Methods and Skills for Philosophy

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to philosophical methods. It is a must-read for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of philosophy, and also suitable for those studying postgraduate philosophy who have a background in other academic disciplines.

Jesper Kallestrup is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He is co-editor of Extended Epistemology (2018), Socially Extended Epistemology (2018) and Being Reduced: New Essays on Reduction, Explanation, and Causation (2010). His 2013 book Semantic Externalism is also published by Routledge.

Introduction 1. Doing Philosophy 2. Reasoning and Evidence 3. Conceptual Analysis 4. Analyticity, A Priority and Necessity 5. Explanation, Function, Reduction and Causation 6. Philosophical Strategies and Tactics 7. Rational Intuitions and Naturalising Philosophy. Glossary Bibliography Index