Philosophy 1

This is the first volume of a two-volume introduction to and guide through philosophy intended to orientate, assist and stimulate the reader at every stage in the study of the subject. Eleven extended essays are offered, each surveying a major area and offering an account of the main debates.

indispensable to students anxious to please the philosophy examiners

Autorentext
A. C. Grayling is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London, and Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford. He is the author of the Past Masters volume on Wittgenstein (OUP, 1988).

Klappentext

This is the best general book on philosophy for university students: not just an introduction, but a guide which will serve them throughout their studies. 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.

Inhalt
Editor's Introduction; 1. Epistemology; 2. Philosophical Logic; 3. Methodology: The Elements of the Philosophy of Science; 4. Metaphysics; 5. The Philosophy of Mind; 6. Ancient Greek Philosophy I: The Pre-Socratics and Plato; 7. Ancient Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle; 8. Modern Philosophy I: The Rationalists; 9. Modern Philosophy II: The Empiricists; 10. Ethics; 11. Aesthetics; Index