"This is the first of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics covered, and depth of treatment. Focusing on the major milestones and distinguishing them from the dead ends, Soames gives a seminal account of where the analytic tradition has been and where it appears to be heading. Volume 1 examines the initial phase of the analytic tradition through the major contributions of three of its four founding giants--Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and G. E. Moore. Soames describes and analyzes their work in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and the philosophy of language. He explains how by about 1920 their efforts had made logic, language, and mathematics central to philosophy in an unprecedented way. But although logic, language, and mathematics were now seen as powerful tools to attain traditional ends, they did not yet define philosophy. As volume 1 comes to a close, that was all about to change with the advent of the fourth founding giant, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the 1922 English publication of his Tractatus, which ushered in a ""linguistic turn"" in philosophy that was to last for decades."
By:
Scott Soames
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 43mm
Weight: 1.049kg
ISBN: 9780691160023
ISBN 10: 0691160023
Pages: 680
Publication Date: 03 June 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Part One: Frege Chapter 1 Foundations of Logic, Language, and Mathematics 3 Chapter 2 Critical Challenges 60 Part Two: G. E. Moore Chapter 3 Becoming G. E. Moore 133 Chapter 4 Goodness and the Foundations of Ethics 172 Chapter 5 Truth, Skepticism, Perception, and Knowledge 206 Chapter 6 The Mixed Legacy and Lost Opportunities of Moore's Ethics 242 Part Three: Russell Chapter 7 Early Russell: Logic, Philosophy, and The Principles of Mathematics 263 Chapter 8 Russell's Theory of Descriptions: ""On Denoting"" 328 Chapter 9 Truth, Falsity, and Judgment 413 Chapter 10 Russell's Logicism 473 Chapter 11 Our Knowledge of the External World 535 Chapter 12 The Philosophy of Logical Atomism 568 Looking Ahead 631 References 633 Index 647"
Scott Soames is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Philosophy of Language , What Is Meaning? , Reference and Description , the two-volume Philosophical Essays , and the two-volume Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century (all Princeton).
Reviews for The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 1: The Founding Giants
The first in a projected five-volume set, this is a brilliant, challenging, and stimulating philosophical exegesis of seminal texts... In this monumental work, Soames explicates in detail and insightfully critiques virtually every aspect of their philosophical contributions. --Choice
