Abstract

The virtue of this book is that it is about as exhaustive of the contemporary analytical sources as could be reasonably demanded. Selections from Strawson, Ayer, Austin, Russell, Chisholm, and Malcolm abound. Many staples in the literature show up here: "On Referring," "On Denoting, "On Sense and Nominatum," "On What There Is," "Problems and Changes in the Empiricist Criterion of Meaning," to mention only a few. Their inclusion in one volume is tarnished a bit, however, by the fact that most of them are edited. The ten topics covered are the conventional ones and include "Meaning," "Truth," "Universals," "Induction," and "Knowledge of Other Minds." Adequate bibliographies are provided at the end of each section. The undergraduate student should be exposed to more perspectives on epistemological issues than are contained in this volume; but for the philosophical approach it emphasizes, it is admirable for its structure and comprehensiveness.—E. A. R.