PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS, second edition, is aimed at a specific need: to provide a concise and clearly organized introduction to the language and techniques of analytic philosophy. By presenting this basic material in a sys- tematic fashion, the book enables the student to approach his readings and lectures with a greater understanding of the terms and methods of philosophical analysis.

The text includes an introduction to some notions of formal logic, selected topics from the philosophy of language and epistemology, recommendations on reading and writing phi- losophy, key philosophical terms-their uses and misuses- and a brief survey of the branches of philosophical inquiry. The second edition is extensively revised and includes exer- cises that facilitate understanding of the material.