Title: Philosophy in America :
Authors: Black, Max,; Alston, William P.
Date: 1965
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Physical description: 307 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: A collection of fourteen original essays on a variety of philosophical topics by some of the most talented younger American philosophers, specially commissioned for this volume. Previous anthologies in this series have consisted of contributions by philosophers of established reputation. By choosing now to present to a wide public the work of young philosophers still on their way to "the top", the editor hopes to enable the common reader as well as the specialist to become acquainted with some of the best of the lively and penetrating work of philosophical investigation of a younger generation.--From publisher description.
Contents: Expressing / William P. Alston -- On the complexity of avowals / Bruce Aune -- Must every inference be either deductive or inductive? / S.F. Barker -- Aesthetic problems of modern philosophy / Stanley Cavell -- Seeing surfaces and physical objects / Thompson Clarke -- Aesthetic essence / Marshall Cohen -- Action and responsibility / Joel Feinberg -- Explanations in psychology / Jerry A. Fodor -- Frege's theory of number / Charles D. Parsons -- The free will defence / Alvin Plantinga -- What is a speech act? / John Searle -- Quantum physics and the philosophy of Whitehead / Abner Shimony -- Predicability / Fred Sommers -- Reasons and reasoning / Judith Jarvis Thomson.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Philosophy.