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The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy

Edited by Frank Jackson and Michael Smith

Price: £80.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924295-5
Publication date: 27 October 2005
916 pages, 246x171 mm
Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy
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'Seven sections covering morals, politics, mind, language, metaphysics, knowledge and science make it as serious and thorough as a survey could be. . . . To anyone prepared for the climb, the handbook promises a commanding view.' - The Economist

Description

The state-of-the-art guide to today's most exciting research in academic philosophy
A stellar team of contributors from the UK, Europe, North America, and Australasia
Each essay is substantial and challenging but fully accessible

Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy is the definitive guide to what's going on in this lively and fascinating subject. Jackson and Smith, themselves two of the world's most eminent philosophers, have assembled more than thirty distinguished scholars to contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas of research. The coverage is broad, with sections devoted to moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences. This Handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of philosophy today.

Readership: Scholars and students in all fields of contemporary philosophy, and those in other disciplines wanting to know what's going on in the discipline.

Contents

Introduction , Frank Jackson & Michael Smith

I. Moral Philosophy

1. Meta-Ethics , Michael Smith

2. Normative Ethics , Julia Driver

3. Moral Epistemology , Karen Jones

4. Moral Psychology , Jay Wallace

5. Empirical Perspectives on Ethics , Stephen Stich & John Doris

II. Social and Political Philosophy

6. Liberalism and Diversity , Linda Barclay

7. Law , Jeremy Waldron

8. Democracy , David Estlund

9. Feminism in Philosophy , Rae Langton

10. Rational Actor Perspectives , Geoffrey Brennan & Philip Pettit

III. Philosophy of Mind and Action

11. Intentionality , Gabriel Segal

12. Consciousness , Frank Jackson

13. Action , Alfred Mele

14. Cognitive Science , Martin Davies

IV. Philosophy of Language

15. Reference and Description , Scott Soames

16. Meaning and Understanding , Ian Rumfitt

17. Truth , Paul Horwich

18. Pragmatics , Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber

V. Metaphysics

19. Causation , Ned Hall

20. Modality , Lloyd Humberstone

21. Time , D H Mellor

22. Constitution and Identity , Mark Johnston

VI. Epistemology

23. Knowledge and Scepticism , Timothy Williamson

24. Perception , Michael Martin

25. The A Priori , Christopher Peacocke

VII. Philosophy of the Sciences

26. Scientific Realism , Michael Devitt

27. Laws , Nancy Cartwright and Anna Alexandrova

28. Philosophy of Biology , Philip Kitcher

29. The Foundations of Physics , David Albert

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Frank Jackson, Australian National University and
Michael Smith, Princeton University

Links to web resources and related information

More in the same subject area:
Philosophy
Metaphysics & ontology
Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Ethics & moral philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy & theory of psychology
Philosophy of language
Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
States of consciousness
Social & political philosophy
Perception
Philosophy of science

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