Thinking with concepts / by John Wilson.

Print version record.

I. The business of analysis : 1. What is conceptual analysis? -- 2. Difficulties and methods of analysis -- 3. Additional notes -- II. Examples of analysis : 1. Criticism of passages -- 2. Answering question of concept -- III. Philosophy and analysis ; IV. Practice in analysis : 1. Passages for criticism -- 2. Questions to answer.

In his preface Mr Wilson writes 'I feel that a great many adults ... would do better to spend less time in simply accepting the concepts of others uncritically, and more time in learning how to analyse concepts in general'. Mr Wilson starts by describing the techniques of conceptual analysis. He then gives examples of them in action by composing answers to specific questions and by criticism of quoted passages of argument. Chapter 3 sums up the importance of this kind of mental activity. Chapter 4 presents selections for the reader to analyse, followed by questions of university entrance/scholarship type. This is a book to be worked through, in a sense a text-book.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide