- Paperback: 282 pages
- Publisher: Pearson; 4 edition (4 Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0132663058
- ISBN-13: 978-0132663052
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.7 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,970,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Appropriate for introductory courses in Philosophy.
This text provides an in-depth, problem-oriented introduction to philosophical analysis using an extremely clear, readable approach. The Fourth Edition only updates coverage throughout the book, but also restores the introductory chapter—Words and the World—the most distinguished, widely acclaimed feature of the first two editions.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as I started a philosophy course at school, I found it incredible helpful as a beginner as it dealt with major philosophical ideas at a level that the novice can understand. The book covers all major topics and problems in philosophy conveying different views and illustrating points with examples. Hospers style makes the text readable but concise, very clear, this book will open your mind to the problems of philosophy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis I read this book when I was at school back in the 1960s and found it to be an excellent introduction to the main concerns and schools of thought in Western philosophy. It became a recommended introductory textbook in the 1970s for undergraduates reading philosophy. My own discipline is mathematics and my focus is on metamathematics, logic and axiomatic set theory which is where mathematics and philosophy converge. This is not the usual historical treatise on the development of Western philosophy from Ancient Greece to the Modern Day, nor an in-depth examination of any particular branch of philosophy but instead introduces the reader to logical and analytical thinking before exposing him or her to the main opposing opinions and perspectives in modern philosophy. I would highly recommend this text to students embarking on a course in philosophy or those merely interested to know more of the subject.
Please Note: I based this review on the Second Edition which was twice the size of the Fourth Edition and, in my view, a more comprehensive and better text.
Please Note: I based this review on the Second Edition which was twice the size of the Fourth Edition and, in my view, a more comprehensive and better text.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Arrived in excellent condition - son very pleased with it and found it very helpful with his course work at Uni.
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