{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-analytic-philosophy-9780470672082","title":"A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive overview of the historical development of all major aspects of analytic philosophy, the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition in the twentieth century.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures coverage of all the major subject areas andfiguresin analytic philosophy - including Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, Gottlob Frege, Carnap, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, Putnam, and many others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains explanatory background material to help make clear technical philosophical concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes listings of suggested further readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a clear, direct style that presupposes little previous knowledge of philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Schwartz's book…is, in my estimation, the most useful introduction to the history of analytic philosophy currently available for a general audience.” (\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 15 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With the caveats above about using it as a classroom text, I heartily recommend Schwartz’s book.”  (\u003ci\u003eTeaching Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Lower-and upper-level undergraduates.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xi \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What is Analytic Philosophy? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading Analytic Philosophers 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Russell and Moore 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpiricism, Mathematics, and Symbolic Logic 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogicism 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussell on Definite Descriptions 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG. E. Moore's Philosophy of Common Sense 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoore and Russell on Sense Data 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoore's and Russell's Anti-Hegelianism 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Logical Positivism 46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical Note: The Vienna Circle and their Allies 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elimination of Metaphysics and the Logical Positivist Program 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demise of the Vienna Circle 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Influence of the Logical Positivists 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Responses to Logical Positivism: Quine, Kuhn, and American Pragmatism 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demise of the Verifiability Criterion of Meaningfulness 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuine’s Rejection of the Analytic\/Synthetic Distinction 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuinean Empiricism without the Dogmas 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Pragmatists after Quine: Nelson Goodman, Richard Rorty, and Hilary Putnam 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophy and Later Wittgenstein 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Attack on Formalism – Strawson and Ryle 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Language – Austin and Wittgenstein 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Mind – Ryle, Strawson, and Wittgenstein 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rejection of Sense Data Theory 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legacy of Ordinary Language Philosophy 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Responses to Ordinary Language Philosophy: Logic, Language, and Mind 160\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Formal Logic and Philosophy of Language\u003c\/b\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG¨odel and Tarski 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavidson 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrice 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarnap – Meaning and Necessity 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChomsky 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/b\u003e 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctionalism 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections to Functionalism – Bats and the Chinese Room 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnomalous Monism 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Mental Causation 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Rebirth of Metaphysics 204\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModal Logic 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossible Worlds 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with the Canonical Conception of Possible Worlds 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransworld Identity and Identification 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modal Version of the Ontological Argument 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds: Kripke, Putnam, and Donnellan 239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Traditional Theory of Meaning and Reference 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKripke's and Donnellan's Criticism of the Traditional Theory: Names and Descriptions 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Kind Terms 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems for the New Theory of Reference 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplications of the New Theory of Reference to the Philosophy of Mind 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social, Cultural, and Institutional Basis of Meaning and Reference 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Ethics and Metaethics in the Analytic Tradition 264\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG. E. Moore's Principia Ethica 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Non-Cognitivism of C. L. Stevenson 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Universal Prescriptivism of R. M. Hare 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return to Substantive Ethics 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestioning the Fact\/Value Divide 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Singer and Animal Liberation 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Rawls' Theory of Justice 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Epilogue: Analytic Philosophy Today and Tomorrow 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalytic Philosophy since 1980 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is the Future of Analytic Philosophy? 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402401063255,"sku":"9780470672082","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470672082.jpg?v=1730480288","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-analytic-philosophy-9780470672082","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}