Contemporary philosophy American philosophy

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hilary putnam


towards end of 20th century there resurgence of interest in pragmatism. largely responsible hilary putnam , richard rorty. rorty famous author of philosophy , mirror of nature , philosophy , social hope. hilary putnam known quasi-empiricism in mathematics, challenge of brain in vat thought experiment, , other work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, , philosophy of science.


the debates occur within philosophy of mind have taken center stage. american philosophers such hilary putnam, donald davidson, daniel dennett, douglas hofstadter, john searle, patricia , paul churchland continue discussion of such issues nature of mind , hard problem of consciousness, philosophical problem indicated australian philosopher david chalmers.


in 21st century, embodied cognition has gained strength theory of mind-body-world integration. philosophers such shaun gallagher , alva noë, british philosophers such andy clark defend view, seeing natural development of pragmatism, , of thinking of kant, heidegger , merleau-ponty among others.


noted american legal philosophers ronald dworkin , richard posner work in fields of political philosophy , jurisprudence. posner famous economic analysis of law, theory uses microeconomics understand legal rules , institutions. dworkin famous theory of law integrity , legal interpretivism, presented in book law s empire.


philosopher cornel west known analysis of american cultural life regards race, gender, , class issues, associations pragmatism , transcendentalism.


alvin plantinga christian analytic philosopher known free defense respect logical problem of evil, evolutionary argument against naturalism, position belief in existence of god basic, , modal version of ontological argument existence of god. michael c. rea has developed plantinga s thought claiming both naturalism , supernaturalism research programmes have adopted basis research.








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