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The Bloomsbury companion to analytic philosophy

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury companionsPublication details: London Bloomsbury 2015Description: xviii, 675 pISBN:
  • 9781474236492
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 146.4 B5
Summary: Featuring chapters on the latest developments in fifteen core subjects in analytic philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy is an essential guide for all those working in the field today. Introducing its history and looking ahead to new research directions, this companion brings together a team of internationally renowned philosophers to explore the major concepts, thinkers and areas of inquiry in the analytic tradition With an extensive glossary, an annotated bibliography, a timeline of major events and publications, and a guide to further resources, this comprehensive companion is ideal for use on courses. Broken down into three parts, it covers: The history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond the more recent work of four influential American philosophers: Quine, Davidson, Putnam and Kripke Current analytic philosophy in action in subjects such as philosophy of mind and language, moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science, mathematics, perception, free will and personal identity Recent trends and developments such as the rise of specialisation and science, self-consciousness and analytic metaphysics Broaching the controversial question of what analytical philosophy is, explaining how it differs from Continental Philosophy and exploring the extent to which it in a state of crisis, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy presents an authoritative introduction to the origins and future of Anglo-America's dominant philosophical tradition. Now available in paperback, this edition includes updated references and a chapter on Ethics and the problem of overdemandingnes. (http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-bloomsbury-companion-to-analytic-philosophy-9781474236492/)
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Table of Contents:

I History, Methods, and Problems :
1. A Different World / Barry Dainton
2. From Idealism to a Realistic (Platonic) Pluralism / Barry Dainton
3. Principia Ethica / Barry Dainton
4. Principles and Paradox / Barry Dainton
5. Frege / Barry Dainton
6. On Denoting, Acquaintance, and Construction / Barry Dainton
7. Wittgenstein and the Tractatus / Barry Dainton
8. The Vienna Circle and its "Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung" / Barry Dainton
9. Later Wittgenstein / Barry Dainton
10. Quine / Barry Dainton
11. Oxford and Ordinary Language / Barry Dainton
12. Developments in Ethics / Barry Dainton
13. Davidson / Barry Dainton
14. Kripke and Putnam / Barry Dainton
15. Analytic Philosophy of Mind / Howard Robinson

II Current Research and Issues :
16. Mathematics and Logic / Mary Leng
17. Philosophy and Language / Barry C. Smith
18. Meaning, Normativity, and Naturalism / Richard Gaskin
19. Philosophy of Science / James Ladyman
20. Philosophy of Physics / Barry Loewer
21. Causation / Helen Beebee
22. Metaphysics / E. J. Lowe
23. Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Intentionality and Ignorance / Daniel Stoljar
24. Personal Identity: Are We Ontological Trash? / Mark Johnston
25. Free Will / Ferenc Huoranszki
26. Knowledge / Allan Hazlett
27. The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction / Paul Snowdon
28. Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock / Ruth Chang
29. Moral Demands and Ethical Theory: The Case of Consequentialism / Attila Tanyi
30. Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice / Andres Moles

III New Directions in Analytic Philosophy / Howard Robinson
31. Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy? / Howard Robinson
32. Coda B: Analytic versus Continental / Howard Robinson.

Featuring chapters on the latest developments in fifteen core subjects in analytic philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy is an essential guide for all those working in the field today. Introducing its history and looking ahead to new research directions, this companion brings together a team of internationally renowned philosophers to explore the major concepts, thinkers and areas of inquiry in the analytic tradition

With an extensive glossary, an annotated bibliography, a timeline of major events and publications, and a guide to further resources, this comprehensive companion is ideal for use on courses. Broken down into three parts, it covers:

The history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond the more recent work of four influential American philosophers: Quine, Davidson, Putnam and Kripke
Current analytic philosophy in action in subjects such as philosophy of mind and language, moral and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science, mathematics, perception, free will and personal identity
Recent trends and developments such as the rise of specialisation and science, self-consciousness and analytic metaphysics

Broaching the controversial question of what analytical philosophy is, explaining how it differs from Continental Philosophy and exploring the extent to which it in a state of crisis, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy presents an authoritative introduction to the origins and future of Anglo-America's dominant philosophical tradition. Now available in paperback, this edition includes updated references and a chapter on Ethics and the problem of overdemandingnes.

(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-bloomsbury-companion-to-analytic-philosophy-9781474236492/)

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