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Modern Philosophical Movements
Wiki, A philosophical movement is either the appearance or increased popularity of a specific school of philosophy, or a fairly broad but identifiable sea-change in philosophical thought on a particular subject. Major philosophical movements are often characterized with reference to the nation, language, or historical era in which they arose. (Wiki ends)
Some popular modern philosophical movements are,
- Logical Positivism:
Turning Point Philosophy
Elimination of Metaphysics through Logical Analysis of Language
Criterion of Verifiability
- Dialectical Materialism:
Matter, Dialectics
Historical Materialism
Theory of Knowledge
- Existentialism:
Husserl’s Phenomenological Method
Man in the World, Man and Fellow Man
Man and God
Death (with special reference to Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre)
- Conceptual Analysis:
Word-meaning
Sentence-meaning
Vagueness
Private Ordinary Language
Book Recommended
1. Action, H. B., The Illusion of the Epoch. 2nd edition. Cohen & west, 1962.
2. Ayer, A. J., Language, Truth and Logic, 2nd ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1962.
3. Ayer, A. J. (ed.), Logical Positivism. New York: The Free Press, 1959.
4. Barrett, W., Irrational Man. New York: Double Day /co. 1968.
5. Blackham, H. J., Six Existentialist Thinkers. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961.
6. Caton, C. E., Philosophy and Ordinary Language. Urbana University of Illinois Press, 1963.
7. Grossmann, Reinhardt, Phenomenology and Existentialism, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
8. Kolakowski, L., Main Currents of Marxism. 3 Volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
9. Lichtheim, G., Marxism; An Historical and Critical Study. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961.
10. Nadeem, Javed I., Lahore: Victory Book Bank, 1989.
11. Passmore, J., A Hundred Years of Philosophy. Penguin Books, 1966.
12. Qadir, C. A., Logical Positivism. Lahore: Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 1965.