Analytic Philosophy - (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) 2nd Edition by A P Martinich & David Sosa (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Featuring updates and the inclusion of nine new chapters, Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology, 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred years.

• Features broad coverage of analytic philosophy, including such topics as ethics, methodology, and freedom and personal identity
• Focuses on classic or seminal articles that were especially influential or significant
• New articles in this edition include "Proof of an External World" by G. E. Moore, "Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge" by John McDowell, "Sensations and Brain Processes" by J. J. C. Smart, selections from Sense and Sensibilia by J. L. Austin, "Other Bodies" by Tyler Burge, "Individualism and Supervenience" by Jerry Fodor, "Responsibility and Avoidability" by Roderick Chisholm, "Alternative Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Harry Frankfurt, and "Personal Identity" by Derek Parfit
• Offers diverse approaches to analytic philosophy by including readings from Austin, Wittgenstein, Quine, and Davidson

From the Back Cover

This second edition of Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology is a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred years. In addition to maintaining the first edition's coverage of seminal writings and the latest works on the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and methodology, it features nine additional chapters, including treatment of externalism in philosophy of mind by Tyler Burge and Jerry Fodor, and an important treatment of perception by John McDowell. Other featured authors include Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, David Lewis, Thomas Nagel, John Searle, Donald Davidson, and Bernard Williams. With its breadth of scope and expert selection of the best classic and cutting-edge writings, this edition represents an invaluable and essential resource for anyone interested in twentieth-century analytic philosophy.

About the Author

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy and Professor of History and Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of 15 books, including The Philosophy of Language (5th edn., 2007) and A Companion to Analytic Philosophy (edited with David Sosa, 2001).

David Sosa is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.