In this collection of essays, which were first delivered as lectures at the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein in 1998, distinguished philosopher Peter Geach confronts some of the most difficult issues in philosophy with the precision of a logician and the grace and wit of an accomplished stylist. These essays constitute a significant addition to Professor Geach's esteemed body of work in philosophy, as he addresses not only problems of logic and analytic philosophy, but also of epistemology and ethics. Geach's engaging discussions of human nature, truth, goodness, and love provide probing insight into perennial themes in an appealing, highly readable style which is nevertheless forceful and exacting. Geach knows the subjectivity of his own experience and belief and is able to illuminate that experience and belief by submitting it to a rational and philosophical inquiry. His avowed Catholic perspective is neither a weapon nor a shield. It is an integral part of the sustained, systematic, and constructive approach to philosophy demonstrated in these essays. They will certainly provoke serious reflection even in those inclined to disagree with Geach's conclusions.

Truth and Hope

Politics & Social Sciences

Geach, Peter

Philosophy

University of Notre Dame Press

Mental Acts: Their Content and Their Objects (Studies in Philosophical Psychology)

Routledge & K.Paul

The Virtues

Religion & Spirituality

Cambridge University Press

Providence and Evil: The Stanton Lectures 1971–2

Mental Acts (Studies in Philosophy Psychology)

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Text: English, German (translation)

Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege

FREGE, GOTTLOB

Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Written in opposition to the dominant behaviourism of the period, this slim but closely-argued volume argues for the reality of "mental acts" such as acts of judgment. Geach goes on to dismiss the abstractionist theory of concept-formation and to criticize Russell's relational theory of judgment, before proposing a superior account of his own.

Mental Acts

UNKNO

This collection of nine papers brings together many of Geach's thoughts on such wide topics as resurrection; deductive proof of the existence of God; God's role in ethics; materialism; and the relation of time and prayer. The first three papers are concerned with the survival of death and what form such a survival might take. This includes Geach's argument against materialism in "What do we think with?". Two further papers are concerned with arguments about existence, and the remaining papers concern natural theology.

God and the Soul

This collection of nine papers brings together Many of Geach's thoughts on such wide topics as resurrection, deductive proof of the existence of God, God's role in ethics, materialism, and the relation of time and prayer. The first three papers are concerned with the survival of death and what form such a survival might take. This includes Geach's argument against materialism in "What Do We Think With?" Two further papers are concerned with arguments about existence, and the remaining papers concern natural theology.

God and the Soul (Key Texts)

St. Augustines Press

Geach insists, in opposition to the behaviorism of the day, that there are episodic mental acts such as acts of judgment. How to characterize such mental acts remains as problematic as it was fifty years ago, and his book still has much to teach us. He begins with an attack on the abstractionist theory of concept-formation, then goes on to criticize the relational theory of judgment propounded by Bertrand Russell. Moving from criticism to construction, Geach first offers an improved version of Russell’s analysis, then moves on to offer an alternative of his own.

Mental Acts (Key Texts)

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