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The Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy

The Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy is a book series at De Gruyter, which is edited by Wilhelm K. Essler, Dagfinn Føllesdal and Michael Frauchiger on behalf of the Lauener-Stiftung. This series assembles high-quality anthologies from different domains of analytical philosophy. The books in the Lauener Library provide an opportunity for leading authors in the field to critically connect their own philosophical problems and reasoning with the themes and arguments of select classical exponents of analytical philosophy - those who have been awarded the Lauener Prize for an Outstanding Oeuvre in Analytical Philosophy. Most of the anthologies in the series comprise the awardees' detailed commentaries on each of the included articles, thereby allowing for an extended and constructive philosophical conversation to develop.

Volume 1 of this series, titled Representation, Evidence, and Justification: Themes from Suppes , edited by Michael Frauchiger and Wilhelm K. Essler, appeared in 2008. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This anthology joins together contributions by Patrick Suppes, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Nancy Cartwright, Wilhelm K. Essler, Steven French, Stephan Hartmann, and Michael Frauchiger. Patrick Suppes' detailed commentaries on each of the articles as well as the extensive interview with him elicit a spirit of constructive academic conversation. The collection as a whole puts a different and stimulating perspective on a variety of issues on which Suppes has set out ideas that still point the way ahead.

Volume 2 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Reference, Rationality, and Phenomenology: Themes from Føllesdal, edited by Michael Frauchiger, appeared in 2013. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This collection contains a wealth of original articles covering significant topics on which Føllesdal has had a formative impact. Moreover, the book includes Føllesdal's in-depth commentaries on the other contributors' articles as well as an incisive memoir of Føllesdal the philosopher and a spanning interview with him. With contributions from Dagfinn Føllesdal, Charles Parsons, Patrick Suppes, Jon Elster, John Perry, Michael Friedman, Dag Prawitz, Wilhelm K. Essler, David Woodruff Smith, Olav Gjelsvik, Graciela De Pierris, Nils Roll-Hansen, Christian Beyer, Øystein Linnebo, Michael Frauchiger.

Volume 3 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Modalities, Identity, Belief, and Moral Dilemmas: Themes from Barcan Marcus , edited by Michael Frauchiger, appeared in 2015. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This collection of essays opens up new stimulating perspectives on a broad variety of Barcan Marcus’s concerns ranging from quantified modal logic, identity, extensionality, proper names and direct reference, quantification, essentialism, second-order modal logic, the Barcan formula, possibilia and possible worlds to epistemic and deontic modalities, belief without language, rationality, moral dilemmas, and much more. The contributions demonstrate that Barcan Marcus’s philosophical work has had a formative influence on the directions in which current key debates in philosophy have developed. The book brings together contributions by Ruth Barcan Marcus, Timothy Williamson, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Joëlle Proust, Pascal Engel, Edgar Morscher, Erik J. Olsson, and Michael Frauchiger.

Volume 4 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Truth, Meaning, Justification, and Reality: Themes from Dummett , edited by Michael Frauchiger, appeared in fall 2017. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This collection concentrates on vital themes from Michael Dummett, one of the most influential and creative analytic philosophers of our time. The contributors, who include some of Dummett's distinguished former students, critically reflect on various concerns of Dummett's ground-breaking work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophy of mathematics and logic. The essays direct towards aspects of Dummett's pioneering work in the history of analytical philosophy, particularly his interpretations of the works of Frege and of Wittgenstein, which in conjunction with Dummett’s own highly original ideas on truth and meaning have shaped decisive contemporary debates concerning notably the distinction between realism and anti-realism. Further, the volume includes a cheerfully serious excursion into popular philosophy by Dummett himself and reveals less known facets of Dummett's many-sided work and activities such as his political philosophy of immigration and asylum, and beyond that, his untiring and warm-hearted campaign for racial justice and humanity. Contributors: Michael Dummett, Eva Picardi, Crispin Wright, Timothy Williamson, Ian Rumfitt, Daniel Isaacson, Dag Prawitz, Dale Jacquette, Alex Burri, Michael Frauchiger.

Volume 7 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Reason, Justification, and Contractualism: Themes from Scanlon , edited by Markus Stepanians and Michael Frauchiger, appeared in fall 2021. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This book collects major original essays developed from lectures given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2016 to T. M. Scanlon for his outstanding oeuvre in Analytical philosophy. In "Contractualism and Justification," Scanlon identifies some difficulties in his theory and explores possible ways to deal with them. In "Improving Scanlon’s Contractualism," D. Parfit recommends revisions and extensions of Scanlon’s theory, while R. Forst suggests in "Justification Fundamentalism" that Scanlon may want to replace reason with justification as his foundational concept. T. Nagel raises fundamental questions concerning "Moral Reality and Moral Progress," and S. Mantel offers in "On How to Explain Rational Motivation" a critical discussion of Scanlon’s cognitivist theory of motivation. Z. Stemplowska does the same for Scanlon’s conception of responsibility in "Substantive Responsibility and the Causal Thesis," and S. Olsaretti suggests in "Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities" an alternative to Scanlon’s arguments against economic inequalities. All contributors receive extensive replies by Scanlon. For anyone interested in Scanlon’s seminal work in moral and political philosophy, the present volume is utterly indispensable.

Volume 6 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Scientific Theories and Philosophical Stances , edited by Claus Beisbart and Michael Frauchiger, appeared in spring 2024. It is available both in hard covers and as an eBook. This book collects major original essays developed from lectures given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2018 to Bas van Fraassen for his outstanding oeuvre in analytical philosophy. Since the publication of his seminal monograph "The scientific image", Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science. In this book, other philosophers with various outlooks critically discuss his work on theories, empiricism and philosophical stances. The book starts with a new article by van Fraassen on his preferred account of theories, the so-called semantic view. This account is now 50 years old, and van Fraassen takes this anniversary as an opportunity to review the account, its history and the philosophical discussion about it. In the main part of the book, Nancy Cartwright, Finnur Dellsén, Matthias Egg, Steven French, Michael Friedman, Milena Ivanova and Michela Massimi discuss van Fraassen's contributions to philosophy. Three chapters focus on his engagement with realism (French, Friedman, Ivanova). Others study his voluntarism (Cartwright) and his view on representation (Massimi). Finally, there are contributions about his elaboration of empiricism (Dellsén) and his proposal to consider philosophical positions as stances (Egg). The volume includes a Laudatio written by Steven French and finishes with a reply by van Fraassen to his critics.

Volume 5 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled The Theoretical and the Moral Face of Realist Philosophy: Themes from Putnam , is currently being prepared for publication by M. Frauchiger and will appear shortly.

Volume 8 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, titled Perception, Knowledge, Reasons, and Representation: Themes from Dretske , is being edited for publication by M. Frauchiger and will be published soon.

Volume 9 of the Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, which deals with Themes from Wolf, is being edited for publication by M. Frauchiger and M. Stepanians and will appear in the near future.

Henri Lauener: Bibliography