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Many contemporary Anglo-American philosophers describe themselves as naturalists. But what do they mean by that term? Popular naturalist slogans like, "there is no first philosophy" or "philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences" are far from illuminating. "Understanding Naturalism" provides a clear and readable survey of the main strands in recent naturalist thought. The origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics is explained through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. The most common objections to the...

Many contemporary Anglo-American philosophers describe themselves as naturalists. But what do they mean by that term? Popular naturalist slogans like, "there is no first philosophy" or "philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences" are far from illuminating. "Understanding Naturalism" provides a clear and readable survey of the main strands in recent naturalist thought. The origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics is explained through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. The most common objections to the...

Jack Ritchie has created one of the most enjoyable legal thrillers of the decade. In David Ross we have a character we can believe in, a man we want to share adverntures with, a hero who is a simple, low born, honourable and remarkable. Sleaze is brilliant tightly spun story of politcal skulduggery, murder, mystery and redemption. Why did the wife of Charles Wilson MP denigrate him so publically? When she is found with a blood stained poker in her hand wandering the streets of London after he had been bludgeoned to death how can anyone belive that she is innocent? David Ross takes on her case...

In the late 1980's when Margaret Thatcher was in power and president Gorbachev was tearing down the Berlin wall, an urban terrorist wave was engulfing the UK, destroying the establishment, murdering the elite and swamping the security services. George Grant a retired SAS private detective becomes sucked into the maelstrom when his intended fiancee, Joanne Schaeffer is murdered at Stringfellows nightclub on the night when Grant planned to propose. Driven to uncover who is behind her murder Grant becomes enmeshed in the security forces desperate search for the organisers and perpetrators of the...