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The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy Michael Beaney (University of York)

The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy By Michael Beaney (University of York)

The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy by Michael Beaney (University of York)


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The main stream of academic philosophy, in Anglophone countries and increasingly worldwide, is identified by the name 'analytic'. The study of its history, from the 19th century to the late 20th, has boomed in recent years. These specially commissioned essays by forty leading scholars constitute the most comprehensive book on the subject.

The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy Summary

The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy by Michael Beaney (University of York)

During the course of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy developed into the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world. In the last two decades, it has become increasingly influential in the rest of the world, from continental Europe to Latin America and Asia. At the same time there has been deepening interest in the origins and history of analytic philosophy, as analytic philosophers examine the foundations of their tradition and question many of the assumptions of their predecessors. This has led to greater historical self-consciousness among analytic philosophers and more scholarly work on the historical contexts in which analytic philosophy developed. This historical turn in analytic philosophy has been gathering pace since the 1990s, and the present volume is the most comprehensive collection of essays to date on the history of analytic philosophy. It contains state-of-the-art contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field, all of the contributions specially commissioned. The introductory essays discuss the nature and historiography of analytic philosophy, accompanied by a detailed chronology and bibliography. Part One elucidates the origins of analytic philosophy, with special emphasis on the work of Frege, Russell, Moore, and Wittgenstein. Part Two explains the development of analytic philosophy, from Oxford realism and logical positivism to the most recent work in analytic philosophy, and includes essays on ethics, aesthetics, and political philosophy as well as on the areas usually seen as central to analytic philosophy, such as philosophy of language and mind. Part Three explores certain key themes in the history of analytic philosophy.

The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy Reviews

The Handbook is a large and wonderfully useful resource. * Kevin C. Klement, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

About Michael Beaney (University of York)

Michael Beaney is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He works on the history of analytic philosophy and on conceptions of analysis in the history of philosophy. He is the author of Frege: Making Sense (Duckworth, 1996), and editor of The Frege Reader (Blackwell, 1997), Gottlob Frege: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers (with Erich Reck; 4 vols., Routledge, 2005), and The Analytic Turn (Routledge, 2007). He is Editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY; PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY; PART THREE: THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

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CIN0198747993G
9780198747994
0198747993
The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy by Michael Beaney (University of York)
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Oxford University Press
2015-09-10
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