{"product_id":"9780631169352","title":"Analytic Ambition An Introduction to Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAnalytic Ambition\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction to Philosophy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Charlton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Charlton \u003c\/b\u003eteaches philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Trinity College, Dublin and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is the author of a number of books including \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Physics I and II \u003c\/i\u003e(1970), \u003ci\u003eAesthetics: An Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(1970), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Christian Belief \u003c\/i\u003e(1988) and \u003ci\u003eWeakness of Will \u003c\/i\u003e(1988).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 September 1991\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631169352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45985786822796,"sku":"9780631169352","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631169352_1ccc16f5-7dc3-46d4-9714-058d94b85952.jpg?v=1780101934","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631169352","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}