgenstein -- A. Philosophy I -- B. Philosophy II -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

Abstract: III Sermons and Religious Treatises -- John Alcock -- St John Fisher -- Desiderius Erasmus -- John Colet -- Hugh Latimer -- John de Feckenham -- William Atkinson Richard Whytford -- Jacobus de Gruytroede -- Richard de Methley -- John Colet -- St John Fisher -- King Henry VIII -- The Bible -- William Tyndale -- Miles Coverdale -- Desiderius Erasmus -- St Thomas More -- William Tyndale -- John Frith -- The Book of Common Prayer -- IV Chronicles and Histories -- Robert Fabyan -- John Bourchier, Lord Berners -- ‘The Translator’ -- John Rastell -- Jan van Dvesborch -- Peter Martyr D’Anghiera -- St Thomas More -- Edward Hall -- George Cavendish -- John Bouge -- Nicholas Harpsfield -- V Romances and Tales -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Philippe Camus -- Jean D’Arras -- Anonymous -- John Capgrave -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Notes -- Bibliographies -- Suggested Reading.

Abstract: I -- 1. Hobbes’s “Table of Absurdity” -- 2. Language and the Structure of Locke’s Essay -- 3. Kant’s “Refutation” of the Ontological Argument -- II -- 4. Isomorphism and Linguistic Waste -- 5. Reason, Morals and Philosophic Irony -- 6. Thought and Language -- 7. An Early Nietzsche Fragment on Language -- III -- 8. Analogy and Equivocation in Hobbes -- 9. On the “Composition” of the Critique. A Brief Comment -- 10. Kant’s Copernican Analogy. A Re-Examination -- Name Index.

Abstract: Although all the essays which make up this volume can be read as independent studies - and were in fact originally written as such - it is my hope that the reader will see that a unitary thread runs through them and that together they tell a story of their own. Written originally in response to certain views and doctrines of linguistic philosophy, the point which I have tried to argue in them is that although linguistic philosophy's impact upon our understanding and conception of philosophy has been profound, its contribution to our understanding of the history of philosophy, including its own history, has unfortunately all too often been disappointing, superficial and misguided. While this seems rather remarkable, especially since the tool which it has fashioned is obviously not without its uses even here, in the light of its negative and restrictive conception of language the results achieved are not after all perhaps surprising or unexpected.

Abstract: I: Introduction -- II: Religious Positivism -- III: Religious Empiricism -- IV: The Faith Protected -- V: The Role of Reason in Religion -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Previous Work on Mansel.

Abstract: Henry Longueville Mansel published his Bampton Lectures in 1858, twenty­ seven years after Hegel's death and twelve years before the publication of Ritschl's Rechtfertigung und Versoehnung. The timing is significant. As a sweeping critique of liberalism, frequently symbolized by the work of Hegel, the lectures react to the slow but inexorable permeation of English religious thought by German ways of thinking. By 1858, the process was sufficiently widespread that Mansel felt justified in devoting the principal portion of his work to the attack. Ritschl marks the effective end of Hegel's direct influence on theology and a return to a more Kantian mode of thinking. His gambit had already been made, for Mansel is in many ways a more cautious version of Ritschl. Mansel, however, wrote in English and had the misfortune to say what he did at the beginning of a movement so strong that it allowed no quali­ fication. Thus Mansel's thought was rarely accepted. He was certainly not ignored, at least at the time. The lectures, entitled "The Limits of Religious Thought," were an immediate sensation. They were quickly reprinted both on the Continent and in America and went through two editions in 1858, two more in 1859, and a fifth in 1867. For a period they became "almost a textbook in the schools of the University. " 1 Few leading divines of the day were silent and fewer yet were neutral.

Abstract: Russell and the linguistic philosophy -- I. The quest for logical form -- Reference and meaning -- Two senses of “logical form” -- Logical form, propositional constituents, and reconstructionism -- The “logically perfect” language -- The theory of acquaintance -- Proper names -- The “minimum vocabulary” -- Summary and conclusion -- II. The uses of reconstructionism -- The theory of descriptions -- The analysis of class-symbols -- The logical construction of physical objects -- Conclusion -- III. Critique of Russell’s philosophy of language -- The theory of acquaintance -- The doctrine of logical form -- Philosophical analysis as elucidation of ontological structure -- Selected Bibliography.

Abstract: RUSSELL AND THE LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHY I t is generally acknowledged that Bertrand Russell played a vital role in the so-called "revolution" that has taken place in twentieth century Anglo-American philosophy, the revolution that has led many philo­ sophers virtually to equate philosophy with some variety - or varieties - of linguistic analysis. His contributions to this revolution were two­ fold: (I) together with G. E. Moore he led the successful revolt against the neo-Hegelianism of Idealists such as Bradley and McTaggert; (2) again with Moore he provided much of the impetus for a somewhat revolutionary way of doing philosophy. (I) and (2) are, of course, close­ ly related, since the new way of philosophizing could be said to consti­ tute, in large part, the revolt against Idealism. Be this as it may, how­ ever, the important fact for present consideration is that Russell was a major influence in turning Anglo-American philosophy in the direction it has subsequently taken - toward what may be termed, quite general­ ly, the "linguistic philosophy. " Unfortunately, though his importance as a precursor of the linguistic philosophy is well-known, the precise sense in which Russell himself can be considered a "philosopher of language" has not, to the present time, been sufficiently clarified. Useful beginnings have been made toward an investigation of this question, but they have been, withal, only begin­ nings, and nothing like an adequate picture of Russell's overall philoso­ phy of language is presently available.