The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy -

The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy

Buch | Hardcover
672 Seiten
2013
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-4411-2628-3 (ISBN)
239,95 inkl. MwSt
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.

Topics covered include:

• The history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond
• Philosophy of mind and language from early developments to the most recent advances
• Perspectives in moral and political philosophy
• Contemporary metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science and mathematics
• The latest thinking on perception, free will and personal identity

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.

Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His previous publications include Stream of Consciousness (2nd edition, 2006), The Phenomenal Self (2008) and Time and Space (2nd edition, 2010). Howard Robinson is University Professor in the Philosophy Department at Central European University in Budapest, recurrent Visiting Scholar at Fordham University in New York and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Part I: History, Methods and Problems Barry Dainton
1 A Different World
2 From Idealism to a Realistic (Platonic) Pluralism
3 Principia Ethica
4. Principles and Paradox
5 Frege
6 On Denoting, Acquaintance and Construction
7 Wittgenstein and the Tractatus
8 The Vienna Circle and its “Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung”
9 Later Wittgenstein
10 Quine
11 Oxford and Ordinary Language
12 Developments in Ethics
13 Davidson
14 Kripke and Putnam
15 Analytic Philosophy of Mind (with Howard Robinson)
Appendix: A Simple Introduction to Tarski’s Theory of Truth
Part II: Current Research and Issues
Introduction to Part II
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 Bryan Frances & Allan Hazlett
27. The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction Paul Snowdon
28. Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock Ruth Chang
29. Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice Andres Moles
Part III: New Directions in Analytic Philosophy
1. Specialization and Science
2. Mind and Consciousness
3. Analytic Metaphysics
4. Rising Self-Consciousness
5. Crisis?
30. Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy? Barry Dainton and Howard Robinson
31. Coda B: Analytic versus Continental Howard Robinson
Notes
Chronology
Timeline of Individual Philosophers
A-Z of Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
Annotated Bibliography
Part A Analytic Philosophy and its History
Part B by Subject and Chapter
Bibliography
Index

Reihe/Serie Bloomsbury Companions
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 1111 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Geschichtstheorie / Historik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 1-4411-2628-7 / 1441126287
ISBN-13 978-1-4411-2628-3 / 9781441126283
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