During a career spanning over thirty years Philip Pettit has made seminal contributions in moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of mind and action, and metaphysics. His many contributions would be remarkable enough in themselves, but they are made all the more remarkable by the ways in which Pettit connects them with each other. Pettit holds that the lessons learned when thinking about problems in one area of philosophy often constitute ready-made solutions to problems we faced in completely different areas. His body of work taken as a whole...

David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson's popular introduction to philosophy of mind and cognition is now available in a fully revised and updated edition.

• Ensures that the most recent developments in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are brought together into a coherent, accessible whole.


• Revisions respond to feedback from students and teachers and make the volume even more useful for courses.


• New material includes: a section on Descartes' famous objection to materialism; extended treatment of connectionism;...

David Braddon-Mitchell and Frank Jackson's popular introduction to philosophy of mind and cognition is now available in a fully revised and updated edition.

• Ensures that the most recent developments in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science are brought together into a coherent, accessible whole.


• Revisions respond to feedback from students and teachers and make the volume even more useful for courses.


• New material includes: a section on Descartes' famous objection to materialism; extended treatment of connectionism;...

What is the nature of, and what is the relationship between, external objects and our visual perceptual experience of them? In this book, Frank Jackson defends the answers provided by the traditional Representative theory of perception. He argues, among other things that we are never immediately aware of external objects, that they are the causes of our perceptual experiences and that they have only the primary qualities. In the course of the argument, sense data and the distinction between mediate and immediate perception receive detailed defences and the author criticises attempts to reduce...

This early work is a detailed study of the eminent dancers Jack Carter, Michael Charnley and John Cranko with photography by Paul Wilson. Thoroughly recommended for the bookshelf of any ballet enthusiast or historian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Society offers two main categories of hard thugs- and both categories exist in the pulpit Ever wondered if God actually requires Blind Obedience to your church pastor, as some churches teach? Frank Jackson, the author, is a seasoned international minister and broadcast anchor who knows how to ask the tough questions- -Does your church teach faithfulness to the church and unquestioned allegiance to the pastor... over faithfulness to God? -Does your pastor claim to have a vision from God that only he or she is holy enough to understand? -And, does your pastor claim to be the infallible voice...