Belshaw / Kemp 12 Modern Philosophers

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0569-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars, 12Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, andinfluences of twelve of the most important late 20th Centuryphilosophers working in the analytic tradition.
* * Draws on essays from well-known scholars, including ThomasBaldwin, Catherine Wilson, Adrian Moore and Lori Gruen
* Locates the authors and their oeuvre within the context of thediscipline as a whole
* Considers how contemporary philosophy both draws from, andcontributes to, the broader intellectual and cultural milieu

Autoren/Hrsg.

Belshaw, Christopher

Kemp, Gary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vi
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction Christopher Belshaw and Gary Kemp 1
1 Quine A. W. Moore 16
2 Rawls Thomas Baldwin 34
3 Davidson Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig 54
4 Williams Catherine Wilson 76
5 Rorty Alan Malachowski 94
6 Fodor José Luis Bermúdez 115
7 Nagel Sonia Sedivy 134
8 Kripke Alexander Bird 153
9 Nozick A. R. Lacey 173
10 Parfit Jacob Ross 192
11 McDowell Marie McGinn 216
12 Singer Lori Gruen 232
Index 251

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Belshaw is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Staff Tutor with the Open University. He works mainly at the theoretical end of applied ethics. He is the author of Ideas (1998), Environmental Philosophy (2001), and 10 Good Questions About Life and Death (Blackwell, 2005). Another book, Annihilation: The Sense and Significance of Death, is forthcoming (2009). Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at the University of Glasgow. He works in the philosophy of logic and language, on Frege, Russell, Quine, and Davidson, and on aesthetics and philosophical themes in literature. He is the author of Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed (2005) and, with Tracy Bowell, of Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide (3rd edn. 2009).