Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His previous publications include Stream of Consciousness (2nd edition, 2006), The Phenomenal Self (2008) and Time and Space (2nd edition, 2010).Howard Robinson is University Professor in the Philosophy Department at Central European University in Budapest, recurrent Visiting Scholar at Fordham University in New York and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

This reviewer can think of no better book for students about to enter graduate school in analytic philosophy, or indeed for anyone with some knowledge of the field who needs a general guide to fill in the gaps.The volume has obvious competition--free, peer-reviewed resources exist online covering the subtopics of philosophy. Thus it needs to justify its nontrivial price tag, and it does.The pitch of the articles is more historical and the articles themselves are more readable than those in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and more in-depth than those in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Summing Up: Highly Recommended.

• Part I: History, Methods and Problems Barry Dainton1 A Different World2 From Idealism to a Realistic (Platonic) Pluralism3 Principia Ethica4. Principles and Paradox5 Frege6 On Denoting, Acquaintance and Construction7 Wittgenstein and the Tractatus8 The Vienna Circle and its “Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung”9 Later Wittgenstein10 Quine11 Oxford and Ordinary Language12 Developments in Ethics13 Davidson14 Kripke and Putnam15 Analytic Philosophy of Mind (with Howard Robinson)Appendix: A Simple Introduction to Tarski's Theory of TruthPart II: Current Research and IssuesIntroduction to Part II16. Mathematics and Logic Mary Leng17. Philosophy and Language Barry C Smith18. Meaning, Normativity and Naturalism Richard Gaskin19. Philosophy of Science James Ladyman20. Philosophy of Physics Barry Loewer21. Causation Helen Beebee22. Metaphysics E.J Lowe23. Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Intentionality and Ignorance Daniel Stoljar24. Personal Identity: Are we Ontological Trash? Mark Johnston25. Free Will Ferenc Huoranszki26. Knowledge Bryan Frances & Allan Hazlett27. The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction Paul Snowdon28. Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock Ruth Chang29. Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice Andres MolesPart III: New Directions in Analytic Philosophy 1. Specialization and Science2. Mind and Consciousness3. Analytic Metaphysics4. Rising Self-Consciousness5. Crisis?30. Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy? Barry Dainton and Howard Robinson31. Coda B: Analytic versus Continental Howard RobinsonNotesChronologyTimeline of Individual PhilosophersA-Z of Key Terms and ConceptsResources Annotated BibliographyPart A Analytic Philosophy and its HistoryPart B by Subject and Chapter BibliographyIndex

Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His previous publications include Stream of Consciousness (2nd edition, 2006), The Phenomenal Self (2008) and Time and Space (2nd edition, 2010).Howard Robinson is University Professor in the Philosophy Department at Central European University in Budapest, recurrent Visiting Scholar at Fordham University in New York and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

This reviewer can think of no better book for students about to enter graduate school in analytic philosophy, or indeed for anyone with some knowledge of the field who needs a general guide to fill in the gaps.The volume has obvious competition--free, peer-reviewed resources exist online covering the subtopics of philosophy. Thus it needs to justify its nontrivial price tag, and it does.The pitch of the articles is more historical and the articles themselves are more readable than those in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and more in-depth than those in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Summing Up: Highly Recommended.

• Part I: History, Methods and Problems Barry Dainton1 A Different World2 From Idealism to a Realistic (Platonic) Pluralism3 Principia Ethica4. Principles and Paradox5 Frege6 On Denoting, Acquaintance and Construction7 Wittgenstein and the Tractatus8 The Vienna Circle and its “Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung”9 Later Wittgenstein10 Quine11 Oxford and Ordinary Language12 Developments in Ethics13 Davidson14 Kripke and Putnam15 Analytic Philosophy of Mind (with Howard Robinson)Appendix: A Simple Introduction to Tarski's Theory of TruthPart II: Current Research and IssuesIntroduction to Part II16. Mathematics and Logic Mary Leng17. Philosophy and Language Barry C Smith18. Meaning, Normativity and Naturalism Richard Gaskin19. Philosophy of Science James Ladyman20. Philosophy of Physics Barry Loewer21. Causation Helen Beebee22. Metaphysics E.J Lowe23. Philosophy of Mind: Consciousness, Intentionality and Ignorance Daniel Stoljar24. Personal Identity: Are we Ontological Trash? Mark Johnston25. Free Will Ferenc Huoranszki26. Knowledge Bryan Frances & Allan Hazlett27. The Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction Paul Snowdon28. Practical Reasons: The Problem of Gridlock Ruth Chang29. Political Obligation, and the Site and Scope of Justice Andres MolesPart III: New Directions in Analytic Philosophy 1. Specialization and Science2. Mind and Consciousness3. Analytic Metaphysics4. Rising Self-Consciousness5. Crisis?30. Coda A: What is Analytic Philosophy? Barry Dainton and Howard Robinson31. Coda B: Analytic versus Continental Howard RobinsonNotesChronologyTimeline of Individual PhilosophersA-Z of Key Terms and ConceptsResources Annotated BibliographyPart A Analytic Philosophy and its HistoryPart B by Subject and Chapter BibliographyIndex