This is a classic introduction to philosophy in the tradition of BertrandRussells The Problems of Philosophy and A.J. Ayers Central Questions ofPhilosophy. As i... » 

This is a classic introduction to philosophy in the tradition of BertrandRussells The Problems of Philosophy and A.J. Ayers Central Questions ofPhilosophy. As in those books here Margolis focuses on the core of WesternPhilosophy questions of epistemology ontology language and logic. AnIntroduction to Philosophical Problems represents a major and authoritativemind revisiting basic problems and clarifying them both for their own sake andfor that of the reader. Margolis shows how arguments concerning each of thechestnuts of Western philosophy are interrelated and argues honestly andtransparently in favour of his own philosophical tradition pragmatism.Thematically structured Introduction to Philosophical Problems introducessuch concepts as Knowledge and Belief Perception and Sensation Identity andIndividualism and Language and Truth. «