Analytic philosophy books
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Principia Mathematica
Alfred North WhiteheadA large attempt to derive mathematics from logical foundations, with a formal system that shaped logic.
Tractatus Logico-philosophicus
Ludwig WittgensteinA short, aphoristic work proposing that language pictures the world and that much philosophy is confused.
Language, Truth and Logic
A. J. AyerPresents logical positivism in English, arguing that meaningful statements are verifiable or analytic.
The Concept of Mind
Gilbert RyleAttacks the idea of the mind as a hidden inner theater and recasts mental terms as ways of acting.
How to Do Things with Words
J. L. AustinLectures showing that many utterances perform actions such as promising, not just describing.
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- Speech Acts
Speech ActsJohn R. Searle - Naming and Necessity
Naming and NecessitySaul A. Kripke - Reasons and Persons
Reasons and PersonsDerek Parfit - On the Plurality of Worlds
On the Plurality of WorldsDavid K. Lewis - The Conscious Mind
The Conscious MindDavid J. Chalmers - Philosophy and Science of Predictive ProcessingPhilosophy and Science of Predictive ProcessingDina Mendonça2020
- Philosophy's second revolution
Philosophy's second revolutionD. S. Clarke1997 - Applied LogicApplied LogicWinston W. Little1955
- In the Space of Reasons
In the Space of ReasonsWilfrid Sellars - Having the World in View
Having the World in ViewJohn Henry McDowell2008 - The Problem of Evil
The Problem of EvilPeter Van Inwagen2006 - The Elements of Ethics
The Elements of EthicsGeorge Edward Moore1991