This monograph purports to provide a solution to semantical paradoxes like the Liar. The authors base this solution on J. L. Austin's idea of truth, which is fundamental to situation semantics. They compare two models of language, propositions and truth, one based on Russell and the other on Austin, as they bear on the Liar Paradox. In Russell's view, a sentence expresses a pro...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern cult...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern cult...(展开全部)

伯纳德•威廉斯（Bernard Williams，1929-2003），早年在英国牛津大学研究哲学和古典学，曾先后担任伦敦大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学和美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的哲学教授。1970年被选为英国社会科学院院士，之后又当选为美国艺术与科学院外籍院士，并在1999年因其在哲学上的重大贡献而被授予爵位。 威廉斯的主要工作领域是伦理学、知识论、心灵哲学和政治哲学。他在早期希腊思想和笛卡儿的研究上建树卓越，但他最重要的影响是在伦理学方面。威廉斯对功利主义和康德伦理学的批判，对道德和道德要求的本质的探究，主导了近三十年来西方伦理理论的思维，在某种意义上是这一时期最重要的道德哲学家。 徐向东，浙江大学哲学系教授。1986年获北京大学理学士学位，1989年获中国社会科学院研究生院哲学硕士学位，2002年获美国哥伦比亚大学哲学博士学位。2002年2月—2...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

This translation uses the text of the original 1753 edition. It also includes additions made by Laugier for the edition of 1755 as well as the Avertissement for that edition, which contains Laugier's rebuttal to his critics. An introduction by Wolfgang Herrmann gives details of Laugier's life and the context in which this book was written. The Essai is important as a key docume...(展开全部)

Eric Gill's opinionated manifesto on typography argues that 'a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture'. This essay explores the place of typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age. Gill, a sculptor, engraver, printmaker and creator of many classic typefaces tha...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Eric Gill's opinionated manifesto on typography argues that 'a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture'. This essay explores the place of typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age. Gill, a sculptor, engraver, printmaker and creator of many classic typefaces tha...(展开全部)

亚历山大•蒲柏（Alexander Pope, 1688-1744）是十八世纪英国最伟大的诗人之一，也是英文世界被人引用第二多的诗人（仅次于莎士比亚），毕生著述繁富，尤擅“英雄双行体”（heroic couplet），将这种诗体发挥到了登峰造极的地步。除了讽刺史诗Dunciad（《呆厮国志》）之外，蒲柏还有三部代表作非常有价值，即《论批评》《云鬟劫》《论人》。这三部作品与《呆厮国志》一起，被认为是蒲柏的主要作品。 李家真，四川人，一九七二年生，曾任《中国文学》执行主编及《英语学习》副主编，现居重庆，专事文字。写有大量随笔，译有《泰戈尔英文诗集全集》《纪伯伦诗集》《丘吉尔传》《福尔摩斯探案全集》《王尔德小说童话全集》《培根随笔全集》《瓦尔登湖》《两河一周》《鳕鱼海岬》《缅因森林》《呆厮国志》等作品。