Description: Is our logical form of thought merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such? From Kant to Wittgenstein, philosophers have wrestled with variants of this question. This volume brings together nine distinguished thinkers on the subject, including James Conant, author of the seminal paper "The Search for Logically Alien Thought."
Brief description: Matthew Boyle is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.
Review Quotes: This book is remarkable in its content, unique in its form, and innovative in its understanding of philosophical methodology. The essays in Part I provoke a lively dialogue. In his replies in Part II, Conant shows us the multiplicity of ways in which, in doing the history of philosophy, we blind ourselves to some philosophical possibility. In doing so, he enables us to see over and again a deep truth about the nature of philosophy and why it is difficult. The result is an exceptionally interesting and original work--one that is not so much an outstanding contribution to some 'field' within philosophy as a work capable of reshaping what one takes philosophy to be.--Cora Diamond, author of Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to Ethics