The Historical Turn in Analytic Philosophy

During the last 25 years, a large number of publications on the history of analytic philosophy have appeared, significantly more than in the preceding period. As most of these works are by analytically trained authors, it is tempting to speak of a 'historical turn' in analytic philosophy. The present volume constitutes both a contribution to this body of work and a reflection on what is, or might be, achieved in it. The twelve new essays, by an international group of contributors, range from case studies on individual philosophers (Russell, Carnap, Quine, and Ryle) through discussions of broader themes in the history of analytic philosophy (in logic and philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, philosophy of mind and psychology) to related methodological reflections (on the relationship between doing analytic philosophy and studying the history of philosophy, on various forms of philosophical history, and on their respective benefits).

THOMAS BALDWIN Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of York, UK MICHAEL BEANEY Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of York, UK STEWART CANDLISH Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia ANDRÉ CARUS Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK HANS-JOHANN GLOCK Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Zürich, Switzerland GARY HATFIELD Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA JEREMY HEIS Assistant Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, USA PETER HYLTON Professor of Philosophy and UIC Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA MICHAEL KREMER Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, USA ERICH RECK Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, USA ALAN RICHARDSON Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada JULIA TANNEY Reader in Philosophy of Mind, Department of Philosophy, University of Kent, UK