Details

Subject(s)

• Analysis (Philosophy) [Browse]

Related name

• Dainton, Barry, 1958- [Browse]
• Robinson, Howard [Browse]

Series

• Continuum companions. [More in this series]
• Bloomsbury companions. [More in this series]

Summary note

Surveying the history, latest developments and potential future directions of contemporary analytic philosophy, this is an essential one-volume reference guide for all those working in the field. The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy brings together a team of internationally renowned scholars to explore all the major areas of inquiry, key concepts and most important thinkers in the analytic tradition. The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy also includes a historical chronology and a full guide to further reading and available resources, making this an invaluable library or desktop reference guide for anyone working in the discipline today.--Amazon.com.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• History, methods, and problems. A different world ; From idealism to a realistic (Platonic) pluralism ; Principia Ethica ; Principles and paradox ; Frege ; On denoting, acquaintance, and construction ; Wittgenstein and the Tractatus ; The Vienna Circle and its "Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung" ; Later Wittgenstein ; Quine ; Oxford and ordinary language ; Developments in ethics ; Davidson ; Kripke and Putnam ; Analytic philosophy of mind (with Howard Robinson) ; Appendix : a simple introduction to Tarski's theory of truth
• Current research and issues. Mathematics and logic / Mary Leng ; Philosophy and language / Barry C. Smith ; Meaning, normativity, and naturalism / Richard Gaskin ; Philosophy of science / James Ladyman ; Philosophy of physics / Barry Loewer ; Causation / Helen Beebee ; Metaphysics / E.J. Lowe ; Philosophy of mind : consciousness, intentionality and ignorance / Daniel Stoljar ; Personal identity : are we ontological trash? / Mark Johnston ; Free will / Ferenc Huoranszki ; Knowledge / Bryan Frances and Allan Hazlett ; The philosophy of perception : an introduction / Paul Snowdon ; Practical reasons : the problem of gridlock / Ruth Chang ; Political obligation, and the site and scope of justice / Andres Moles
• New directions in analytic philosophy. Coda A : what is analytic philosophy? / Barry Dainton and Howard Robinson ; Coda B : analytic versus continental / Howard Robinson.

ISBN

• 9781441126283 (hardback)
• 1441126287 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2013023946

OCLC

851285604

RCP

H - S

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