Synopses & Reviews
Surveying the history, latest developments and potential future directions of contemporary analytic philosophy, this is an essential one-volume reference guide for all those working in the field. The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy brings together a team of internationally renowned scholars to explore all the major areas of inquiry, key concepts and most important thinkers in the analytic tradition.
Topics covered include:
• The history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond
• Philosophy of mind and language from early developments to the most recent advances
• Perspectives in moral and political philosophy
• Contemporary metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science and mathematics
• The latest thinking on perception, free will and personal identity
The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy also includes a historical chronology and a full guide to further reading and available resources, making this an invaluable library or desktop reference guide for anyone working in the discipline today.
Review
"This collection of essays on different aspects of analytic philosophy is divided into two main sections and a short third section on new directions. The first section is historical, with chapters covering major figures and important moments in the rise of the 20th-century analytic philosophy. The second section comprises chapters providing primers on subdisciplines, e.g., metaphysics and philosophy of science (though, inexplicably, not ethics). The chapters in the first section are each written by editor dainton. The chapters in the second section are written by experts in the various fields. The result is a very successful book. This reviewer can think of no better book for students about to enter graduate school in analytic philosophy, or indeed for anyone with some knowledge of the field who needs a general guide to fill in the gaps. The volume has obvious competition--free, peer-reviewed resources exist online covering the subtopics of philosophy. Thus it needs to justify its nontrivial price tag, and it does. The pitch of the articles is more historical and the articles themselves are more readable than those in th Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (CH, Aug'05,42Sup-0171), and more in-depth than those in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (CH, Jul'06, 43-6242)."-D. Keaton, Flagler College
"According to their overview, coauthors Dainton (philosophy, Univ. of Liverpool; Self: Philosophy in Transit) and Robinson (philosophy, Central European Univ., Budapest; Matter and Sense) aim to provide "a guide to analytic philosophys past, present, and future." Following that introduction and a brief preface, the book is divided into three parts. As promised, the first part delves into the history and issues of analytic philosophy ("Wittgenstein and the Tractatus," "Developments and Ethics"); the second part discusses current research ("Philosophy of Science," "Personal Identity: Are We Ontological Trash?"); and the third section looks to the future of the field ("Specialization and Science," "Crisis?"). Each part contains several chapters; Dainton and Howard have written most of the material in the first and third parts while the chapters in the second section are by various contributing scholars. The work also offers a useful dictionary of key terms as well as a chronology of events. VERDICT: The editors and contributors delve deeply into their subject and examine it from many different perspectives. This thorough guide will be useful to anyone looking for a comprehensive resource on analytic philosophy." -Julie Seifert, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Library Journal
Synopsis
A one volume reference guide to historical and contemporary developments in analytic philosophy, written by a team of leading scholars from across the world.
Synopsis
Surveying the history, latest developments and potential future directions of contemporary analytic philosophy, this is an essential one-volume reference guide for all those workingin the field. The Continuum Companion to Analytic Philosophy brings together a team of internationally renowned scholars to explore all the major areas of inquiry, key concepts and most important thinkers in the analytic tradition.Topics covered include: The origins of analytic philosophy, from Frege and Russell to Wittgenstein and beyondPhilosophy of mind from early developments to the latest contributions of neurosciencePerspectives in moral and political philosophyContemporary Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of ScienceThe latest thinking on free will and personal identityThe Continuum Companion to Analytic Philosophy also includes a historical chronology and a full guide to further reading and available resources, making this an invaluable library or desktop reference guide for anyone working in the discipline today.
Synopsis
A one volume reference guide to historical and contemporary developments in analytic philosophy, written by a team of leading scholars from across the world.
Synopsis
A one volume reference guide to historical and contemporary developments in analytic philosophy, written by a team of leading scholars from across the world.
About the Author
Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His previous publications include Stream of Consciousness (2nd edition, 2006), The Phenomenal Self (2008) and Time and Space (2nd edition, 2010).
Howard Robinson is University Professor in the Philosophy Department at Central European University in Budapest, recurrent Visiting Scholar at Fordham University in New York and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
Part I: History, Methods and Problems Barry Dainton1 A Different World
2 From Idealism to a Realistic (Platonic) Pluralism
3 Principia Ethica
4. Principles and Paradox
5 Frege
6 On Denoting, Acquaintance and Construction
7 Wittgenstein and the
Tractatus8 The Vienna Circle and its “Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung”
9 Later Wittgenstein
10 Quine
11 Oxford and Ordinary Language
12 Developments in Ethics
13 Davidson
14 Kripke and Putnam
15 Analytic Philosophy of Mind (with Howard Robinson)
Appendix: A Simple Introduction to Tarskis Theory of Truth
Part II: Current Research and IssuesIntroduction to Part II
16. Mathematics and Logic
Mary Leng17. Philosophy and Language
Barry C Smith18. Meaning, Normativity and Naturalism
Richard Gaskin19. Philosophy of Science
James Ladyman20. Philosophy of Physics
Barry Loewer21. Causation
Helen Beebee22. Metaphysics
E.J Lowe23. Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Intentionality and Ignorance
Daniel Stoljar24. Personal Identity: Are we Ontological Trash? M
ark Johnston25. Free Will
Ferenc Huoranszki26. Knowledge
Bryan Frances & Allan Hazlett27. The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction
Paul Snowdon28. Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock
Ruth Chang29. Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice
Andres MolesPart III: New Directions in Analytic Philosophy 1. Specialization and Science
2. Mind and Consciousness
3. Analytic Metaphysics
4. Rising Self-Consciousness
5. Crisis?
30. Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy?
Barry Dainton and Howard Robinson31. Coda B: Analytic versus Continental
Howard RobinsonNotes
Chronology
Timeline of Individual Philosophers
A-Z of Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
Annotated Bibliography
Part A Analytic Philosophy and its History
Part B by Subject and Chapter
Bibliography
Index