Oxford Philosophical Texts

The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, giving the student detailed critical guidance on the intellectual context of the work and the structure and philosophical importance of the main arguments. Endnotes are supplied which provide further commentary on the arguments and explain unfamiliar references and terminology, and a full bibliography and index are also included.

Zöller: Kant: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics

Edited by Günter Zöller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Munich

December 2003, 170pp, 0-19-875151-6, £10.99, Paperback

This new edition of Kant's own summary of his philosophy is designed specially for students. Günter Zöller assumes no prior knowledge of the Prolegomena and provides an extensive and comprehensive introduction which explores Kant's life, the origin and reception of the Prolegomena, the organization of the work, its principal arguments, and its philosophical significance. This edition also includes detailed notes to aid student understanding, as well as a chronology, a glossary and an annotated bibliography.

Hill & Zweig: Immanuel Kant - Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

Edited by Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Kenan Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Arnulf Zweig, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Oregon; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Baruch College, City University of New York

January 2003, 306pp, 0-19-875180-X, £10.99, Paperback

This new edition and translation of Kant's classic work on the fundamental questions of ethics is designed especially for students. An extensive and comprehensive introduction explains the central concepts of Groundwork and looks at Kant's main lines of argument. Detailed notes aim to clarify Kant's thoughts and to correct some common misunderstandings of his doctrines.

Spinoza: Ethics

G. H. R. Parkinson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading

February 2000, 366pp, 0-19-875214-8, £11.99, Paperback

Spinoza's Ethics is a classic philosophy text but it is also one of the most difficult to understand. This latest text in the Oxford Philosophical Texts series includes a new, lucid translation of Ethics in which Parkinson provides a comprehensive guide to the understanding of Spinoza's work.

A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects

David Hume

Edited by David Fate Norton, FRSC is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, and Mary J. Norton, independant scholar.

January 2000, 632pp, 0-19-875172-9, £13.99, Paperback
0-19-875173-7, £35.00, Hardback

The Treatise addresses many of the most fundamental philosophical issues: causation, existence, freedom, necessity, and morality. The volume also includes Hume’s own abstract of the Treatise, a substantial introduction, extensive annotations, a glossary, a comprehensive index, and suggestions for further reading.

An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp

April 1999, 302pp, 0-19-875248-2, £7.99, Paperback, 0-19-875249-0, £20.99, Hardback

Tom Beauchamp presents a new edition of, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, designed especially for the student reader. This authoritative new version of the classic text, is preceded by a substantial introduction explaining the historical and intellectual background to the work and surveying its main themes.

Full list of titles in this series:

Berkeley: Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Berkeley: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Hill, Jr: Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Hume: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature
Leibniz: Philosophical Texts
Mill: Utilitarianism
Spinoza: Ethics
Zöller: Kant: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics