Analyticity

Cory Juhl, University of Texas, Austin, USA Eric Loomis, University of South Alabama, USA

'Juhl and Loomis have provided an interesting and engaging introduction to the problem of distinguishing analytic from synthetic sentences. They do an admirable job of explaining the importance of this distinction by tracing its history from Hume to Kant to the logical positivists and, in the last few chapters, to debates which are at the center of contemporary analytic philosophy.' – Jeff Speaks, University of Notre Dame, USA 'This is a great book, and certainly the best introduction to the history of analytic/synthetic distinction out there. Juhl and Loomis trace the distinction through the work of Kant, Bolzano and Frege, before paying special attention the development of Quine and Carnap's views, and presenting and defending their own account of analyticity.' - Gillian Russell, Washington University, St Louis, USA

• Introduction 1. Conceptions of analytic truth 2. Carnap and Quine 3. Analyticity and its discontents 4. Analyticity and ontology 5. Analyticity and epistemology 6. Analyticity repositioned Glossary Notes Bibliography Index