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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450002303321

Titolo

The story of analytic philosophy : plot and heroes / / edited by Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

0-415-75714-2

1-280-32987-4

1-134-71614-1

0-203-27456-3

0-203-04857-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

BiletzkiAnat

MatarAnat <1956->

Disciplina

146/.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Analytic philosophy: what, whence, and whither? P.M.S.Hacker; Analysis in analytic philosophy Peter Hylton; Analytical philosophy as a matter of style J.J.Ross; Analytic philosophy: rationalism vs. romanticism Anat Matar; The subject, normative structure, and externalism Mark Sacks; Empiricism without positivism John Skorupski; Psychologism and meaning Yemima Ben-Menahem; Frege, semantics, and the double definition stroke Juliet Floyd

Analysis without elimination: on the philosophical significance of Russell's ~On Denoting~ Gilead Bar-ElliPerception: from Moore to Austin Ruth Anna Putnam; Wittgenstein: analytic philosopher? Anat Biletzki; Wittgenstein as the forlorn caretaker of language Yuval Lurie; Heidegger, Carnap, Wittgenstein: much ado about nothing Eli Friedlander; Kripkean realism and Wittgenstein's realism Hilary Putnam; Who is about to kill analytic philosophy? Jaakko Hintikka; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.