A Companion to Analytic Philosophy

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.

List of Contributors viii

Introduction 1
A. P. MARTINICH

1 Gottlob Frege (1848 1925) 6
MICHAEL DUMMETT

2 Bertrand Russell (1872 1970) 21
THOMAS BALDWIN

3 G. E. Moore (1873 1958) 45
ERNEST SOSA

4 C. D. Broad (1887 1971) 57
JAMES VAN CLEVE

5 Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 1951) 68
P. M. S. HACKER

6 Rudolf Carnap (1891 1970) 94
SAHOTRA SARKAR

7 Karl Popper (1892 1994) 110
W. H. NEWTON–SMITH

8 Gilbert Ryle (1900 1976) 117
AVRUM STROLL

9 Alfred Tarski (1902 1983), Alonzo Church (1903 1995), and Kurt Gödel (1906 1978) 124
C. ANTHONY ANDERSON

10 Frank P. Ramsey (1903 1930) 139
BRAD ARMENDT

11 Carl G. Hempel (1905 1997) 148
PHILIP KITCHER

12 Nelson Goodman (1906 1998) 160
ISRAEL SCHEFFLER

13 H. L. A. Hart (1907 1992) 169
SCOTT SHAPIRO

14 Charles Stevenson (1908 1979) 175
JAMES DREIER

15 W. V. Quine (1908 2000) 181
PETER HYLTON

16 A. J. Ayer (1910 1989) 205
T. L. S. SPRIGGE

17 J. L. Austin (1911 1960) 218
JOHN R. SEARLE

18 Norman Malcolm (1911 1990) 231
CARL GINET

19 Wilfrid Sellars (1912 1989) 239
JAY F. ROSENBERG

20 H. P. Grice (1913 1988) 254
STEPHEN NEALE

21 G. H. von Wright (1916 ) 274
FREDERICK STOUTLAND

22 Roderick Chisholm (1916 1999) 281
RICHARD FOLEY AND DEAN ZIMMERMAN

23 Donald Davidson (1917 ) 296
ERNEST LEPORE

24 G. E. M. Anscombe (1919 2001) 315
ANSELM MÜLLER

25 R. M. Hare (1919 ) 326
WALTER SINNOTT–ARMSTRONG

26 P. F. Strawson (1919 ) 334
P. F. SNOWDON

27 Philippa Foot (1920 ) 350
GAVIN LAWRENCE

28 Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921 ) 357
MAX CRESSWELL

29 John Rawls (1921 ) 361
NORMAN DANIELS

30 Thomas S. Kuhn (1922 1996) 371
RICHARD GRANDY

31 Michael Dummett (1925 ) 378
ALEXANDER MILLER

32 Hilary Putnam (1926 ) 393
JOHN HEIL

33 David M. Armstong (1926 ) 413
FRANK JACKSON

34 Noam Chomsky (1928 ) 419
PETER LUDLOW

35 Richard Rorty (1931 ) 428
MICHAEL WILLIAMS

36 John R. Searle (1932 ) 434
A. P. MARTINICH

37 Jerry Fodor (1935 ) 451
GEORGES REY

38 Saul Kripke (1940 ) 466
DAVID SOSA

39 David Lewis (1941 ) 478
ROBERT STALNAKER

Index 489

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.

David Sosa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co–editor, with A. P. Martinich, of the companion volume Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell, 2002).

"This is an excellent resource for courses in analytic philosophy as well as for readers who want an overview of twentieth–century Anglo–American philosophy. Few books introduce readers to the entire field, and none do so as thoroughly and effectively as this one."
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As the twentieth century has come to an end, a book that does the service of summarizing the views of major philosophers in the analytic tradition is greatly needed. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of all major analytic philosophers and reflects a joint effort by distinguished philosophers in the field. It will thus stand out as the standard text on analytic philosophy.
JeeLoo Liu, State University of New York at Geneseo

"This attractive volume is a superb resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy and is a worthy addition to the excellent "Blackwell Companions to Philosophy" series."
D. Haugen, Choice, January 2002

"The essays are of a uniformly high quality, some even gems of exposition, and of a uniform style, sticking to discussion of issues and views at a common level of detail..."
Journal of the History of Philosophy 2003

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