The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy

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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 beyond Philosophy of mind from early developments to the latest contributions of neuroscience Perspectives in moral and political philosophy Contemporary Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science The latest thinking on free will and personal identity The 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. Cover HalfTitle Series Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Overview Preface Contributors Part I History, Methods, and Problems 1 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 Tractatus 8 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 15.1 More Recent Work Appendix A Simple Introduction to Tarski’s Theory of Truth Notes Part II Current Research and Issues Introduction to Part II 16 Mathematics and Logic 17 Philosophy and Language 1 Introduction 2 The Nature of Linguistic Phenomena 3 The Naïve Semantic Picture 4 Uttering Sentences 5 From Uttering to Meaning 6 Saying and Meaning 7 Grice’s Distinction between Semantics and Pragmatics 8 Beyond Grice’s Distinction 9 A More Radical Revision to Grice’s Picture 10 Contextualism 11 Against Contextualism 12 Semantic Minimalism 13 Nonsentential Assertions 18 Meaning, Normativity, and Naturalism 1 Kripke’s Skeptical Paradox 2 Straight and Skeptical Solutions 3 Wittgenstein on Dispositions 4 Dispositions and Normativity 5 Can Dispositionalism Be Rescued? 6 Conclusion 19 Philosophy of Science 1 Scientific Methodology 2 The Metaphysics of Science 3 The Epistemology of Science 4 The Philosophy of the Sciences 20 Philosophy of Physics 1 What Are Physics and the Philosophy of Physics? 2 Newtonian Mechanics 3 Statistical Mechanics and Time’s Arrows 4 Theories of Relativity 5 Quantum Mechanics 6 Conclusion 21 Causation 1 Introduction 2 Hume and Russell 3 Humeanism and Its Critics 4 Some Theories of Causation 5 Further Issues 22 Metaphysics Part 1 Identity Part 2 Change Part 3 Modality 23 Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Intentionality and Ignorance 1 Introduction1 2 Responding to Our Inner Cartesian 3 The Problem of Consciousness 4 The Epistemic Response to the Consciousness Problem 5 The Problem of the Problem of Intentionality 6 The Descriptive/Foundational Distinction 7 From Language to Mind 8 The Intentionality Problem and Descriptive Psychology 9 The Intentionality Problem and Foundational Psychology 10 The Problem of Self-knowledge 24 Personal Identity: Are We Ontological Trash? 1 What is the Proper Method in (the) Philosophy (of Personal Identity)? 2 Do We Have the Persistence Conditions of Organisms? 3 The Brain-transplanting Intuition 4 Remnant Persons 5 Really Gruesome Guillotining 6 Are We Embodied Minds? 7 Why Is It So Bad to Be Trash? 8 Must We Then Be Feckless? 25 Free Will 1 Free Will and Responsibility 2 Alternative Possibilities 3 Fatalism 4 Determinism and the Consequence Argument 5 Libertarianism and Control 6 Semi-compatibilism and the Manipulation Argument 7 Traditional Compatibilism and the Conditional Analysis 26 Knowledge 1 Skepticism 2 Knowledge Attributions 3 The Nature of Knowledge 4 The Value of Knowledge 27 The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction 1 The Importance of Perception 2 The Philosophy of Perception 3 The Sense-datum Theory 4 Disjunctivism 5 Intentionalism 6 Conceptual Issues 7 Conclusion 28 Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock 1 A Framework 2 Gridlock 3 Coda: A Focus on Source? 29 Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice 1 Obligation and Natural Duties 2 The Site of Justice 3 The Scope of Justice 4 Conclusion Part III New Directions in Analytic Philosophy 30 Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy? 31 Coda B: Analytic versus Continental Notes Chronology Timeline of Individual Philosophers A–Z of Key Terms and Concepts Resources Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Author Index Subject Index