ABSTRACT
The twentieth century was one of the most significant and exciting periods ever witnessed in philosophy, characterized by intellectual change and development on a massive scale. The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy is an outstanding authoritative survey and assessment of the century as a whole. Featuring twenty-two chapters written by leading international scholars, this collection is divided into five clear parts and presents a comprehensive picture of the period for the first time:
- major themes and movements
- logic, language, knowledge and metaphysics
- philosophy of mind, psychology and science
- phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, and critical theory
- politics, ethics, aesthetics.
Featuring annotated further reading and a comprehensive glossary, The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy is indispensable for anyone interested in philosophy over the last one hundred years, suitable for both expert and novice alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
INTRODUCTION: TOWARDS AN ASSESSMENT OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
part |2 pages
Part I: MAJOR THEMES AND MOVEMENTS
chapter |33 pages
THE BIRTH OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY
chapter |42 pages
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY: WITTGENSTEIN AND AFTER
chapter |31 pages
HEGELIANISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
chapter |55 pages
KANT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
chapter |50 pages
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
chapter |54 pages
NATURALISM
chapter |37 pages
FEMINISM IN PHILOSOPHY
part |2 pages
Part II: LOGIC, LANGUAGE, KNOWLEDGE, AND METAPHYSICS
chapter |35 pages
PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
chapter |56 pages
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
chapter |31 pages
METAPHYSICS
chapter |54 pages
EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
part |2 pages
Part III: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, PSYCHOLOGY, AND SCIENCE
chapter |58 pages
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
chapter |35 pages
PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
chapter |41 pages
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
part |2 pages
Part IV: PHENOMENOLOGY, HERMENEUTICS, EXISTENTIALISM, AND CRITICAL THEORY
chapter |32 pages
PHENOMENOLOGY
chapter |43 pages
TWENTIETH-CENTURY HERMENEUTICS
chapter |48 pages
German philosophy (Heidegger, Gadamer, Apel)
chapter |30 pages
CRITICAL THEORY
chapter |35 pages
FRENCH PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
part |2 pages
Part V: POLITICS, ETHICS, AND AESTHETICS