The twentieth century brought enormous change to subjects such as language, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology. This volume covers the major developments in these areas and more.

Introduction. 1. Philosophy of language 2. Formally oriented work in the philosophy of language 3. Metaphysics I (1900-45) 4. Metaphysics II (1945 onwards) 5. Ethics I (1900 - 1945) 6. Ethics II (1945 to the present) 7. Epistemology 8. Wittgenstein's later philosophy 9. Political philosophy 10. Feminist philosophy 11. Philosophy of law 12. Applied ethics 13. Aesthetics 14. Philosophy of religion.