PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. Chapter One: AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY AT THE CENTURY’S END 1
5. Chapter Two: WHO HAS WON THE BIG BATTLES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY? 27
6. Chapter Three: THE RISE AND FALL OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY 35
7. Chapter Four: WHAT’S ON THE AGENDA? 49
8. Chapter Five: THE TAXONOMY OF PHILOSOPHY AND ITS FATE 61
9. Chapter Six: PHILOSOPHY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY—A RETURN TO SYSTEMS? 89
10. Chapter Seven: TWENTIETH CENTURY ANGLOAMERICAN NEO-IDEALISM 109
11. Chapter Eight: THE BERLIN SCHOOL OF LOGICAL EMPIRICISM AND ITS LEGACY 119
12. Chapter Nine: H₂O: HEMPEL-HELMER-OPPENHEIM: AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE 20TH CENTURY 149
13. Chapter Ten: LOGICIANS AT RAND 181
14. Chapter Eleven: PLURALITY QUANTIFICATION 209
15. Name Index 217
16. Backmatter 223