Featuring essays from leading philosophical scholars,12 Modern Philosophers explores the works, origins, and influences of twelve of the most important late 20th Century philosophers working in the analytic tradition.

Draws on essays from well-known scholars, including Thomas Baldwin, Catherine Wilson, Adrian Moore and Lori GruenLocates the authors and their oeuvre within the context of the discipline as a wholeConsiders how contemporary philosophy both draws from, and contributes to, the broader intellectual and cultural milieu

Christopher Belshaw is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Staff Tutor with the Open University. He works mainly at the theoretical end of applied ethics. He is the author ofIdeas (1998),Environmental Philosophy (2001), and10 Good Questions About Life and Death (Blackwell, 2005). Another book,Annihilation: The Sense and Significance of Death, is forthcoming (2009).

Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at theUniversity ofGlasgow. He works in the philosophy of logic and language, on Frege, Russell, Quine, and Davidson, and on aesthetics and philosophical themes in literature. He is the author ofQuine: A Guide for the Perplexed (2005) and, with Tracy Bowell, ofCritical Thinking: A Concise Guide (3rd edn. 2009).

Acknowledgments vi

Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction Christopher Belshaw and Gary Kemp 1

1 Quine A. W. Moore 16

2 Rawls Thomas Baldwin 34

3 Davidson Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig 54

4 Williams Catherine Wilson 76

5 Rorty Alan Malachowski 94

6 Fodor José Luis Bermúdez 115

7 Nagel Sonia Sedivy 134

8 Kripke Alexander Bird 153

9 Nozick A. R. Lacey 173

10 Parfit Jacob Ross 192

11 McDowell Marie McGinn 216

12 Singer Lori Gruen 232

Index 251