An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780415157933 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 288 str.

John Hospers

Opis

This fourth edition of the text presents the issues and conflicts inherent in philosophy. Among the book's many features is a new chapter on the problems of ethics, including the philosophy of law and of society, the nature of moral judgement and theories of normative ethics. This extensive revision includes new emphasis on the philosophy of science and problems of personal identity, as well as different approaches to a variety of issues. Exercises and selected readings are presented at the end of each chapter.

Recenzje

'Anyone who wishes to familiarize himself with the methods and approaches to philosophy current in universities in England and the United States will find this book a useful guide.' - Philosophical Studies

'This is quite simply the best introductory philosophy book there is.' - Stephen Priest, University of Edinburgh

Spis treści

Preface to the Fourth Edition, Preface to the Second Edition, 1 Words and the World Language and Reality, 2 What Can We Know? Knowledge, 3 What is the World Like? Perceiving the World, 4 The Way the World Works Scientific Knowledge, 5 What is and What Must Be Freedom and Necessity, 6 What Am I? Mind and Body, 7 What Else is There Philosophy of Religion, 8 The is and the Ought Problems in Ethics, Index

O autorze

John Hospers