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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankStanleyCavellStanleyCavellhasbeenoneofthemostcreativeandindependentcontemporaryphilosophicalvoices.Atthecoreofhisthoughtistheviewthatskepticismisnotatheoreticalpositiontoberefutedbyphilosophicaltheorybutareflectionofthefundamentallimi
2、tsofhumanknowledgeoftheself,ofothers,andoftheexternalworldthatmustbeaccepted.DevelopingtheresourcesofordinarylanguagephilosophyandthediscourseofthinkersasdiverseasWittgenstein,Heidegger,Thoreau,andEmerson,Cavellhasexploredtheineliminabilityofskepticisminphilosoph
3、y,literature,drama,andthemovies.ThisvolumeincludesmajornewaccountsofCavell’scontributionstoethics,thetheoryofaction,thephilosophyofmindandlanguage,aesthetics,Roman-ticism,Americanphilosophy,Shakespeare,andfilmandopera.Theappealofthisvolumewillbeunusuallybroadandwi
4、llincludestudentsofliterarystudies,Americanstudies,filmtheory,culturalstudies,music,andarthistory,aswellasphilosophy.RichardEldridgeisaprofessorofphilosophyatSwarthmoreCollege.ContemporaryPhilosophyinFocusContemporaryPhilosophyinFocusoffersaseriesofintroductoryvol
5、umestomanyofthedominantphilosophicalthinkersofthecurrentage.Eachvolumewillconsistofnewlycommissionedessaysthatcovermajorcontributionsofapreeminentphilosopherinasystematicandaccessiblemanner.ComparableinscopeandrationaletothehighlysuccessfulseriesCambridgeCompanio
6、nstoPhilosophy,thevolumesdonotpresupposethatreadersarealreadyintimatelyfamiliarwiththedetailsofeachphilosopher’swork.Theywillthuscombineexpositionandcriticalanalysisinamannerthatwillappealbothtostudentsofphilosophyandtoprofessionalsandstudentsacrossthehumanitiesa
7、ndsocialsciences.FORTHCOMINGVOLUMES:PaulChurchlandeditedbyBrianKeeleyDonaldDavidsoneditedbyKirkLudwigRonaldDworkineditedbyArthurRipsteinJerryFodoreditedbyTimCraneDavidLewiseditedbyTheodoreSiderandDeanZimmermanAlasdairMacIntyreeditedbyMarkC.MurphyHilaryPutnamedite
8、dbyYemimaBen-MenahemRichardRortyeditedbyCharlesGuignonandDavidHileyJohnSearleeditedbyBarrySmithCharlesTayloreditedbyRuthAbbeyBernardWilliamseditedbyAlanThomasP
