Analytic Philosophy Classic Readings

Featuring a topical organization and a number of outstanding articles not readily available, this book provides an exciting new introduction to the field and includes coverage of Mind and Ethics not covered in most other texts. The author's general introduction provides foundation, while specialist contributors provide introductions to the topics of the book.

Preface

vii

A Brief Introduction to the Nature and Origins of Analytic Philosophy

1

(10)

Steven D. Hales

Part I: Philosophy of Language

11

(72)

A History of Early Analytic Philosophy of Language

Dale Jacquette

On Sense and Reference

21

(12)

Gottlob Frege

On Denoting

33

(8)

Bertrand Russell

On Referring

41

(14)

P. F. Strawson

The Meaning of a Word

55

(9)

J. L. Austin

Rules and Private Language

64

(12)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Meaning

76

(7)

H. P. Grice

Part II: Metaphysics

83

(74)

A History of Early Analytic Metaphysics

Kevin Mulligan

The Thought: A Logical Inquiry

93

(12)

Gottlob Frege

The Elimination of Metaphysics through the Logical Analysis of Language

105

(13)

Rudolf Carnap

The Constitution of Material Things

118

(15)

A. J. Ayer

On What There Is

133

(9)

W. V. Quine

The Identity of Indiscernibles

142

(5)

Max Black

On the Elements of Being

147

(10)

Donald C. Williams

Part III: Epistemology

157

(64)

A History of Early Analytic Epistemology

Richard Fumerton

Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

166

(9)

Bertrand Russell

A Defence of Common Sense

175

(11)

G. E. Moore

The Given Element in Experience

186

(7)

C. I. Lewis

Two Dogmas of Empiricism

193

(13)

W. V. Quine

The Nature of Knowledge

206

(13)

A. J. Ayer

Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?

219

(2)

Edmund L. Gettier

Part IV: Philosophy of Mind

221

(84)

A History of Early Analytic Philosophy of Mind

John Heil

The Distinction between Mental and Physical Phenomena

231

(12)

Franz Brentano

The Traditional Problem of Body and Mind

243

(17)

C. D. Broad

Descartes' Myth

260

(7)

Gilbert Ryle

Computing Machinery and Intelligence

267

(16)

Alan M. Turing

Is Consciousness a Brain Process?

283

(6)

U. T. Place

Minds and Machines

289

(16)

Hilary Putnam

Part V: Ethics

305

(58)

A History of Early Analytic Ethics

Michael J. Zimmerman

On Defining ``Good''

314

(10)

G. E. Moore

Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?

324

(9)

H. A. Prichard

The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms

333

(10)

C. L. Stevenson

The Naturalistic Fallacy

343

(8)

W. K. Frankena

Two Concepts of Rules

351

(12)

John Rawls

Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism

363

J. J. C. Smart

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