PHI 515 - CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY: THE ANALYTIC TURN

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

A survey of several 20th century philosophical movements, such as logical positivism and ordinary language philosophy, whose members agree that careful attention to language is one of the keys to the resolution of philosophical problems. The works of representative thinkers such as Moore, Russell, the Vienna Circle, Wittgenstein and Austin will be studied.

Prereq: PHI 320 or 350 or the consent of the instructor.