Scott Soames is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many books include Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century; The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, volumes one and two; and Analytic Philosophy in America (all Princeton). He lives in Marina Del Rey, California.
"""Soames's book is an excellent introduction to the relevance of philosophy in the contemporary world. . . . Highly recommended."" * Choice * ""An erudite riposte to the accusation that philosophy has little practical relevance."" * Paradigm Explorer * ""Soames demonstrates how philosophy shaped our world while at the same time developing a spectacular one-volume history of Western philosophy in the analytic tradition. On those grounds alone, that makes this work a profound achievement.""---Brendan Patrick Purdy, Law & Liberty"