Philosophy (v.1)

This is the first volume of a two-volume introduction to and guide through philosophy. It is intended to orientate, assist, and stimulate the reader at every stage in the study of the subject. Eleven extended essays have been specially commissioned from leading philosophers; each surveys a major area of the subject and offers an accessible but sophisticated account of the main debates. An extended introduction maps out the philosophical terrain and explains how the different subjects relate to each other. The first part of the book deals with the foundations of philosophical enquiry: epistemology; philosophical logic; methodology; metaphysics; and the philosophy of mind. The second part offers four historical chapters, two on ancient and two on modern philosophy, introducing great thinkers from the past, explaining and discussing their ideas, and showing the value of studying them today. The third part comprises two chapters devoted to questions of value, in ethics and aesthetics. Full annotated bibliographies are provided at the ends of chapters to serve as guides to further reading. This is real philosophy, not simplified philosophy; it will be accessible for the beginner but equally valuable for the third-year student. Deep and challenging questions are not shirked; the reader will be given a sense of involvement in the practice of philosophy today.

ISBN 0198752431   Part volume A Guide Through the Subject ISBN13 9780198752431 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1028 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780198751571 Publication date 27 Aug 1998   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress B   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 100   Spine width (mm) 39 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 686

		List of Contributors
		Editor's Introduction		1
1		Epistemology by Scott Sturgeon and M. G. F. Martin and A. C. Grayling		7
2		Philosophical Logic by Mark Sainsbury		61
3		Methodology: The Elements of the Philosophy of Science by David Papineau		123
4		Metaphysics by Tim Crane and David Wiggins		181
5		The Philosophy of Mind by Martin Davies		250
6		Ancient Greek Philosophy I: The Pre-Socratics and Plato by Christopher Janaway		336
7		Ancient Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle by Hugh Lawson-Tancred		398
8		Modern Philosophy I: The Rationalists and Kant by Roger Scruton		440
9		Modern Philosophy II: The Empiricists by A. C. Grayling		484
10		Ethics by Bernard Williams		545
11		Aesthetics by Sebastian Gardner		583
		Index		629

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