A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to many significant analytic philosophers and concepts of the last hundred years.
- Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant analytic philosophers of the last one hundred years.
- Offers clear and extensive analysis of profound concepts such as truth, goodness, knowledge, and beauty.
- Written by some of the most distinguished philosophers alive, some of whom have entries in the book devoted to them.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors viii
Introduction 1
A. P. Martinich
1 Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) 6
Michael Dummett
2 Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) 21
Thomas Baldwin
3 G. E. Moore (1873–1958) 45
Ernest Sosa
4 C. D. Broad (1887–1971) 57
James Van Cleve
5 Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) 68
P. M. S. Hacker
6 Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) 94
Sahotra Sarkar
7 Karl Popper (1892–1994) 110
W. H. Newton-Smith
8 Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976) 117
Avrum Stroll
9 Alfred Tarski (1902–1983), Alonzo Church (1903–1995), and Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) 124
C. Anthony Anderson
10 Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930) 139
Brad Armendt
11 Carl G. Hempel (1905–1997) 148
Philip Kitcher
12 Nelson Goodman (1906–1998) 160
Israel Scheffler
13 H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992) 169
Scott Shapiro
14 Charles Stevenson (1908–1979) 175
James Dreier
15 W. V. Quine (1908–2000) 181
Peter Hylton
16 A. J. Ayer (1910–1989) 205
T. L. S. Sprigge
17 J. L. Austin (1911–1960) 218
John R. Searle
18 Norman Malcolm (1911–1990) 231
Carl Ginet
19 Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989) 239
Jay F. Rosenberg
20 H. P. Grice (1913–1988) 254
Stephen Neale
21 G. H. von Wright (1916–2003 ) 274
Frederick Stoutland
22 Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999) 281
Richard Foley And Dean Zimmerman
23 Donald Davidson (1917–2003 ) 296
Ernest Lepore
24 G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001) 315
Anselm Müller
25 R. M. Hare (1919–2002 ) 326
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
26 P. F. Strawson (1919– ) 334
P. F. Snowdon
27 Philippa Foot (1920– ) 350
Gavin Lawrence
28 Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921– ) 357
Max Cresswell
29 John Rawls (1921–2002 ) 361
Norman Daniels
30 Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996) 371
Richard Grandy
31 Michael Dummett (1925– ) 378
Alexander Miller
32 Hilary Putnam (1926– ) 393
John Heil
33 David M. Armstong (1926– ) 413
Frank Jackson
34 Noam Chomsky (1928– ) 419
Peter Ludlow
35 Richard Rorty (1931– ) 428
Michael Williams
36 John R. Searle (1932– ) 434
A. P. Martinich
37 Jerry Fodor (1935– ) 451
Georges Rey
38 Saul Kripke (1940– ) 466
David Sosa
39 David Lewis (1941–2001 ) 478
Robert Stalnaker
Index 489
About the Author :
A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.
David Sosa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-editor, with A. P. Martinich, of the companion volume Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell, 2002).
Review :
"This is an excellent resource for courses in analytic philosophy as well as for readers who want an overview of twentieth-century Anglo-American philosophy. Few books introduce readers to the entire field, and none do so as thoroughly and effectively as this one."
Daniel Bonevac, University of Texas at Austin
As the twentieth century has come to an end, a book that does the service of summarizing the views of major philosophers in the analytic tradition is greatly needed. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of all major analytic philosophers and reflects a joint effort by distinguished philosophers in the field. It will thus stand out as the standard text on analytic philosophy.
JeeLoo Liu, State University of New York at Geneseo
"This attractive volume is a superb resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy and is a worthy addition to the excellent "Blackwell Companions to Philosophy" series."
D. Haugen, Choice, January 2002
"The essays are of a uniformly high quality, some even gems of exposition, and of a uniform style, sticking to discussion of issues and views at a common level of detail..."
Journal of the History of Philosophy 2003
"This attractive volume is a superb resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy."
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