History of Analytic Philosophy
Series Editor: Dr Michael Beaney

About the Series
The main aim of this series is to create a venue for work on the history of analytic philosophy, and to consolidate the area as a major branch of philosophy. The ‘history of analytic philosophy’ is to be understood broadly, as covering the period from the last three decades of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, beginning with the work of Frege, Russell, Moore and Wittgenstein (who are generally regarded as its main founders) and the influences upon them, and going right up to the recent history of the analytic tradition.

In allowing the ‘history’ to extend to the present, the aim is to encourage engagement with contemporary debates in philosophy, for example, in showing how the concerns of early analytic philosophy relate to current concerns. In focusing on analytic philosophy, the aim is not to exclude comparisons with other – earlier or contemporary – traditions, or consideration of figures or themes that some might regard as marginal to the analytic tradition but which also throw light on analytic philosophy. Indeed, a further aim of the series is to deepen our understanding of the broader context in which analytic philosophy developed, by looking, for example, at the roots of analytic philosophy in neo-Kantianism or British idealism, or the connections between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, or discussing the work of philosophers who were important in the development of analytic philosophy but who are now often forgotten.

The following indicate what might be offered by books published in this series:

(a)    Accounts of particular figures in the analytic tradition, exploring the development of their work or the influences upon them or their influences on other philosophers;

(b)   Investigations of particular themes in analytic philosophy, elucidating their historical development, examining the philosophical issues and showing their importance to present concerns;

(c)    Discussions of the broader context of analytic philosophy, by considering the relationships between analytic philosophers and those typically taken as ‘outside’ the tradition.

Series Editor:
Dr Michael Beaney
Department of Philosophy
University of York
York YO10 5DD
England, UK

Email: mab505@york.ac.uk
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/phil/staff/mikeb.htm 

Editorial Board:
- Claudio de Almeida, Pontifical Catholic University at Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Maria Baghramian, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Thomas Baldwin, University of York, England
- Chen Bo, University of Peking, China
- Stewart Candlish, University of Western Australia
- Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading, England, and University of Texas at Austin, USA
- José Ferreirós, University of Seville, Spain
- Gottfried Gabriel, University of Jena, Germany
- Juliet Floyd, Boston University, USA
- Hanjo Glock, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Nicholas Griffin, McMaster University, Canada
- Leila Haaparanta, University of Tampere, Finland
- Peter Hacker, St. John’s College, Oxford, England
- Peter Hylton, University of Illinois, USA
- Javier Legris, National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto, Canada
- Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Central European University, Budapest
- Volker Peckhaus, University of Paderborn, Germany
- Eva Picardi, University of Bologna, Italy
- Erich Reck, University of California at Riverside, USA
- Peter Simons, University of Leeds, England
- Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, England 

This book demonstrates the influence of an Edwardian 'controversy' on Russell’s philosophy of the external world. It brings to our attention a debate that raged amongst Edwardian philosophers on issues of central significance to analytic philosophy before Bertrand Russell entered the discussion. In explaining this Edwardian 'controversy', Nasim Omar combines meticulous scholarly detail with accessibility to argue that the formation of the original strands of 'realism' in British philosophy, usually credited to Russell and Moore, can in fact be linked with a group of Edwardian philosophers that included G.F.Stout and Sir T.P. Nunn. The author re-examines the history of well known notions like ‘sense-data’ and ‘sensibilia’, and makes a case for understanding Russell’s appeal for the application of ‘logical constructions’, at first only used as a device in mathematical logic, to the problem of the external world. This switch in the application of logical construction is seen as the rise of a new philosophical method. This book will not only shed light on the relevant doctrines of some of the Edwardian philosophers, but will also demonstrate the considerable role they played in the history of early analytic philosophy.

Hardback December 2008 978-0-230-20579-6 £45.00
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Forthcoming Titles

• The Theory of Descriptions (by G. Stevens)
• Bernard Bolzano’s Theoretical Philosophy (by S. Lapointe)
• Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language (by P. Wagner)
• The Historic Turn in Analytical Philosophy (by E. Reck)
• Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of Language and Logic (by D. Patterson)