In this provocative study, Paul du Gay makes a compelling case for the continuing importance of bureaucracy. Taking inspiration from the work of Max Weber, du Gay launches a staunch defence of `the bureaucratic ethos' and highlights its continuing... Zobraziť viac
This is a selection of essays on moral responsibility that represent the major components of John Martin Fischer's overall approach to freedom of the will and moral responsibility. The collection exhibits the overall structure of Fischer's view and... Zobraziť viac
"Applied Ethics" focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital... Zobraziť viac
The problem of the nature of being was central to ancient Greek and medieval philosophy, and here Peter van Inwagen applies the techniques of analytical philosophy to a variety of ontological problems. The collection, which brings together published... Zobraziť viac
This second edition of Free Will presents a complete treatment of the history of the debate over whether humans have free will. It analyses the conditions under which actions must be characterized as unfree, and explores whether recent findings in... Zobraziť viac
The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump presents a clear and meticulous examination of the intersection of religious belief and practice with the concepts of place... Zobraziť viac
Peter Ludlow presents the first book on the philosophy of generative linguistics, including both Chomsky's government and binding theory and his minimalist program. Ludlow explains the motivation of the generative framework, describes its basic... Zobraziť viac
This collection of newly comissioned essays by international contributors offers a representative overview of the most important developments in contemporary philosophical logic. Presents controversies in philosophical implications and... Zobraziť viac
What place does motivation have in the lives of intelligent agents? Mele's answer is sensitive to the concerns of philosophers of mind and moral philosophers and informed by empirical work. He offers a distinctive, comprehensive, attractive view of... Zobraziť viac
Richard Rorty's collected papers, written during the 1980s and now published in two volumes, take up some of the issues which divide Anglo-Saxon analytic philosophers and contemporary French and German philosophers. The second volume pursues the themes... Zobraziť viac
The essays in this volume were written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of G. E. L. Owen, who by his essays and seminars on ancient Greek philosophy has made a contribution to its study that is second to none. The authors, from both sides of the... Zobraziť viac
Are moral principles actually principles of rational choice? Starting from the view that it is rational always to choose what will give one the greatest expectation of value or utility--and the common counter-claim that this procedure, applied in many... Zobraziť viac
A complete history of the growth and development of monasticism in Constantinople from 350 to 850. It documents the social, political, cultural, economic and institutional history of the city's monks and nuns based on a wide variety of historical sources. Zobraziť viac
"The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy" is an accessible but sophisticated introduction to the most important figures in Continental philosophy in the last 200 years. Presents a definitive introduction to the core figures and topics of... Zobraziť viac
This volume presents the Tilburg University Descartes Lectures delivered by Huw Price in 2008, where he discusses his distinctive version of the representationalism/naturalism combination. Includes critical commentary by four other major philosophers,... Zobraziť viac
"A history of analytic philosophy and an excellent piece of analytic philosophy in its own right. We can all benefit from Soames's discussion of the central issues that have shaped the subject and his assessment of what we have achieved and where we... Zobraziť viac
Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of... Zobraziť viac
This major study examines the most fundamental categories in terms of which we conceive of ourselves, critically surveying the concepts of substance, causation, agency, teleology, rationality, mind, body and person, and elaborating the conceptual... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary discussion of the notion of kosmos as order, arrangement, and ornament in Greco-Roman antiquity. This book traces this concept from its inception in Homer, through its canonisation by Plato, to its ultimate... Zobraziť viac
