The Story of Analytic Philosophy: Plot and Heroes

by Anat Biletzki (Editor), Anat Matar (Editor)

Overview

This unique collection looks at analytic philosophy in its historical context. Prominent philosophers discuss key figures, including Russell and Wittgenstein, methods and results in analytic philosophy to present its story. This volume assesses the challenge posed by changing cultural and philosophical trends and movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415651981
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/22/2013
Series:	Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Anat Biletzki (Edited by) , Anat Matar (Edited by)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Analytic Philosophy: What, Whence, Whither? Peter M.S. Hacker 2. Analysis in Analytic Philosophy Peter Hylton 3. Analytic Philosophy as a Matter of Style J.J. Ross 4. Analytic Philosophy: Rationalism vs. Romanticism Anat Matar 5. The Subject, Normative Structure, and Externalism Mark Sacks 6. Empiricism without Positivism John Skorupski 7. Psychologism and Meaning Yemima Ben-Menahem 8. Frege, Semantics and the Double Definition Stroke Juliet Floyd 9. Elimination by Analysis Gilead Bar-Elli 10. Perception: From Moore to Austin Ruth Anna Putman 11. Wittgenstein: Analytic Philosopher? Anat Biletzki 12. Wittgenstein as the Forlorn Caretaker of Language Yuval Lurie 13. Heidegger, Carnap, Wittgenstein: Much Ado About Nothing Eli Friedlander 14. Kripkean Realism and Wittgenstein's Realism Hilary Putnam 15. Who is About to Kill Analytic Philosophy? Jaako Hintikka

Editorial Reviews

Presents 15 papers addressing various aspects of the current crisis in analytic philosophy. Topics include rationalism vs. romanticism, empiricism without positivism, psychologism and meaning, analysis without elimination in Russell's "On Denoting," Wittgenstein as the forlorn caretaker of language, Kripkean realism, and Fregean semantics. Concludes with an essay by Jaakko Hintikka that exposes popular interpretations of Wittgenstein as destructive of the analytic movement and points to a way out of this destructiveness. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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