Columbia Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies is the first guide to cover both the Anglo-American analytic and European Continental traditions. The first section features Nicholas Rescher writing on neoidealism, Josephine Donovan commenting on feminist philosophy, Tyler Burge discussing the philosophy of language and mind, and Robert Hanna reflecting on Kant's legacy. The second section presents Jean Grondin on hermeneutics, Leonard Lawlor on phenomenology, Charles Scott on postmodernism, and Babette Babich on the philosophy of science. The volume also covers logical positivism, naturalism, pragmatism, aesthetics, existentialism, Marxism, the Frankfurt School, structuralism, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. The final section addresses concurrent trends in Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and African philosophy, and a comprehensive introduction by Constantin V. Boundas not only provides a thorough outline of the problems and issues of the analytic and Continental traditions but also boldly challenges the conviction that the two approaches must be rivals. Offering an unusually panoramic perspective, the Columbia Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies enables readers to encounter foundational materials on their own terms.
Preface ixGeneral Introduction 1Twentieth-Century Analytic PhilosophyHow to recognize Analytic Philosophy 29Kant and the Analytic Tradition Robert Hanna 37Metaphysical and Moral Idealism Leslie Armour 63Anglo-American Neo-Idealism Nicholas Rescher 78Ordinary Language Philosophy Kelly Dean Jolley 85Logical Positivism and the Vienna Circle Bernard Hodgson 96Naturalism Peter Loptson 116Pragmatism Nicholas Rescher 128The Promise of Process Philosophy Nicholas Rescher 143Metaphysics Douglas McDermid 156Epistemology John Greco 172Philosophy of Language: 1950-2000 Tyler Burge 186Analytic Philosophy of Mind: 1950-2000 Tyler Burge 210Philosophy of Mathematics Jeremy Avigad 234Philosophy of Logic Mathieu Marion 252A Century of Transition in the Philosophy of Science David Castle Edward Jones-Imhotep 270Ethics Jan Narveson 285Political Philosophy Michael Neumann 297Philosophy of Religion Charles Taliaferro Erik S. Christopherson 309Feminism Josephine Donovan 324Aesthetics Elisabeth Schellekens 338Continental Themes in Analytic Philosophy Taylor Carman 351Twentieth-Century Continental PhilosophyHow to recognize Continental European Philosophy 367The Hegelian Legacy Bruce Baugh 375Phenomenology Leonard Lawlor 389Hermeneutics Jean Grondin 402Existentialism William L. McBride 415Marxism Andrew Wernick 427Frankfurt School and Philosophy Douglas Kellner 444Psychoanalysis Alenka Zupancic 457Structuralism Francois Dosse 469Discourse about Difference Calvin O. Schrag 479Different/ ciations: The Case of Gilles Deleuze Constantin V. Boundas 489Postmodernism Charles E. Scott 504Life: An Essay on the Overcoming of Metaphysics Leonard Lawlor 517Philosophy of Mind David Morris 531Philosophy of Science Babette E. Babich 545Ethics Francois Raffoul 559Political Philosophy David B. Ingram John Protevi 570Feminist Philosophy Emilia Angelova 590Philosophy of Religion Merold Westphal 603Aesthetics Nicholas Davey 615Analytic Themes in Continental Philosophy Todd May 629Non-Western Philosophies in the Twentieth CenturyIndian Philosophy Rohit Dalvi 645Chinese Philosophy Roger T. Ames 661Japanese Philosophy Robert E. Carter 675African Philosophy Bruce B. Janz 689Contributors 703Chronology 713Index 729