Description
This is a classic introduction to philosophy in the tradition of Bertrand Russell's "The Problems of Philosophy" and A.J. Ayer's "Central Questions of Philosophy". As in those books, here Margolis focuses on the core of Western Philosophy - questions of epistemology, ontology, language and logic. "An Introduction to Philosophical Problems" represents a major and authoritative mind revisiting basic problems and clarifying them both for their own sake and for that of the reader. Margolis shows how arguments concerning each of the chestnuts of Western philosophy are inter-related and argues - honestly and transparently - in favour of his own philosophical tradition, pragmatism. Thematically structured, "Introduction to Philosophical Problems" introduces such concepts as Knowledge and Belief, Perception and Sensation, Identity and Individualism, and Language and Truth.
About the Author
Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. Margolis has published two dozen books and has had numerous visiting professorships (including New Zealand, South Africa and Canada). See www.pragmatism.org/library/margolis/margolis.htm. One of America's leading, most celebrated, philosophers.
Reviews
" Margolis (Temple Univ.) has organized this book around topics in three areas: epistemology, metaphysics and values. Believing that the central issue in philosophy is to elaborate a general account of knowledge, Margolis commences, in the first three chapters, with an analysis of knowledge and belief, perception and sensation and doubt and certainty... In addition since knowledge claims are expressible in language, Margolis further examines some key features of language, such as meaning, truth and intelligibility. Margolis undoubtedly has accomplished his aim in this book (a revised edition of his 1973 work Knowledge and Existence) - CHOICE February 2007
Book Information
ISBN 9780826490636
Author Professor Joseph Margolis
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 310g
About the Author
Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. Margolis has published two dozen books and has had numerous visiting professorships (including New Zealand, South Africa and Canada). See www.pragmatism.org/library/margolis/margolis.htm. One of America's leading, most celebrated, philosophers.
Reviews
" Margolis (Temple Univ.) has organized this book around topics in three areas: epistemology, metaphysics and values. Believing that the central issue in philosophy is to elaborate a general account of knowledge, Margolis commences, in the first three chapters, with an analysis of knowledge and belief, perception and sensation and doubt and certainty... In addition since knowledge claims are expressible in language, Margolis further examines some key features of language, such as meaning, truth and intelligibility. Margolis undoubtedly has accomplished his aim in this book (a revised edition of his 1973 work Knowledge and Existence) - CHOICE February 2007
Book Information
ISBN 9780826490636
Author Professor Joseph Margolis
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 310g
