{"product_id":"analytic-ambition-an-introduction-to-philosophy-paperback-softback-9780631169352","title":"Analytic Ambition; An Introduction to Philosophy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631169352","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnalytic Ambition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction to Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Charlton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631169352, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explains in down-to-earth language what analytical philosophy is, and presupposes no previous knowledge of the subject. Analytical philosophers aim at obtaining insight into the traditional topics of philosophy by logical, conceptual and linguistic analysis. In this book William Charlton answers relativist attacks on this ambition and argues that its methods can still provide fresh insight into the traditional problems of philosophy. Taking such central philosophical problems as meaning, time, causation and thought, the author shows why they are problems for philosophy rather than for any other discipline, and thereby illustrates and supports a new general theory of the nature and scope of philosophical enquiry. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Analytic Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e is both an introduction to readers fresh to philosophy and a challenge to professional thinking that has become set in its ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface ix \u003cp\u003e1 What is Analytical Philosophy? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Outline of a Theory 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Meaning 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Being, Existence and Truth 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Time 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Change and Causation 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Teleology and Mental States 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Moral Concepts 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conceiving and Understanding 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Consciousness 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Thoughts and Philosophy 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical Terms and Symbols 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 218\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316771090712,"sku":"9780631169352","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631169352.jpg?v=1781824353","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/analytic-ambition-an-introduction-to-philosophy-paperback-softback-9780631169352","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}