This volume comprises the complete proceedings of the 1999 Ratio Conference at which Derrida made significant contributions on various topics, including the relation of his work to analytical philosophy, the logic of argument, truth ineffability, meaning, animal life, and the appeal to the ordinary in the work of Wittgenstein and J.L. Austin.
This volume comprises the complete proceedings of the 1999 Ratio Conference at which Derrida made significant contributions on various topics, includi...
This volume discusses Wittgenstein's work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason.
Investigates the nature of reason which has always been a topic at the very heart of Western philosophy
Analyses how Wittgenstein raised crucial questions about the subject - most notably in his critique of Frazer's Golden Bough, his discussions of various philosophical aspects of religion, and the famous 'rule-following considerations' from his Philosophical Investigations
Contributors include prominent Wittgenstein scholars from...
This volume discusses Wittgenstein's work, as well as his oeuvre in general, and its implications for the nature of reason.
This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his Rescuing Justice and Equality.
A critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls
Offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book Rescuing Justice and Equality
The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these...
This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions adv...
In Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a greatly anticipated new work by world-renowned moral philosopher Derek Parfit.
Presents critical assessments of what promises to be one of the key moral philosophy texts of our time
Features essays by a team of leading philosophers including Princeton's Michael Smith, one of the world's leading meta-ethicists
Addresses Parfit's central thesis - that the main ethical theories can agree on what matters - as well as...
In Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a g...
Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading international philosophers that highlight the most recent debates in the philosophy of action
Features seven internationally significant authors, including new work by two of philosophy's 'super stars', John McDowell and Joseph Raz
Presents the first clear indication of how John McDowell is extending his path-breaking work on intentionality and perceptual experience towards an account of action and agency
Covers...
Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading...
Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases.
Leading metaphysicians explore fundamental questions related to the classification and structure of the natural world
An essential commentary on issues at the heart of the contemporary debate between philosophy and science
Interweaves discussion of overarching themes with detailed material on applied ontology
Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and dis...
Irrealism in Ethics presents a collection of six original essays contributed by prominent moral philosophers that address various forms of the philosophical position of ethical irrealism.
Addresses various forms of the philosophical position of ethical irrealism
Presents arguments both for and against the two major versions of ethical irrealism--the error theory and expressivism
Offers innovative new arguments on topics relating to ethical irrealism
Features original contributions from internationally prominent moral philosophers
Irrealism in Ethics presents a collection of six original essays contributed by prominent moral philosophers that address various forms of t...
