Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy by P.F. Strawson (Englis

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Analysis and Metaphysics

by P.F. Strawson

In this textbook, one of the most distinguished living philosophers sets out what he regards as the most productive route to understanding the fundamental structure of human thinking. No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed.

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All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time; but a practical mastery does not entail theoretical understanding. It is that understanding which philosophy seeks to achieve. In this book one of the most distinguished of living philosophers, assuming no previous knowledge of the subject on the part ofthe reader, sets out to explain and illustrate a certain conception of the nature of analytical philosophy. Professor Strawson draws on his many years of teaching at OxfordUniversity, during which he refined and developed what he regards as the most productive route to understanding the fundamental structure of human thinking. Among the distinctive features of his exposition are the displacement of an older, reductive conception of philosophical method (the ideal of 'analysing' complex ideas into simpler elements) in favour of elucidating the interconnections between the complex but irreducible notions which form the basic structure of our thinking; and thedemonstration that the three traditionally distinguished departments of metaphysics (ontology), epistemology, and logic are but three aspects of one unified enquiry. He has producedan elegant work that will be invaluable to students and stimulating for professional philosophers and general readers alike.

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A superb introduction by a world-famous philosopher

Author Biography

Sir Peter Strawson is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen, St John's, and University Colleges.

Table of Contents

Analytical philosophy - two analogies; reduction or connection? - basic concepts; Moore and Quine; logic, epistemology, ontology; sensible experience and material objects; classical empiricism - the inner and the outer - action and society; truth and knowledge; meaning and understanding - structural semantics; causation and explanation; freedom and necessity.

Review

'The book provides a valuable account of contemporary analytic philosophy and consequently would be useful to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members who are unfamiliar with the analytic tradition in philosophy.'M.A. Michael, University of Nevada, Choice, Jan '93'The discussion throughout the book - presented in Strawson's characteristically clear, careful and dry style - is subtle and at times intricate ... the book should be of interest for the initiated philosopher ... Strawson's introduction provides a sustained and interesting defense of an approach to philosophizing which is still very much alive.'Dorit Bar-on, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Philosophia, Vol. 23, No. 1-4 , July 1994

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A superb introduction by a world-famous philosopher

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All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time; but a practical mastery does not entail theoretical understanding. It is that understanding which philosophy seeks to achieve. In this book one of the most distinguished of living philosophers, assuming no previous knowledge of the subject on the part of
the reader, sets out to explain and illustrate a certain conception of the nature of analytical philosophy. Professor Strawson draws on his many years of teaching at Oxford University, during which he refined and developed what he regards as the most productive route to
understanding the fundamental structure of human thinking. Among the distinctive features of his exposition are the displacement of an older, reductive conception of philosophical method (the ideal of 'analysing' complex ideas into simpler elements) in favour of elucidating the interconnections between the complex but irreducible notions which form the basic structure of our thinking; and the demonstration that the three traditionally distinguished departments of metaphysics (ontology),
epistemology, and logic are but three aspects of one unified enquiry. He has produced an elegant work that will be invaluable to students and stimulating for professional philosophers and general readers alike.

Review Text

'The book provides a valuable account of contemporary analytic philosophy and consequently would be useful to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members who are unfamiliar with the analytic tradition in philosophy.'
M.A. Michael, University of Nevada, Choice, Jan '93
'The discussion throughout the book - presented in Strawson's characteristically clear, careful and dry style - is subtle and at times intricate ... the book should be of interest for the initiated philosopher ... Strawson's introduction provides a sustained and interesting defense of an approach to philosophizing which is still very much alive.'
Dorit Bar-on, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Philosophia, Vol. 23, No. 1-4 , July 1994

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'The discussion throughout the book - presented in Strawson'scharacteristically clear, careful and dry style - is subtle and at timesintricate ... the book should be of interest for the initiated philosopher ...Strawson's introduction provides a sustained and interesting defense of anapproach to philosophizing which is still very much alive.'Dorit Bar-on, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Philosophia, Vol. 23,No. 1-4 , July 1994

Details ISBN0198751184 Author P.F. Strawson Short Title ANALYSIS & METAPHYSICS Language English ISBN-10 0198751184 ISBN-13 9780198751182 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1992 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle An Introduction to Philosophy Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1919 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780198751182 UK Release Date 1992-04-16 AU Release Date 1992-04-16 NZ Release Date 1992-04-16 Pages 152 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 1992-04-16 DEWEY 110 Audience Professional & Vocational

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  • Condition: Brand new
  • ISBN-13: 9780198751182
  • Publication Year: 1992
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Book Title: Analysis and Metaphysics: an Introduction to Philosophy
  • Item Height: 216mm
  • Author: P. F. Strawson
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Topic: Popular Philosophy
  • Item Width: 138mm
  • Item Weight: 225g
  • Number of Pages: 152 Pages

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