UNKNOWN HEROES OF PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE: S. HODGSON AND G.F. STOUT

S. Hodgson and G.F. Stout were remarkable, but insufficiently studied philosophers and presidents of the early Aristotelian society. The report is about their conceptions which despite almost unknown in the contemporary philosophy make us pay attention to them. For example S. Hodgson’s philosophy was the subject of discussion about its place in the phenomenological movement. G.F. Stout’s philosophy is interesting not only because he was the G.E. Moore’s and B. Russel’s lecturer. His philosophy was arguably ascribed to idealistic direction in British philosophy of XIX–XX century. There are few contemporary studies where the influence of G.F. Stout on the emergence of analytical philosophy is considered. The report will consider the metaphilosophical role of "common sense in G.F. Stout’s philosophy.

GILBERT RYLE IN THE HISTORY OF ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY OF XX CENTURY

The report is devoted to philosophical legacy of Gilbert Ryle and its importance for reflecting the history of the Aristotelian Society in London -a unique intellectual environment where for more than a hundred years in the process of annual discussions, philosophers have had the opportunity to test their own philosophical ideas. Ryle justified the ideas of linguistic philosophy that became the subject of active discussions in the Aristotelian Society during the 40–50s of the XX century, especially when G. Ryle was the President of the Society in 1945–1946. On the example of the philosophical ideas of G. Ryle the author analyzes the intellectual context of the formation the linguistic philosophy in the XX century.

GEORGE EDWARD MOORE IN THE HISTORY OF ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY OF XX CENTURY

George Edward Moore is the brightest philosopher of British neo-realism. During the first half of XX century he remained the undisputed leader of this philosophical movement, which organically and fruitfully combinedele-ments of classical British empiricism with new original tools for the conceptual analysis of ordinary language expressions. By the example of innovative ideas in moral philosophy, outlined by G.E. Moore in Principia Ethica, there is analyzed the intellectual context of the formation of philosophical metaethics in the XX century.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF J. L. AUSTIN’S SATURDAY MORNING MEETINGS FOR «CONTINUITY» OF OXFORD PHILOSOPHY

I will try to focus in my talk on the history and significance of the so-calledSaturday Morning Meetings—a scien-tific seminar that John Langshaw Austin (President of the Aristotelian society 1956-1957) organized in 1947 at the University of Oxford—forthe development of Oxford philosophy. The ideas that were discussed at these informal meetings were subsequently seriously developed within the philosophy literature, and many participants of the seminar became world-famous philosophers. The success of the Saturday Morning Meetings can be explained by the fact that it was not a formalized University institution, but a community of like-minded people who believed that only through joint discussion philosophical problems could be clarified.

140th Anniversary of Aristotelian Society in London (review of international conference, Great Britain, 10–12 July 2020) .

The author reviewed the international scientific conference which take place online in Kent University 10–12 July 2020 in Great Britain. The conference organized be Mind Association with Kent University and devoted to the 140th anniversary of Aristotelian Society, made in London in 1880. In review considered the historical information on the stages of development of Aristotelian Society as a famous philosophical organization in the world

Introduction

That there is a distinctively philosophical usage of the term ‘acquaintance’ is, of course, due primarily to the influence of Bertrand Russell and in particular to the distinction he famously drew between ‘knowledge by acquaintance’ and ‘knowledge by description’. These phrases soon became part of the philosophical lexicon. For example, the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society twice featured symposia on the question ‘Is there knowledge by acquaintance?’, first in 1919...

Dadaism: Restrictivism as militant quietism

Can we quantify over everything: absolutely, positively, definitely, totally, every thing? Some authors have claimed that we must be able to do so, since the doctrine that we cannot is self-stultifying. But this treats restrictivism as a positive doctrine. Restrictivism is much better viewed as a kind of militant quietism, which I call dadaism. Dadaists advance a hostile challenge, with the aim of silencing everyone who claims to hold a positive position about ‘absolute generality’.Published in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 110.3: 387–98.

The weight of truth: Lessons for minimalists from Russell’s Gray’s Elegy argument.

Minimalists, such as Paul Horwich, claim that the notions of truth, reference, and satisfaction are exhausted by some very simple schemes. Unfortunately, there are subtle difficulties with treating these as schemes, in the ordinary sense. So instead, the minimalist regards them as illustrating one-place functions, into which we can input propositions (when considering truth) or propositional constituents (when considering reference and satisfaction). However, Bertrand Russell’s Gray’s Elegy argument teaches us some important lessons about propositions and propositional constituents; and, when applied to minimalism, they show us why we should abandon it.Published in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 114.3: 261–89.