A Companion to Analytic Philosophy

"This is an excellent resource for courses in analytic philosophy as well as for readers who want an overview of twentieth-century Anglo-American philosophy. Few books introduce readers to the entire field, and none do so as thoroughly and effectively as this one." Daniel Bonevac, University of Texas at Austin As the twentieth century has come to an end, a book that does the service of summarizing the views of major philosophers in the analytic tradition is greatly needed. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of all major analytic philosophers and reflects a joint effort by distinguished philosophers in the field. It will thus stand out as the standard text on analytic philosophy. JeeLoo Liu, State University of New York at Geneseo "This attractive volume is a superb resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy and is a worthy addition to the excellent "Blackwell Companions to Philosophy" series." D. Haugen, Choice, January 2002 "The essays are of a uniformly high quality, some even gems of exposition, and of a uniform style, sticking to discussion of issues and views at a common level of detail..." Journal of the History of Philosophy 2003 "This attractive volume is a superb resource for anyone interested in analytic philosophy." Choice

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. David Sosa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-editor, with A. P. Martinich, of the companion volume Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell, 2002).

List of Contributors viii Introduction 1 A. P. Martinich 1 Gottlob Frege (18481925) 6 Michael Dummett 2 Bertrand Russell (18721970) 21 Thomas Baldwin 3 G. E. Moore (18731958) 45 Ernest Sosa 4 C. D. Broad (18871971) 57 James Van Cleve 5 Ludwig Wittgenstein (18891951) 68 P. M. S. Hacker 6 Rudolf Carnap (18911970) 94 Sahotra Sarkar 7 Karl Popper (18921994) 110 W. H. Newton-Smith 8 Gilbert Ryle (19001976) 117 Avrum Stroll 9 Alfred Tarski (19021983), Alonzo Church (19031995), and Kurt Gdel (19061978) 124 C. Anthony Anderson 10 Frank P. Ramsey (19031930) 139 Brad Armendt 11 Carl G. Hempel (19051997) 148 Philip Kitcher 12 Nelson Goodman (19061998) 160 Israel Scheffler 13 H. L. A. Hart (19071992) 169 Scott Shapiro 14 Charles Stevenson (19081979) 175 James Dreier 15 W. V. Quine (19082000) 181 Peter Hylton 16 A. J. Ayer (19101989) 205 T. L. S. Sprigge 17 J. L. Austin (19111960) 218 John R. Searle 18 Norman Malcolm (19111990) 231 Carl Ginet 19 Wilfrid Sellars (19121989) 239 Jay F. Rosenberg 20 H. P. Grice (19131988) 254 Stephen Neale 21 G. H. von Wright (19162003 ) 274 Frederick Stoutland 22 Roderick Chisholm (19161999) 281 Richard Foley And Dean Zimmerman 23 Donald Davidson (19172003 ) 296 Ernest Lepore 24 G. E. M. Anscombe (19192001) 315 Anselm Mller 25 R. M. Hare (19192002 ) 326 Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 26 P. F. Strawson (1919 ) 334 P. F. Snowdon 27 Philippa Foot (1920 ) 350 Gavin Lawrence 28 Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921 ) 357 Max Cresswell 29 John Rawls (19212002 ) 361 Norman Daniels 30 Thomas S. Kuhn (19221996) 371 Richard Grandy 31 Michael Dummett (1925 ) 378 Alexander Miller 32 Hilary Putnam (1926 ) 393 John Heil 33 David M. Armstong (1926 ) 413 Frank Jackson 34 Noam Chomsky (1928 ) 419 Peter Ludlow 35 Richard Rorty (1931 ) 428 Michael Williams 36 John R. Searle (1932 ) 434 A. P. Martinich 37 Jerry Fodor (1935 ) 451 Georges Rey 38 Saul Kripke (1940 ) 466 David Sosa 39 David Lewis (19412001 ) 478 Robert Stalnaker Index 489