A Companion to Analytic Philosophy

Copyright © Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2001

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy

Editor(s): A. P. Martinich, David Sosa

Published Online: 13 DEC 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631214151

Online ISBN: 9780470998656

DOI: 10.1002/9780470998656

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


  • 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.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–x)

    2. Introduction (pages 1–5)

      A. P. Martinich

    3. Chapter 1

      Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) (pages 6–20)

      Michael Dummett

    4. Chapter 2

      Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) (pages 21–44)

      Thomas Baldwin

    5. Chapter 3

      G. E. Moore (1873–1958) (pages 45–56)

      Ernest Sosa

    6. Chapter 4

      C. D. Broad (1887–1971) (pages 57–67)

      James van Cleve

    7. Chapter 5

      Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) (pages 68–93)

      P. M. S. Hacker

    8. Chapter 6

      Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) (pages 94–109)

      Sahotra Sarkar

    9. Chapter 7

      Karl Popper (1902–1994) (pages 110–116)

      W. H. Newton-Smith

    10. Chapter 8

      Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976) (pages 117–123)

      Avrum Stroll

    11. Chapter 9

      Alfred Tarski (1901–1983), Alonzo Church (1903–1995), and Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) (pages 124–138)

      C. Anthony Anderson

    12. Chapter 10

      Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930) (pages 139–147)

      Brad Armendt

    13. Chapter 11

      Carl G. Hempel (1905–1997) (pages 148–159)

      Philip Kitcher

    14. Chapter 12

      Nelson Goodman (1906–1998) (pages 160–168)

      Israel Scheffler

    15. Chapter 13

      H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992) (pages 169–174)

      Scott Shapiro

    16. Chapter 14

      C. L. Stevenson (1908–1979) (pages 175–180)

      James Dreier

    17. Chapter 15

      W. V. Quine (1908–2000) (pages 181–204)

      Peter Hylton

    18. Chapter 16

      A. J. Ayer (1910–1989) (pages 205–217)

      T. L. S. Sprigge

    19. Chapter 17

      J. L. Austin (1911–1960) (pages 218–230)

      John R. Searle

    20. Chapter 18

      Norman Malcolm (1911–1990) (pages 231–238)

      Carl Ginet

    21. Chapter 19

      Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989) (pages 239–253)

      Jay F. Rosenberg

    22. Chapter 20

      H. P. Grice (1913–1988) (pages 254–273)

      Stephen Neale

    23. Chapter 21

      G. H. von Wright (1916–) (pages 274–280)

      Frederick Stoutland

    24. Chapter 22

      Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999) (pages 281–295)

      Richard Foley and Dean Zimmerman

    25. Chapter 23

      Donald Davidson (1917–) (pages 296–314)

      Ernest LePore

    26. Chapter 24

      G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001) (pages 315–325)

      Anselm Müller

    27. Chapter 25

      R. M. Hare (1919–) (pages 326–333)

      Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

    28. Chapter 26

      P. E. Strawson (1919–) (pages 334–349)

      P. F. Snowdon

    29. Chapter 27

      Philippa Foot (1920–) (pages 350–356)

      Gavin Lawrence

    30. Chapter 28

      Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921–) (pages 357–360)

      M. J. Cresswell

    31. Chapter 29

      John Rawls (1921–) (pages 361–370)

      Norman Daniels

    32. Chapter 30

      Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996) (pages 371–377)

      Richard Grandy

    33. Chapter 31

      Michael Dummett (1925–) (pages 378–392)

      Alexander Miller

    34. Chapter 32

      Hilary Putnam (1926–) (pages 393–412)

      John Heil

    35. Chapter 33

      David M. Armstrong (1926–) (pages 413–418)

      Frank Jackson

    36. Chapter 34

      Noam Chomsky (1928–) (pages 419–427)

      Peter Ludlow

    37. Chapter 35

      Richard Rorty (1931–) (pages 428–433)

      Michael Williams

    38. Chapter 36

      John R. Searle (1932–) (pages 434–450)

      A. P. Martinich

    39. Chapter 37

      Jerry Fodor (1935–) (pages 451–465)

      Georges Rey

    40. Chapter 38

      Saul Kripke (1940–) (pages 466–477)

      David Sosa

    41. Chapter 39

      David Lewis (1941–2001) (pages 478–488)

      Robert Stalnaker

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      Index (pages 489–497)

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