{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-analytic-philosophy-from-russell-to-rawls-hardback-9780470672075","title":"A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy; From Russell to Rawls (Hardback) 9780470672075","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Brief History of Analytic Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Russell to Rawls\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen Schwartz's \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Analytic Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging, non-technical historical introduction to central themes in analytical philosophy, the dominant approach to philosophical issues in the English-speaking world since the onset of the 20th century.  Schwartz illuminates topics for novices and specialists alike by tracing their sources to pressing disputes among mathematicians and scientists as well as philosophers. The book, captivating in its own right, will prove especially useful when read alongside targeted original sources. There is nothing else quite like it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eJohn Heil, Washington University in Saint Louis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen P. Schwartz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470672075, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.617 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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“As far removed as I am from my own university studies in the history of philosophy, I found reading the book a bracing refresher of things learned long ago (and sometimes forgotten) and a source of more than a few new insights on familiar controversies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(\u003ci\u003eTeaching Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Lower-and upper-level undergraduates.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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 and figures in 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52276381286680,"sku":"9780470672075","price":91.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470672075.jpg?v=1781368998","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-brief-history-of-analytic-philosophy-from-russell-to-rawls-hardback-9780470672075","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}