The Logical Syntax of Language (Open Court Classics)1 review Rudolf Carnap Open Court, 2002 The Logical Syntax of Language (Open Court Classics) The front cover has been cut and demaged. However, as Amazon asserted that this was not their fault and asked me to pay the expensive international shipping fee if I really want to exchange for a new one. Absolutely nonsense.             The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics)5 reviews Clifford Geertz Basic Books, 1977 An Imperative Classic + An Academic Giant + An intellectual giant well ahead of his time "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs..." These cultural "webs of significance" Clifford Geertz speaks of are constructed of religious beliefs and practices, cultural customs, social interactions, attitudes and behavior -- ...             How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (William James Lectures)7 reviews J. L. Austin Harvard University Press, 1975 A Brisk tour through Speech Act Theory + Classic Stuff + DEEDS AND NOT WORDS ALONE At many points, J.L. Austin's How to do Things with Words reads more like a linguistic textbook than a philosophy text. Whether you count this as a benifit or a distraction will depend on your disposition (it certainly beats reading Kant), but whatever your views on the subject, the work is a ...             The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number5 reviews Gottlob Frege Northwestern University Press, 1980 A Must for Any Philosopher of Mathematics + The first escape from the Elencus... + Frege, You're Not Supposed To Have... + Excellent work + great work             Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language John R. Searle Cambridge University Press, 1970 Written in an outstandingly clear and lively style, it provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.             The Roots of Reference (Carus Lectures)1 review W. V. Quine Open Court Pub Co, 1974 available soon book is due to be reprinted by Open Court in September 199             The Logical Structure of the World and Pseudoproblems in Philosophy (Open Court Classics)1 review Rudolf Carnap Open Court, 2003 The Logical Structure of the World Even though Logical Positivism itself failed as a philosophical project, the effects of this empirical project still ripple through the philosophical world today. One cannot come to an understanding of modern analytic philosophy, such as the philosophies of W.V.O. Quine, without dealing with the ...             The Philosophy of Language (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) Oxford University Press, USA, 1971             Philosophical Papers (Clarendon Paperbacks)4 reviews J. L. Austin Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 Classic work of 'linguistic analysis' school of philosophy. + DETERMINISM, EUDAIMONIA AND URSANEIVLS + An exciting find + Excellent Book             Analysis of Mind1 review Bertrand Russell Routledge, 1995 The Analysis Of Mind Formally this book doesn't contain groundbreaking insights, or better: it doesn't say anything that isn't already under your eyes. Its biggest accomplishment, however, is in the very act of showing how sometimes we don't see what's under our eyes for a sort of mental laziness. Russell forces us ...             On Certainty14 reviews Ludwig Wittgenstein Harper Perennial, 1972 My favorite Wittgenstein + Certain to be rewarding + A Must Read For Anyone Interested In Epistemology + Investigation into the nature of knowledge             Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)39 reviews Ludwig Wittgenstein Routledge, 2001 'The world is all that is the case' + Not for the average reader but thorough, if not at times tedious, in acomplishing its task... + ow, my brain...awesome. + Worth a PHD for the writer.             The Construction of Social Reality13 reviews John R. Searle Free Press, 1997 Searle: Primus Inter Pares + Another Gem from Searle John Searle is a philosopher's philosopher. He's also scrupulously honest to a fault. When reading him, one never has to stop and wonder whether he really believes what he's saying. The present work, "The Construction of Social Reality" (CSR)" is no exception. Lucid, cogent, packed with ...             Naming and Necessity20 reviews Saul A. Kripke Harvard University Press, 1980 A Modern Analytic Classic + Essential + Revolutionary + Pied Piper of Meaning             The Concept of Mind8 reviews Gilbert Ryle University Of Chicago Press, 2000 A Matter of Mind + MENS SANA + One of the best book of the ordinary language philosophy + Ghosts + A Classic of Philosophy of Mind             Word and Object (Studies in Communication)7 reviews Willard Van Orman Quine The MIT Press, 1964 An Essential Read for Philosophy of Language Enthusiasts + Probably wrong but great nonetheless + A Seminal Book in Contemporary Pragmatism + Pinnacle of Philosophical Clarity             Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation 50th Anniversary ...12 reviews Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, ... Wiley-Blackwell, 1991 A fine book + A sea change in philosophy + The key text. + Nice Version of a Contemporary Classic             Remarks on Colour2 reviews Ludwig Wittgenstein University of California Press, 1978 Wittgensteinian stream of consciousness on aspects of color This is not a polished, coherent work but simply, as the title suggests, collected scattered thoughts, questions and observations on color. Wittgenstein is most interested in issues of clarity, purity, transparency, luminosity, muddiness, mixing and shading of colors. Also in the nature of ...             Words and Things: An Examination of, and an Attack on, Linguistic Philosophy (Routledge Classics) Ernest Gellner Routledge, 2005 When Ernest Gellner was his early thirties, he took it upon himself to challenge the prevailing philosophical orthodoxy of the day, Linguistic Philosophy. Finding a powerful ally in Bertrand Russell, who provided the foreword for this book, Gellner embarked on the project that was to put him on the intellectual map. Words and Things was the first determined attempt to state the premises and ...             Sense and Sensibilia5 reviews J. L. Austin Oxford University Press, USA, 1962 A thorough yet entertaining critique of logical positivism + Out of the schemes + Lectures on Language Philosophy + SENSE FOR SENSE + An entertaining and profound look at sensory skepticism