Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology

by A.P. Martinich (Editor), David Sosa (Editor)

Featuring updates and the inclusion of nine new chapters, "Analytic" "Philosophy: An Anthology, 2nd Edition" offers a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred years. Features broad coverage of analytic philosophy, including such topics as ethics, methodology, and freedom and personal identity Focuses on classic or seminal articles that were especially influential or significantNew articles in this edition include "Proof of an External World" by G. E. Moore, "Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge" by John McDowell, "Sensations and Brain Processes" by J. J. C. Smart, selections from "Sense and Sensibilia" by J. L. Austin, "Other Bodies" by Tyler Burge, "Individualism and Supervenience" by Jerry Fodor, "Responsibility and Avoidability" by Roderick Chisholm, "Alternative Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Harry Frankfurt, and "Personal Identity" by Derek ParfitOffers diverse approaches to analytic philosophy by including readings from Austin, Wittgenstein, Quine, and Davidson

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Anthologies, Reference, School

600 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2001

About the author

A. P. Martinich is an analytic philosopher at the University of Texas at Austin. His area of interest is the nature and practice of interpretation; history of modern philosophy; the philosophy of language and religion and the history of political thought. He is considered a foremost authority on Thomas Hobbes.

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been reading this book piecemeal for months and I have finally finished. Although I think it is essential to read complete primary texts to really understand any philosopher's world view as I'm sure Ricoeur would agree, this anthology lends itself very well to the 'atomic' nature of analytic philosophy: Many of the contributions originally appeared as journal articles so you do in a sense get a complete text with a lot of the readings in this book. Martinich and Sosa have quite skilfully created a kind of dialectic between the philosophers by pitching arguments against each other quite often directly referring to each other, this has given a load of great pointers on where to read from here and given a very detailed backdrop in which to read a great deal of contemporary philosophers.

In terms of the merits of analytic philosophy within itself, it is clear that a more cohesive world view than analytic philosophy accounts for should be included within the discipline of philosophy - a point that Wilfred Sellars makes very well, and a point that has been a grounds on which people have disregarded whole reams of philosophy - but to trivialise the work of authors such as Kripke is to miss the already ground breaking influential effect of his work. It is also clear to see that a great deal of continental philosophy has greatly suffered by ignoring a whole plethora of authors just because Carnap and Frege said a few insensitive dismissive things.

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[Sam]

I enjoyed the selection of papers in this anthology. There were many in the philosophy of language. I would personally have enjoyed more in metaphysics and epistemology but their selection probably reflects historically what the distribution of papers were.

[Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great anthology!

[Peter Hillson]

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[Kaidi Pan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of crucial moments.