One important aspect of twentieth-century philosophy is the rise of what has been variously called “analytic,” “critical,” or “linguistic” philosophy. As in most such cases, no exact date can be ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Precis explains the aims of my multi-volume work THE ANALYTIC TRADITION IN PHILOSOPHY and summarizes the contents of Volume 1. Journal ...

In his famous 1925 essay “A Defence of Common Sense,” the philosopher G. E. Moore wrote: “There exists at present a living human body, which is my body.” For Moore, such an utterance is an example of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Philosophical Studies was founded in 1950 by Herbert Feigl and Wilfrid Sellars to provide a periodical dedicated to work in ...

Philosophy is the attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of knowledge, reality, and morals. In North America and the United Kingdom, the dominant approach is analytic philosophy, ...

John Searle, one of the most astute and original philosophers of our time died on September 17. His enviably productive ...