ABSTRACT

First published in 2002. This book carries on the work of The Structure of Metaphysics and Studies in Metaphilosophy. Setting out to construct a hypothesis which would explain both the nonexistence of stable results in one of the oldest of the intellectual disciplines, this title then applies the hypothesis to basic and representative problems in the major branches of philosophy. Lazerowitz describes the constant motivation of this book as 'to improve our understanding of philosophy; an enigmatic, if time-honoured, subject'.

chapter 1|34 pages

Paradoxes

chapter 2|18 pages

Wittgenstein: The Nature of Philosophy

chapter 3|4 pages

On Universals

Review of a Symposium

chapter 4|24 pages

Understanding Philosophy

chapter 5|20 pages

Philosophy and Illusion

chapter 6|22 pages

Empiricism and Rationalism

chapter 7|26 pages

Time and Temporal Terminology

chapter 8|11 pages

Moore's Commonplace Book

chapter 9|12 pages

Austin's Sense and Sensibilia

chapter 10|26 pages

On Perceiving Things

chapter 11|42 pages

The Problem of Justifying Induction