Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy
Book by Peter Unger
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Peter Unger's provocative new book poses a serious challenge to contemporary analytic philosophy, arguing that to its detriment it focuses the predominance of its energy on "empty ideas." ... Google Books
Originally published: 2014
Author: Peter Unger
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Peter Unger's provocative new book poses a serious challenge to contemporary analytic philosophy, arguing that to its detriment it focuses the predominance ...
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Dec 25, 2014 · Here is a concretely empty claim: if we choose our actions, then they are not fully determined by events long ago (Incompatibilism). According ...
Jan 16, 2015 · According to Unger, analytic philosophy yields almost no “concretely substantial ideas”: that is, contingent information about concrete reality.
Jun 19, 2014 · But everyone believes that analytic truths are uninteresting so it's not much of a criticism. I suppose the substantial part lies in arguing ...
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