Schwartz, Steve, 1944-
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index.
- Introduction: what is analytic philosophy — 1. Russell and Moore — 2. Wittgenstein, The Vienna Circle, and Logical Positivism — 3. Responses to Logical Positivism, Quine, Kuhn, and American Pragmatism — 4. Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophy and Later Wittgenstein — 5. Responses to Ordinary Language Philosophy: Logic, Language, and Mind — 6. The Rebirth of Metaphysics — 7. Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds: Kripke, Putman, and Donnellan — 8. Ethics and Metaethics in the Analytic Tradition — 9. Epilogue: Analytic Philosophy Today and Tomorrow.
- 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 — Provided by publisher.
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