Early Analytic Philosophy: An Inclusive Reader With Commentary contains the most important readings in the development of the analytic tradition in philosophy. Featuring primary source material accompanied by introductions and commentaries, it brings together work by thinkers at the origins of the tradition.
Beginning in the 1890s with F.H. Bradley and ending in the 1950s with W.V.
O Quine, each chapter includes readings from a particular thinker or movement. Background information and further reading recommendations appear alongside discussion of the main ideas in the readings. Covering well-known figures such as Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and G.E. Moore, this reader also highlights the central role of neglected figures, such as E.E. Constance Jones and her logical writings, and L. Susan Stebbing’s work on analysis and scientific discourse.
One way to understand analytic philosophy – and to attempt to answer the question “what is analytic philosophy?” – is through practice: through engaging with the themes and problems that make up analytic philosophy. This reader makes it possible to grapple with the ideas and arguments that defined the early years. It is essential reading for anyone looking for a more inclusive history of the tradition and to understand what it means to be an analytic philosopher.
Edited by:
Kevin Morris,
Consuelo Preti
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350323582
ISBN 10: 1350323586
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 14 December 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface How to Use Early Analytic Philosophy Comments on the Text Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introducing Analytic Philosophy Chapter 2. F.H. Bradley and Monistic Idealism Background and Commentary Background Monistic Idealism Critique of Relations Appearance and Reality Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings Appearance and Reality (Selections from Ch. 1–3, 12–14) Chapter 3. G.E. Moore on Idealism, the Good, and Common Sense Background and Commentary Background Critique of Monistic Idealism Goodness and the Naturalistic Fallacy Common Sense and Philosophy Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings “The Refutation of Idealism” Principia Ethica, Chapter 1 “A Defence of Common Sense” “Proof an External World” Chapter 4. Gottlob Frege: Logic and the Philosophy of Language Background and Commentary Background Logic and Logicism Sense, Reference, and Thoughts Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings “On Sense and Reference” “The Thought” Chapter 5. Bertrand Russell on Relations, Descriptions, and Knowledge Background and Commentary Background Monism and Relations Names and Descriptions Analysis, Sense Data, and Scientific Philosophy Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings Russell on Monism and Relations (Selections from The Principles of Mathematics and Our Knowledge of the External World) “On Denoting” “Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description” “Logical Atomism” Chapter 6. E.E. Constance Jones on Language and Logic Background and Commentary Background Developments in Logic Jones and Russell: the 1910-1911 Debate Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings “Mr. Russell’s Objections to Frege’s Analysis of Propositions” “A New Law of Thought” Chapter 7. Ludwig Wittgenstein on Language and Philosophy Background and Commentary Background Language, Reality, and Philosophy in the Tractatus After the Tractatus Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Selections) Chapter 8. Logical Empiricism: Meaning, Metaphysics, and Mathematics Background and Commentary Background Meaning, Verification, and Metaphysics Ethical Discourse Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings Hahn, Neurath, and Carnap, “The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle” Schlick, “Meaning and Verification” Carnap, “The Elimination of Metaphysics…” Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic (Selections from Ch. 4, 6) Chapter 9. Susan Stebbing on Logic, Language, and Analysis Background and Commentary Background Logic and Language Language and Science Empiricism and Analysis Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings A Modern Introduction to Logic (Selections from Ch. 1, 24) Philosophy and the Physicists (Selections from Ch. 3) “Logical Positivism and Analysis” Chapter 10. W.V.O Quine on Analyticity and Ontology Background and Commentary Background Analyticity Rejected Ontological Commitment Concluding Remarks Further Reading Readings “On What There Is” “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” Chapter 11. Analytic Philosophy Since 1950 References Index
Kevin Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, USA. Consuelo Preti is Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey, USA.
Reviews for Early Analytic Philosophy: An Inclusive Reader with Commentary
Analytic philosophy is a wide-ranging field, compassing different methods, viewpoints and intellectual trajectories. Selecting its major historical sources for the interested students is a challenging task, but Morris and Preti have produced an engaging collection with their masterfully written, clear and intelligible commentaries. The present textbook includes all the major heroes and some of the previously neglected and forgotten figures from the early history of analytic philosophy, thus students, teachers, and even early career researchers shall use the book without hesitation within and outside the classroom. This will be a textbook used for many years without real competition. * Adam Tamas Tuboly, Research fellow, MTA Lendulet Values and Science Research Group, Hungary *
