A Companion to Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Book 40) 1st Edition by A. P. Martinich (PDF)

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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.

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⭐This book is quite a bit slimmer than other Blackwell volumes and is organized by notable analytic philosophers (by age) rather than topically. The entries and contributors are as follows:1. Gottlob Frege by Michael Dummett2. Bertrand Russell by Thomas Baldwin3. G. E. Moore by Ernest Sosa4. C. D. Broad by James Van Cleve5. Ludwig Wittgenstein by P. M. S. Hacker6. Rudolf Carnap by Sahorta Sarkar7. Karl Popper by W. H. Newton-Smith8. Gilbert Ryle by Avrum Stroll9. Alfred Tarski, Alonzo Church, and Kurt Gödel by C. Anthony Anderson10. Frank P. Ramsey by Brad Armendt11. Carl G. Hempel by Philip Kitcher12. Nelson Goodman by Israel Scheffler13. H. L. A. Hart by Scott Shapiro14. Charles Stevenson by James Dreier15. W. V. Quine by Peter Hylton16. A. J. Ayer by T. L. S. Sprigge17. J. L. Austin by John R. Searle18. Norman Malcolm by Carl Ginet19. Wilfrid Sellars by Jay F. Rosenberg20. H. P. Grice by Stephen Neale21. G. H. von Wright by Frederick Stoutland22. Roderick Chisholm by Richard Foley and Dean Zimmerman23. Donald Davidson by Ernest Lepore24. G. E. M. Anscombe by Anselm Müller25. R. M. Hare by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong26. P. F. Strawson by P. F. Snowdon27. Philippa Foot by Gavin Lawrence28. Ruth Barcan Marcus by Max Cresswell29. John Rawls by Norman Daniels30. Thomas S. Kuhn by Richard Grandy31. Michael Dummett by Alexander Miller32. Hilary Putnam by John Heil33. David M. Armstrong by Frank Jackson34. Noam Chomsky by Peter Ludlow35. Richard Rorty by Michael Williams36. John R. Searle by A. P. Martinich37. Jerry Fodor by Georges Rey38. Saul Kripke by David Sosa39. David Lewis by Robert StalnakerGiven the organizational style, I consider this to be a rather solid execution. I disagree with some of the choices and opinions advanced, but that’s to be expected, and there is much more to like than to dislike. This volume should prove helpful to undergraduates looking to prepare for graduate school or others looking to fill in gaps in their knowledge. One cannot become literate in analytic philosophy by reading a single book, but the breadth of coverage, lucid exposition, and relative authority of this Blackwell Companion make it an excellent resource.

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⭐In my opinion, the magisterial Blackwell Companion Series is somewhat uneven. When one thinks about the vast nature of the project, such a situation would necessarily ensue. Fortunately, the mostly good and somewhat bad trivialize the downright ugly. That being said, if you’re seriously studying philosophy in the contemporary world, this volume should be on your shelf. Along with The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (the best in hard copy), and the SEP website – you’ve got it all. The BCTAP is simply the most comprehensive diachronic overview of contemporary philosophy out there. While I loathe Martinich’s book on Writing Philosophy Papers, this effort could hardly be better, and is useful enough to merit the description: “historic”, esp. for those who HAVE to know ASAP !!!!! – for class, that is.

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