4th Edition

An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis

By John Hospers Copyright 1997
288 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

John Hospers' Introduction to Philosophical Analysis has sold over 150,000 copies since its first publication. This new edition ensures that its success will continue into the twenty-first century. It remains the most accessible and authoritative introduction to philosophy available using the full power of the problem-based approach to the area to ensure that philosophy is not simply taught to... Read more
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

Biography

John Hospers

'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