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Twentieth-century analytic philosophy
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Twentieth-century analytic philosophy

Author: Avrum Stroll
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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While there is no one definition of analytic philosophy, Stroll (philosophy, U. of California) surveys important developments in logic, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics over the past century. He does this by concentrating on such influential thinkers as Gottlob Frege, W.V.O. Quine, J.L. Austin, John Searle, Gilbert Ryle, Patricia Churchland, and Paul Churchland.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Avrum Stroll
ISBN: 0231112203 9780231112208
OCLC Number: 43109878
Description: 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The solera system -- Philosophical logic -- Logical postitivism and the Tractatus -- G.E. Moore: a ton of bricks -- Wittgenstein's later philosophy: "the stream of life" -- Ryle and Austin: the golden age of Oxford philosophy -- W.V.O. Quine -- Direct reference theories -- Today and tomorrow.
Responsibility: Avrum Stroll.

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While there is no one definition of analytic philosophy, Stroll (philosophy, U. of California) surveys important developments in logic, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics over the past century. He does this by concentrating on such influential thinkers as Gottlob Frege, W.V.O. Quine, J.L. Austin, John Searle, Gilbert Ryle, Patricia Churchland, and Paul Churchland.

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