Ernest Gellner’s Use of the Social Sciences in Philosophy
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Summary, in English
It is well known that Ernest Gellner made substantial use of his knowledge of the social sciences in philosophy. Here I discuss how he used it on the basis of a few examples taken from Gellner’s philosophical output. It is argued that he made a number of highly original “translations”, or re-interpretations, of philosophical theories and problems using his knowledge of the social sciences. While this method is endorsed, it is also argued that some of Gellner’s translations crossed the line between the original and the idiosyncratic.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
3-22
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Volym
44
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Philosophy
Nyckelord
- Philosophy of Social Sciences
- Ernest Gellner
- Karl Popper
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Logical Positivism
- Linguistic Philosophy
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0048-3931