Charles L Stevenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles L Stevenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles L |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevenson |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENSON C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
If-Iculties
The discrepancy between English if's and the horseshoe is far from being negligible. That is not a reason for distrusting the horseshoe, which is useful so long as it is taken to mean just what it is defined to mean ; and it is not a reason for distrusting our English if's, which in spite of their ambiguities are indispensable to our daily discourse. But it is a reason for distrusting the current logical pedagogy that leads students to take the t…
Facts and Values: Studies in Ethical Analysis
Facts and Values
On the "Analysis" of a Work of Art
FOR the sense or senses of the term that here interest me, refers to a familiar aspect of the criticism of the arts. Donald Tovey, for instance, is noted for his analysis of music, Roger Fry for his analysis of paintings, and William Empson for his analysis of poetry. It is characteristic of analytical criticism to avoid rhapsody and at the same time to look somewhat askance at the information provided by biography and history. Its aim, rather, i…
"On "What is a Poem
W HEN children ask, is a poem ? the question rarely troubles us; but when philosophers ask it, and in a way that associates it with is art? or is beauty?, the question is likely to impress us as being difficult, and perhaps even profound. Now it can scarcely be doubted that the philosophical version of the question has led people to discuss important issues. And its outward simplicity may at first seem all to the good; or at least, if it is a fau…
The Emotive Conception of Ethics and its Cognitive Implications
Brandt's Questions about Emotive Ethics
Meaning: Descriptive and Emotive
Meaning and Truth in the Arts
Ethics and Language
Ethics and Language
Indispensable for Educators
"On "What is a Poem
W HEN children ask, is a poem ? the question rarely troubles us; but when philosophers ask it, and in a way that associates it with is art? or is beauty?, the question is likely to impress us as being difficult, and perhaps even profound. Now it can scarcely be doubted that the philosophical version of the question has led people to discuss important issues. And its outward simplicity may at first seem all to the good; or at least, if it is a fau…
If-Iculties
The discrepancy between English if's and the horseshoe is far from being negligible. That is not a reason for distrusting the horseshoe, which is useful so long as it is taken to mean just what it is defined to mean ; and it is not a reason for distrusting our English if's, which in spite of their ambiguities are indispensable to our daily discourse. But it is a reason for distrusting the current logical pedagogy that leads students to take the t…
Meaning: Descriptive and Emotive
Indispensable for Educators
Ethics and Language
Meaning and Truth in the Arts
Ethics and Language
Meaning: Descriptive and Emotive
The Emotive Conception of Ethics and its Cognitive Implications
Brandt's Questions about Emotive Ethics
"On "What is a Poem
W HEN children ask, is a poem ? the question rarely troubles us; but when philosophers ask it, and in a way that associates it with is art? or is beauty?, the question is likely to impress us as being difficult, and perhaps even profound. Now it can scarcely be doubted that the philosophical version of the question has led people to discuss important issues. And its outward simplicity may at first seem all to the good; or at least, if it is a fau…
On the "Analysis" of a Work of Art
FOR the sense or senses of the term that here interest me, refers to a familiar aspect of the criticism of the arts. Donald Tovey, for instance, is noted for his analysis of music, Roger Fry for his analysis of paintings, and William Empson for his analysis of poetry. It is characteristic of analytical criticism to avoid rhapsody and at the same time to look somewhat askance at the information provided by biography and history. Its aim, rather, i…
Facts and Values: Studies in Ethical Analysis
Facts and Values
If-Iculties
The discrepancy between English if's and the horseshoe is far from being negligible. That is not a reason for distrusting the horseshoe, which is useful so long as it is taken to mean just what it is defined to mean ; and it is not a reason for distrusting our English if's, which in spite of their ambiguities are indispensable to our daily discourse. But it is a reason for distrusting the current logical pedagogy that leads students to take the t…
Philosophy (11 works) · Epistemology (10 works) · Contemporary philosophy (9 works) · Analytic philosophy (5 works) · General interest (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Emotive (3 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Meaning (existential) (3 works)