This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date.
As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2) gradual acceptance of the idea that philosophical speculation must be grounded in sound prephilosophical thought. Though Soames views this history in a positive light, he also illustrates the difficulties, false starts, and disappointments endured along the way. As he engages with the work of his predecessors and contemporaries--from Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Donald Davidson and Saul Kripke--he seeks to highlight their accomplishments while also pinpointing their shortcomings, especially where their perspectives were limited by an incomplete grasp of matters that have now become clear.
Soames himself has been at the center of some of the tradition's most important debates, and throughout writes with exceptional ease about its often complex ideas. His gift for clear exposition makes the history as accessible to advanced undergraduates as it will be important to scholars. Despite its centrality to philosophy in the English-speaking world, the analytic tradition in philosophy has had very few synthetic histories. This will be the benchmark against which all future accounts will be measured.
0 有用 Li 2012-03-23 23:10:32
Great book, done!
0 有用 haramiti 2012-04-12 00:27:02
那个最后的对语哲的小陈述等我整理好再看。。。
0 有用 Anchi_Re 2022-11-27 20:38:01 福建
Male non "solution log"(Vol.I) & "argument"(Vol.II)? Exemit!
0 有用 远方の夏 2017-10-15 20:50:05
死在了分析哲学入门的台阶上……完了感觉期末要fail。
0 有用 在焉 2021-01-24 21:47:30
只读了前半本,日常语言学派太trivial就搁置了一个月。
0 有用 Anchi_Re 2022-11-27 20:38:01 福建
Male non "solution log"(Vol.I) & "argument"(Vol.II)? Exemit!
0 有用 苏晚 2021-07-18 17:10:21
隔了大半年终于补完了第二卷,Soames的写作真是让人不得不爱啊……
0 有用 荀爽 2021-05-15 16:16:43
(英文版)了解英美哲学传统的入门书。一套两本。国内已有中文版,可自己选择。
1 有用 MellonCollie 2021-05-04 16:46:24
goal: go to Soames’ office hours once in every week (accomplished). Grateful and still a long way to go.
0 有用 在焉 2021-01-24 21:47:30
只读了前半本,日常语言学派太trivial就搁置了一个月。