Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is the dominant philosophical movement of English-speaking countries, although one of its founders, Gottlob Frege, was German, and another, Ludwig Wittgenstein, was Austrian.

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English-speaking countries - German - Austrian

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Logic and philosophy of language were central strands of analytic philosophy from the beginning, although this dominance has diminished greatly. Several lines of thought originate from the early, language-and-logic part of this analytic philosophy tradition. These include: logical positivism, logical empiricism, logical atomism, logicism and ordinary language philosophy. Subsequent analytic philosophy includes extensive work in ethics (such as Philippa Foot, R. M. Hare, and J. L. Mackie), political philosophy (John Rawls, Robert Nozick), aesthetics (Arthur Danto), philosophy of religion (Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne), philosophy of language (John Searle, Saul Kripke), and philosophy of mind (Daniel Dennett, Paul Churchland). Analytic metaphysics has also recently come into its own (David Lewis, Peter van Inwagen).

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Logic - Philosophy of language - Logical positivism - Logical empiricism - Logical atomism - Logicism - Ordinary language philosophy - Ethics - Philippa Foot - R. M. Hare - J. L. Mackie - Political philosophy - John Rawls - Robert Nozick - Aesthetics - Arthur Danto - Alvin Plantinga - Richard Swinburne - John Searle - Saul Kripke - Philosophy of mind - Daniel Dennett - Paul Churchland - Analytic metaphysics - David Lewis - Peter van Inwagen

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