Andrew Bailey's highly-regarded introductory anthology has been revised and updated in this new concise edition. Mindful of the intrinsic difficulty of the material, the editors provide comprehensive introductions both to each topic and to each individual selection. By presenting a detailed discussion of the historical and intellectual background to each piece, the editors enable readers to approach the material without unnecessary barriers to understanding. Helpful explanatory footnotes are provided throughout, and new sections on philosophical puzzles and paradoxes and philosophical terminology have been added.

First Philosophy is also available in three split volumes for those introductory philosophy courses that are divided according to subject: First Philosophy, Volume 1: Values and Society, second edition First Philosophy, Volume 2: Knowledge and Reality, second edition First Philosophy, Volume 3: God, Mind, and Freedom, second edition First Philosophy: Knowing and Being A comprehensive, complete volume of First Philosophy is also available.