A brief history of analytic philosophy
Subtitle: from Russell to Rawls
By: by Steve Schwartz
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780470672075; 9780470672082
Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General; Analysis (Philosophy); History
Description: "A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls 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.  Features coverage of all the major subject areas and figures in analytic philosophy - including Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, Gottlob Frege, Carnap, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, Putnam, and many others  Contains explanatory background material to help make clear technical philosophical concepts  Includes listings of suggested further readings  Written in a clear, direct style that presupposes little previous knowledge of philosophy   "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Russell and Moore Chapter 2: Wittgenstein, The Vienna Circle, and Logical Positivism Chapter 3: Responses to Logical Positivism, Quine, Kuhn, and American Pragmatism Chapter 4: Ordinary Language Philosophy and Later Wittgenstein Chapter 5: Responses to Ordinary Language Philosophy- Logic, Language, and Mind Chapter 6: The Rebirth of Metaphysics Chapter 7: Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds- Kripke, Putman, and Donnellan Chapter 8: Ethics and Metaethics in the Analytic Tradition Epilogue: Analytic Philosophy Today and Tomorrow.