When graduate students start their studies, they usually have sound knowledge of some areas of philosophy, but the overall map of their knowledge is often patchy and disjointed. There are a number of topics that any contemporary philosopher working in any part of the analytic tradition (and in many parts of other traditions too) needs to grasp, and to grasp as a coherent whole rather than a rag-bag of interesting but isolated discussions. This book answers this need, by providing a overview of core topics in metaphysics and epistemology that is at once accessible and nuanced. Ten core topics are explained, and their relation to each other is clearly set out. The book emphasizes the utility of the concepts and distinctions it covers for philosophy as a whole, not just for specialist discussions in metaphysics or epistemology. The text is highly readable and may be used as the basis of a course on these topics. Recommendations for reading are included at the end of each chapter, divided into essential and further readings. The text is also suitable for people approaching philosophy from other disciplines, as an accessible primer to the central topics, concepts and distinctions that are needed to engage meaningfully in contemporary philosophical debate.
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Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
Epistemology in PhilosophyIndex
- a posteriori 2, 12, 70, 74–76, 83, 112
- a priori 2, 12, 13, 32, 57, 66, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 142
- abduction 5
- ability hypothesis 109
- aboutness 105
- aesthetic 75, 91, 94
- analytic truth see truth, analytic
- analytic philosophy 66, 81, 84, 148
- anthropocentric 113
- anthropologist 98
- argument: argument clinic, the 137
- deductive 3–4
- definition of 4, 137–138
- inductive 4
- role in philosophy 137
- Armstrong, David 21–22, 24, 27, 43, 60, 61–62
- Armstrong, Lance 75–76
- asymmetry 7
- atom 15, 29, 57, 106
- atomic number 83
- Austin, J.L. 90, 103
- Ayer, A.J. 65–68, 76, 116, 139–141, 153
- backtracker 40
- backtracking counterfactual see counterfactuals
- barometer 38–40, 49, 142
- Bat Argument, the see dualism, the Bat Argument for
- behaviorism 113–116
- belief: coherence and see truth, coherence theory; correspondence and truth, correspondence theory; justified true; 124–126 see justifed false;127 reasons for; 121, 124, 128–129 see web of; 74, 94
- best systems acc...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Induction
- Similarity
- Causation
- Laws of Nature
- Meaning and Experience
- Reference
- Truth
- Mind
- Knowledge
- Philosophical Methods
- Bibliography
- Index
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