Aloysius Martinich Livres

The book offers a fresh interpretation of Hobbes, challenging the notion of him as a purely secular thinker. Professor Martinich contends that religious themes are integral to Hobbes's work, particularly in "Leviathan." He argues that Hobbes aimed to rationally defend the Calvinistic Church of England during James I's reign, suggesting that Christian doctrine can coexist with modern scientific thought without undermining political stability. This close reading repositions Hobbes within the context of his time, highlighting the interplay between religion and politics in his philosophy.

This superlative introduction introduces Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy.

Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A.P. Martinich s best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay.

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to many significant analytic philosophers and concepts of the last hundred years. Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant analytic philosophers of the last one hundred years.Offers clear and extensive analysis of profound concepts such as truth, goodness, knowledge, and beauty.Written by some of the most distinguished philosophers alive, some of whom have entries in the book devoted to them.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Part I: Communication -- Chapter Two: General Conventions Governing Conversation: the Cooperative Principle and Conversational Maxims -- Chapter Three: Speech Acts: Saying and Doing -- Chapter Four: The Total Content of What a Speaker Communicates -- Chapter Five: Metaphor -- Chapter Six: Applications to Problems in Logic -- Chapter Seven: Utterer's Meaning and Communication -- Part II: Reference -- Chapter Eight: Reference, Existence and Descriptions -- Chapter Nine: A Speech Act Theory of Referring -- Chapter Ten: The Attributive Use and the Speech Act Theory of Referring -- Chapter Eleven: The Causal and Description Theories of Reference -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter