This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection of newly commissioned articles brings together distinguished voices in the field of Africana philosophy and African-American social and political thought.

• Provides a comprehensive critical survey of African-American philosophical thought.
  
• Collects wide-ranging, multidisciplinary, newly commissioned articles in one authoritative volume.
  
• Serves as a benchmark work of reference for courses in philosophy, social and political thought, cultural studies, and African-American studies.
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The Blackwell Companion to Heidegger is a complete guide to the work and thought of Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

• Considers the most important elements of Heidegger's intellectual biography, including his notorious involvement with National Socialism
  
• Provides a systematic and comprehensive exploration of Heidegger's work
  
• One of the few books on Heidegger to cover his later work as well as Being and Time
  
• Includes key critical responses to Heidegger's...

Unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this multidisciplinary companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to cognitive science.

Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics - provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today.

• Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethics
• Offers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental,...

This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection of newly commissioned articles brings together distinguished voices in the field of Africana philosophy and African-American social and political thought.

• Provides a comprehensive critical survey of African-American philosophical thought.
  
• Collects wide-ranging, multidisciplinary, newly commissioned articles in one authoritative volume.
  
• Serves as a benchmark work of reference for courses in philosophy, social and political thought, cultural studies, and African-American studies.
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A Companion to the Philosophers surveys the major philosophical thinkers in Western and non-Western traditions. Multicultural in its approach, it provides authoritative coverage of the major Chinese, Indian, Japanese, African, Jewish, and Islamic philosophers, as well as European and American thinkers.

A Companion to Environmental Philosophy is a pioneering work in the burgeoning field of environmental philosophy. This ground-breaking volume contains thirty-six original articles exemplifying the rich diversity of scholarship in this field.

• Contains thirty-six original articles, written by international scholars.
  
• Traces the roots of environmental philosophy through the exploration of cultural traditions from around the world.
  
• Brings environmental philosophy into conversation with other fields and disciplines such as...

Comprised of essays by top scholars in the field, this volume offers detailed overviews of philosophical issues raised by biology.

• Brings together a team of eminent scholars to explore the philosophical issues raised by biology
• Addresses traditional and emerging topics, spanning molecular biology and genetics, evolution, developmental biology, immunology, ecology, mind and behaviour, neuroscience, and experimentation
• Begins with a thorough introduction to the field
• Goes beyond previous treatments that focused only on evolution to give equal attention...

Covering the complete development of post-Kantian Continental philosophy, this volume serves as an essential reference work for philosophers and those engaged in the many disciplines that are integrally related to Continental and European Philosophy.

A Companion to the Philosophers surveys the major philosophical thinkers in Western and non-Western traditions. Multicultural in its approach, it provides authoritative coverage of the major Chinese, Indian, Japanese, African, Jewish, and Islamic philosophers, as well as European and American thinkers.