The Cambridge Companion to Mill

by Edited by John Skorupski

• ISBN13: 9780521422116
• ISBN10: 0521422116
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

John Stuart Mill (180673) ranks among the very greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact through his books, journalism, correspondence, and political activity on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognised. This Companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and fully up-to-date account of the many facets of Mill's thought and influence. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Mill currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Mill.

Table of Contents

Introduction: the fortunes of liberal naturalism John Skorupski

1. Language and logic John Skorupski

2. Mill, mathematics and the naturalist tradition Philip Kitcher

3. Induction and the scientific method Geoffrey Scarre

4. Phenomenalism and the self Andy Hamilton

5. Religion Alan Millar

6. Psychology and the moral sciences Fred Wilson

7. Utilitarianism Wendy Donner

8. Mill's political economy: Ricardian science and the liberal utilitarian art Jonathan Riley

9. Civilisation and culture as moral concepts John Robson

10. Democracy, socialism and the working classes C. L. Ten

11. The subjection of women Mary Lyndon Shanley

12. Mill and the classical world Terence Irwin

13. The Reception and Early Reputation of Mill's Political Thought Peter Nicholson

14. Mill in a liberal landscape Alan Ryan.