Analytic Philosophy – A Brief History

By Dr. Safaruk Chowdhury A Brief History If we were to give a simple description of what analytic philosophy is, then a broad one would be something like: a tradition that originated in the work of the German mathematician, logician and philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), two towering British philosophers Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) and G. E.…

Key Analytic Philosophers

By Dr. Safaruk Chowdhury In Chronological Order *Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) Czech *Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) German Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British George Edward Moore (1873-1958) British (known as G. E. Moore) Otto Neurath (1882-1945) Austrian Moritz Schlick (1882-1936) German Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Austrian/British Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) German/ American Hans Reichenbach (1891-1953) German/ American Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) British…

Curated Bibliography of Analytic Philosophy

By Dr. Safaruk Chowdhury Epistemology, Ethics, Language, Logic and Metaphysics This is a bibliography containing entries on key works in primarily 20th century analytic philosophy. The arrangement of the entries is descriptive and chronological and is restricted to only books which means articles or essays are excluded unless they reappear in the author’s book. The…

A Short Chronology of Works in Analytic Philosophy

By Dr. Safaruk Chowdhury This section includes some of the major works that were published in the field of analytic philosophy. The list – arranged chronologically – is highly selective and is only for presenting a glimpse of the philosophical output. A short description of most of the titles can be found in the curated…