Analytic philosophy is alive and in good health, as this collection of twenty, previously unpublished essays most ably demonstrates. The reader will find here assembled some of the finest writings of modern analytic philosophers at the top of their form. Matthews discusses Plato's attempt to deal with the problem of false belief about identities. Parson evaluates Russell's early theory of denoting phrases. Chisholm exhibits the utility of thirteen epistemic categories. Plantinga criticizes Chisholm's account of justification. Conee argues that solving the Gettier Problem is important, and Ginet proposes a solution to it. Lehrer criticizes an argument based on the simplicity of our belief in material objects and other minds. R. Feldman defends an account of having evidence. F. Feldman defends a propositional account of pleasure. Van Fraassen criticizes Garber's solution to the problem of old evidence. Castañeda investigates the nature of negation. McKay argues that de se analyses of belief do not account for belief de re. Richard argues that no Fregean semantics for belief attribution will succeed. Ryckman suggests that the Millian theory of names has little to do with the theory of belief is no threat to God's omniscience. Dunn investigates constraints imposed on non-classical modal logics by extensionality. Fitch argues that singular propositions perform important functions in modal logic. Jubien evaluates arguments for and against possible worlds. Ratzsch argues that there must be a deeper source of nomicality than ordinary subjunctives, and Stalnaker argues that there is room for determinancy of identity and indeterminacy in reference.

Klappentext

I: Origins of Analytic Philosophy.- A Puzzle in Plato: Theaetetus 189b - 190e.- Russell's Early Views on Denoting.- II: Analyses of Belief, Knowledge and Sensation: Ancient, Modern and Contemporary.- An Analysis of Thirteen Epistemic Categories.- Why Solve the Gettier Problem?.- Two Questions about Pleasure.- Having Evidence.- The Fourth Condition.- Against Simplicity.- Chisholmian Internalism.- The Problem of Old Evidence.- III: Analysis of Mind and Language.- Negations, Imperatives, Colors, Indexical Properties, Non-existence, and Russell's Paradox.- De Re and De Se Belief.- Taking the Fregean Seriously.- The Millian Theory of Names and the Problems of Negative Existentials and Non-referring Names.- Omniscience and Knowledge De Se et DePraesenti.- IV: Analysis of Modalities.- The Impossibility of Certain Higher-Order Non-classical Logics with Extensionality.- The Nature of Singular Propositions.- Problems with Possible Worlds.- Quantified Subjunctives, Modality and Natural Law.- Vague Identity.- Index of Names.

Zusammenfassung
Contains essays that discuss Plato's attempt to deal with the problem of false belief about identities. This work also provides an evaluation of Russell's early theory of denoting phrases. It contains criticism of an argument that is based on the simplicity of our belief in material objects and other minds.

Inhalt
I: Origins of Analytic Philosophy.- A Puzzle in Plato: Theaetetus 189b 190e.- Russell's Early Views on Denoting.- II: Analyses of Belief, Knowledge and Sensation: Ancient, Modern and Contemporary.- An Analysis of Thirteen Epistemic Categories.- Why Solve the Gettier Problem?.- Two Questions about Pleasure.- Having Evidence.- The Fourth Condition.- Against Simplicity.- Chisholmian Internalism.- The Problem of Old Evidence.- III: Analysis of Mind and Language.- Negations, Imperatives, Colors, Indexical Properties, Non-existence, and Russell's Paradox.- De Re and De Se Belief.- Taking the Fregean Seriously.- The Millian Theory of Names and the Problems of Negative Existentials and Non-referring Names.- Omniscience and Knowledge De Se et DePraesenti.- IV: Analysis of Modalities.- The Impossibility of Certain Higher-Order Non-classical Logics with Extensionality.- The Nature of Singular Propositions.- Problems with Possible Worlds.- Quantified Subjunctives, Modality and Natural Law.- Vague Identity.- Index of Names.