Michael Beaney
Biographic Data
| ID | 1144240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Beaney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Beaney |
| SIGNATURE | BEANEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5458-6591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In the Beginning Was the Redeeming Word
This article discusses the influence of Leo Tolstoy on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early philosophy. In particular, we elucidate the influence that Wittgenstein’s reading of Tolstoy’s Gospel in Brief had on the genesis of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in inspiration, structure, and content. Central to our account is the idea of ‘the redeeming word (das erlösende Wort)’, which Wittgenstein sought in ‘liberating’ us from the problems of philosophy,…
Towards a deep epistemology
This article makes the case for a deep epistemology, an epistemology rooted in the epistemic experiences and philosophical debates from across the full range of historical periods and global cultures, with fine-grained sensitivity to the actual linguistic terms and constructions used in expressing them. It thereby provides the framework for this special issue as a whole, not only motivating and introducing the articles that follow, but also engag…
Remembering Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964–2023)
A little over a year ago, we lost one of the leading historians of philosophy of her generation, Prof. Maria Rosa Antognazza. So many in this community also lost a dear friend.Rosa, as she was know
Integrational creativity
In this paper we elaborate a conception of what we call integrational creativity, which aims both to capture the richest kinds of human creativity and to bring together certain existing conceptions of creativity in a way that we hope will resonate with what people have had in mind in talking of creativity. These conceptions are those offered by Arthur Koestler, Margaret Boden, and two conceptual blending theorists, Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turn…
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , first published in German in 1921 and in English translation in 1922, is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century. It played a fundamental role in the development of analytic philosophy, and its philosophical ideas and implications have been fiercely debated ever since. This new translation improves on the two main earlier translations, taking advantage of the scholar…
Two dogmas of analytic historiography
Starting from an analogy with Quine’s two dogmas of empiricism, I offer a (neo-Kantian) critique of two dogmas of analytic historiography: the belief in a cleavage between the justification of a philosophical claim and an account of its genesis and the belief in rational reconstructionism. I take Russell’s rational reconstruction of Leibniz’s philosophy as my detailed example
Twenty-five years of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
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Analytic Philosophy
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces some of the key ideas of the founders of analytic philosophy—Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Susan Stebbing around the turn of the 20th century—by exploring certain fundamental philosophical questions and showing how those ideas can be used in offering answers. Considering the work of Susan Stebbing, it also explores the application of analytic philos…
Analytic Philosophy
Historiography, Philosophy of History and the Historical Turn in Analytic Philosophy
This article has three main interconnected aims. First, I illustrate the historiographical conceptions of three early analytic philosophers: Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein. Second, I consider some of the historiographical debates that have been generated by the recent historical turn in analytic philosophy, looking at the work of Scott Soames and Hans-Johann Glock, in particular. Third, I discuss Arthur Danto’s Analytic Philosophy of History , p…
Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy
The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy
PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY PART THREE: THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY
Twenty Years of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
What is Analytic Philosophy
All concepts in which a whole process is semiotically summarized elude definition; only that which has no history is definable.(Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals', 1887, Second Essay, § 13) I am an analytic philosopher.I think for myself.(Searle, as reported by Mulligan 2003, p. 267; cf.Glock 2008a, p. 211) Analytic philosophy is characterized above all by the goal of clarity, the insistence on explicit argumentation in philosophy, and the d…
Carnap's Ideal of Explication and Naturalism
Alfred Tarski
This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionisti
The Analytic Turn
This collection, with contributions from leading philosophers, places analytic philosophy in a broader context comparing it with the methodology of its most important rival tradition in twentieth-century philosophy--phenomenology, whose development parallels the development of analytic philosophy in many ways. The Analytic Turn will be of great interest to historians of philosophy generally, analytic philosophers, and phenomenologists.
Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language
This volume's aim is to provide an introduction to Carnap's book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. The book will be of interest not only to
Frege in Jena
Focusing on Truth
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Focusing on Truth. By Lawrence E. Johnson. (London: Routledge, 1992. Pp. viii + 280. Price £10.99 p / b) Michael Beaney Michael Beaney University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 178, January 1995, Pages 129–131, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219866 Published: 01 January 1995
Twenty-five years of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
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Alfred Tarski
This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionisti
What is Analytic Philosophy
All concepts in which a whole process is semiotically summarized elude definition; only that which has no history is definable.(Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals', 1887, Second Essay, § 13) I am an analytic philosopher.I think for myself.(Searle, as reported by Mulligan 2003, p. 267; cf.Glock 2008a, p. 211) Analytic philosophy is characterized above all by the goal of clarity, the insistence on explicit argumentation in philosophy, and the d…
Focusing on Truth
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Focusing on Truth. By Lawrence E. Johnson. (London: Routledge, 1992. Pp. viii + 280. Price £10.99 p / b) Michael Beaney Michael Beaney University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 178, January 1995, Pages 129–131, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219866 Published: 01 January 1995
Frege in Jena
Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language
This volume's aim is to provide an introduction to Carnap's book from a historical and philosophical perspective, each chapter focusing on one specific issue. The book will be of interest not only to
The Analytic Turn
This collection, with contributions from leading philosophers, places analytic philosophy in a broader context comparing it with the methodology of its most important rival tradition in twentieth-century philosophy--phenomenology, whose development parallels the development of analytic philosophy in many ways. The Analytic Turn will be of great interest to historians of philosophy generally, analytic philosophers, and phenomenologists.
Carnap's Ideal of Explication and Naturalism
Alfred Tarski
This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionisti
Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy
The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy
PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY PART THREE: THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY
Twenty Years of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
What is Analytic Philosophy
All concepts in which a whole process is semiotically summarized elude definition; only that which has no history is definable.(Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals', 1887, Second Essay, § 13) I am an analytic philosopher.I think for myself.(Searle, as reported by Mulligan 2003, p. 267; cf.Glock 2008a, p. 211) Analytic philosophy is characterized above all by the goal of clarity, the insistence on explicit argumentation in philosophy, and the d…
Historiography, Philosophy of History and the Historical Turn in Analytic Philosophy
This article has three main interconnected aims. First, I illustrate the historiographical conceptions of three early analytic philosophers: Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein. Second, I consider some of the historiographical debates that have been generated by the recent historical turn in analytic philosophy, looking at the work of Scott Soames and Hans-Johann Glock, in particular. Third, I discuss Arthur Danto’s Analytic Philosophy of History , p…
Analytic Philosophy
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces some of the key ideas of the founders of analytic philosophy—Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Susan Stebbing around the turn of the 20th century—by exploring certain fundamental philosophical questions and showing how those ideas can be used in offering answers. Considering the work of Susan Stebbing, it also explores the application of analytic philos…
Analytic Philosophy
Twenty-five years of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Two dogmas of analytic historiography
Starting from an analogy with Quine’s two dogmas of empiricism, I offer a (neo-Kantian) critique of two dogmas of analytic historiography: the belief in a cleavage between the justification of a philosophical claim and an account of its genesis and the belief in rational reconstructionism. I take Russell’s rational reconstruction of Leibniz’s philosophy as my detailed example
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , first published in German in 1921 and in English translation in 1922, is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century. It played a fundamental role in the development of analytic philosophy, and its philosophical ideas and implications have been fiercely debated ever since. This new translation improves on the two main earlier translations, taking advantage of the scholar…
Remembering Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964–2023)
A little over a year ago, we lost one of the leading historians of philosophy of her generation, Prof. Maria Rosa Antognazza. So many in this community also lost a dear friend.Rosa, as she was know
Integrational creativity
In this paper we elaborate a conception of what we call integrational creativity, which aims both to capture the richest kinds of human creativity and to bring together certain existing conceptions of creativity in a way that we hope will resonate with what people have had in mind in talking of creativity. These conceptions are those offered by Arthur Koestler, Margaret Boden, and two conceptual blending theorists, Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turn…
Towards a deep epistemology
This article makes the case for a deep epistemology, an epistemology rooted in the epistemic experiences and philosophical debates from across the full range of historical periods and global cultures, with fine-grained sensitivity to the actual linguistic terms and constructions used in expressing them. It thereby provides the framework for this special issue as a whole, not only motivating and introducing the articles that follow, but also engag…
In the Beginning Was the Redeeming Word
This article discusses the influence of Leo Tolstoy on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early philosophy. In particular, we elucidate the influence that Wittgenstein’s reading of Tolstoy’s Gospel in Brief had on the genesis of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in inspiration, structure, and content. Central to our account is the idea of ‘the redeeming word (das erlösende Wort)’, which Wittgenstein sought in ‘liberating’ us from the problems of philosophy,…
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy, Science, and History (7 works) · Analytic philosophy (5 works) · Analysis (Philosophy) (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Classics (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)