Featuring chapters on the latest developments in fifteen core subjects in analytic philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy is an essential guide for all those working in the field today. Introducing its history and looking ahead to new research directions, this companion brings together a team of internationally renowned

This book focuses on the most important questions of philosophy of physics, offering a sufficiently concise and clear treatment of the issues to lead the interested reader through the sometimes labyrinthian paths taken by the central debates.

In this book, T. L. Short corrects widespread misconceptions of Peirce's theory of signs and demonstrates its relevance to contemporary analytic philosophy of language, mind and science. Peirce's theory of mind, naturalistic but nonreductive, bears on debates of Fodor and Millikan, among others. His theory of inquiry avoids foundationalism and

This volume deals with the pressing issue of uncertainty in archaeological modeling. Detecting where and when uncertainty is introduced to the modeling process is critical, as are strategies for minimizing, reconciling, or accommodating such uncertainty. Included chapters provide unique perspectives on uncertainty in archaeological modeling, ranging in both theoretical and

Können die Neurowissenschaften das Bewusstsein erforschen? Wie muss der Zusammenhang zwischen Geist und Gehirn verstanden werden? Dieser Sammelband reflektiert Aspekte der aktuellen spannungsreichen Diskussion zwischen Philosophie, Neuro- und Biowissenschaften und gibt einen interdisziplinären Überblick über ausgewählte Theorien, Methoden und Probleme der Wissenschaft vom Bewusstsein. Es werden verschiedene Konzepte von Bewusstsein,