12 Modern Philosophers

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Description

Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars, 12 Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, and influences of twelve of the most important late 20th Century philosophers working in the analytic tradition.

Draws on essays from well-known scholars, including Thomas Baldwin, Catherine Wilson, Adrian Moore and Lori Gruen
Locates the authors and their oeuvre within the context of the discipline as a whole
Considers how contemporary philosophy both draws from, and contributes to, the broader intellectual and cultural milieu

About the Author

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).

Features

Brings together a collection of profiles on current and recent philosophers working in the analytic tradition
Philosophers covred include Quine, Davidson, Rorty, Kripke, Nozick, Rawls, Williams, Nagel, Parfit, Singer, Fodor, Searle, McDowell, Putnam and Dummett
The team of international contributors are themselves established and well-known philosophers
Goes beyond many introductions to analytic philosophy by exploring a broad range of figures and a spectrum of their work, rtaher than focusing on a single text

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