A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls presents a comprehensive overview of the historical development of all major aspects of analytic philosophy, the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition in the twentieth century. 
- Features coverage of all the major subject areas and figures in analytic philosophy - including Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, Gottlob Frege, Carnap, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, Putnam, and many others
- Contains explanatory background material to help make clear technical philosophical concepts
- Includes listings of suggested further readings
- Written in a clear, direct style that presupposes little previous knowledge of philosophy
 
Preface xi
Introduction: What is Analytic Philosophy? 1
Leading Analytic Philosophers 6
1 Russell and Moore 8
Empiricism, Mathematics, and Symbolic Logic 8
Logicism 12
Russell on Definite Descriptions 20
G. E. Moore's Philosophy of Common Sense 27
Moore and Russell on Sense Data 30
Moore's and Russell's Anti-Hegelianism 33
Summary 38
2 Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Logical Positivism 46
Introduction 46
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 48
Historical Note: The Vienna Circle and their Allies 58
The Elimination of Metaphysics and the Logical Positivist Program 59
The Demise of the Vienna Circle 68
The Influence of the Logical Positivists 69
3 Responses to Logical Positivism: Quine, Kuhn, and American Pragmal!
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