Ebook: The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy
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- Series: Bloomsbury Companions
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Language: English
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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 working in the field. The Bloomsbury 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 history of analytic philosophy, from Frege, Moore and Russell to Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle and beyond
• Philosophy of mind and language from early developments to the most recent advances
• Perspectives in moral and political philosophy
• Contemporary metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science and mathematics
• The latest thinking on perception, free will and personal identity
The Bloomsbury 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.