Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy 1st Edition by P. F. Strawson (PDF)

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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. 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 “analyzing” complex ideas into simpler elements) in favorof 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. Strawson has produced an elegant work that will be invaluable to students and stimulating for professional philosophers and general readers alike.

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⭐Strawson wrote the best introductory book on analytic philosophy, entitled ‘Analysis and Metaphysics’. The book provides readers with the very basic information about how to ‘do’ analytic philosophy. You can take this book as a good starting point to get into the so-called analytic tradition.

⭐Excellent but tough intro to philosophy

⭐Sir Peter Strawson was one of the finest analytic philosophers of the twentieth century, and his “Analysis and Metaphyics: An Intoduction to Philosophy” is something of a summation of his extraordinary contribution during his illustrious career.In his preface, Strawson states that this book is a general overview of philosophy as he understands it. He covers metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language, and draws insightful connections between these subjects.While he admits that this book is not elementary, he also insists that it does not presuppose any previous acquaintance with philosophy. However, I think that only the smartest upper-level undergraduates in philosophy will begin to understand it.In my opinion, this book is too idiosyncratic and too difficult as an introduction to philosophy. The price (over $43, at the time of writing this review) is also very high for such a slim book.Therefore, I do not recommend this book as an introduction to philosophy for those who have had no exposure to the subject. However, I think that some students who are interested in an overview of philosophy from an important perspective will gain very much from it.

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