Michael Wedin argues against the prevailing notion that Aristotle's views on the nature of reality are fundamentally inconsistent. According to Wedin's new interpretation, the difference between the early theory of the Categories and the later theory... Zobraziť viac
Questions about the nature of beauty and the relation between morality and art were among the earliest discussed by ancient philosophers. And today, a host of new issues has been prompted by recent developments in the arts and in philosophy, testifying... Zobraziť viac
Leading metaphysicians discuss whether personal identity is 'complex', namely analyzable in terms of simpler relations such as physical or psychological features, or whether it is 'simple', namely something that cannot be analyzed in terms of more... Zobraziť viac
Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. Allen Buchanan explores urgent ethical issues raised by... Zobraziť viac
Shaping the Normative Landscape is an investigation of the value of obligations and of rights, of forgiveness, of consent and refusal, of promise and request. David Owens shows that these are all instruments by which we exercise control over our... Zobraziť viac
The recent revival of natural law theory in modern moral philosophy has been an exciting and important development. This book brings together an international group of moral philosophers who make original contributions to the project of developing... Zobraziť viac
Provides an analysis of the meeting point between mainstream and formal theories of knowledge. Zobraziť viac
This comprehensive volume gives a panorama of the best current work in this lively field, through twenty specially written essays by the leading figures in the field. All essays deal with foundational issues, from the nature of mathematical knowledge... Zobraziť viac
How should we respond when some of our basic beliefs are put into question? What makes a human body distinctively human? Why is truth an important good? These are among the questions explored in this collection of essays by Alasdair MacIntyre, one of... Zobraziť viac
Bishop and Trout here present a unique and provocative new approach to epistemology (the theory of human knowledge and reasoning). Their approach aims to liberate epistemology from the scholastic debates of standard analytic epistemology, and treat it... Zobraziť viac
Analytic philosophy has become the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world. This book illuminates that tradition through a historical examination of a crucial period in its formation: the rejection of Idealism by Bertrand Russell... Zobraziť viac
The Middle Ages span a period of well over a millennium: from the emperor Constantine's Christian conversion in 312 to the early sixteenth century. David Luscombe's clear and accessible history of medieval thought steers a clear path through this long... Zobraziť viac
This book demonstrates that common assumptions about marriage and divorce in the civil state are descriptively incorrect, and examines whether more pluralism in family law is normatively desirable and should be affirmatively fostered. Zobraziť viac
Perhaps everything we think, feel, and do is determined, and humans--like stones or clouds--are slaves to the laws of nature. Would that be a terrible state? Philosophers who take the incompatibilist position think so, arguing that a deterministic... Zobraziť viac
This is the second volume of a projected three-volume set on the subject of innateness. The volume is highly interdisciplinary, and addresses such question as: To what extent are mature cognitive capacities a reflection of particular cultures and to... Zobraziť viac
"Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World "is a collection of specially written papers by world-class metaphysicians. Its focus are the problems facing the 'reductionist' approach to causation. Zobraziť viac
Originally published in 1969 as part of Albert Hourani's Middle Eastern Monographs series, The Society of the Muslim Brothers has come to be known as the standard source for the history of the revivalist Egyptian movement, the Muslim Brethren, up to... Zobraziť viac
The key element of deliberation in politics is that it is not just power that counts, but good arguments too. This book combines the normative controversies in the philosophical literature on deliberation with empirical research on deliberation in... Zobraziť viac
A highly sophisticated account of moral reasoning, developed out of the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Zobraziť viac
