Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science contains sixteen original essays by leading authors in the philosophy of science, each one defending the affirmative or negative answer to one of eight specific questions, including: Are there laws of social science? Are causes physically connected to their effects? Is the mind a system of modules shaped by natural selection?

• Brings together fresh debates on eight of the most controversial issues in the philosophy of science.
  
• Questions addressed include: -Are there laws of social science?-; -Are...

Contemporary Debates in Moral Theory features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.

• Brings together fresh debates on the most controversial issues in moral theory
  
• Questions include: Are moral requirements derived from reason? How demanding is morality? Are virtues the proper starting point for moral theorizing?
  
• Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion.
  
• Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in...

Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.

• Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art


• Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art.


• Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholars, and especially...

In a series of thought-provoking and original essays, eighteen leading philosophers engage in head-to-head debates of nine of the most cutting edge topics in contemporary metaphysics.

• Explores the fundamental questions in contemporary metaphysics in a series of eighteen original essays - 16 of which are newly commissioned for this volume
  
• Features an introductory essay by the editors on the nature of metaphysics to prepare the reader for ongoing discussions
  
• Offers readers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophers engage...

This volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means of debates on key questions.

• The debates are written by renowned experts in the field.
  
• The debates cover the middle ground as well as the extremes
  
• Addresses topics such as the amount of innate knowledge, bounded rationality and the role of perception in action.
  
• Provides valuable overview of the field in a clear and easily comprehensible form.

This volume introduces central issues in cognitive science by means of debates on key questions.

• The debates are written by renowned experts in the field.
  
• The debates cover the middle ground as well as the extremes
  
• Addresses topics such as the amount of innate knowledge, bounded rationality and the role of perception in action.
  
• Provides valuable overview of the field in a clear and easily comprehensible form.

This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust.

• Interdisciplinary content encourages students to engage with philosophical, political, cultural and literary debate as well as historiographical issues.
  
• Integrates oral histories and testimonies from both victims and perpetrators, including Jewish council leaders, victims of ghettos and camps, SS officials and German soldiers.
  This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about t...

This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust.

• Interdisciplinary content encourages students to engage with philosophical, political, cultural and literary debate as well as historiographical issues.
  
• Integrates oral histories and testimonies from both victims and perpetrators, including Jewish council leaders, victims of ghettos and camps, SS officials and German soldiers.
  This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about t...

Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features pairs of newly commissioned essays by some of the leading theorists working in the field today.

• Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in applied ethics
  
• Topics addressed include abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy in civil society, values in nature, and world hunger.
  
• Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion.
  
• Will...

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today.

• Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind
  
• Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates
  
• A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored
  
• Organized into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental,...