A Companion to Analytic Philosophy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405133465 ISBN 13: 9781405133463

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to many significant analytic philosophers and concepts of the last hundred years.

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• Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant analytic philosophers of the last one hundred years.
  
• Offers clear and extensive analysis of profound concepts such as truth, goodness, knowledge, and beauty.
  
• Written by some of the most distinguished philosophers alive, some of whom have entries in the book devoted to them.

About this title

Book Description:

This companion is a comprehensive guide to many significant analytic philosophers & concepts of the last 100 years. The entries in this text are written by some of the most distinguished philosophers alive & they reflect on the work of the most important figures in the history of analytic philosophy.

From the Back Cover:

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to over forty of the significant analytic philosophers from the last hundred years.

The entries in this Companion are contributed by contemporary philosophers, including some of the most distinguished now living, such as Michael Dummett, Frank Jackson, P.M.S. Hacker, Israel Scheffler, John Searle, Ernest Sosa, and Robert Stalnaker. They discuss the arguments of influential figures in the history of analytic philosophy, among them Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, and Quine. The articles on each philosopher provide clear and extensive analysis of profound and widely encountered concepts such as meaning, truth, knowledge, goodness, and the mind.

This volume is a vital resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1405133465
• ISBN 13: 9781405133463
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Martinich A. P., Sosa E. David