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Book SynopsisMollie Gerver considers when bodies such as the UN, government agencies and NGOs ought to help refugees to return home. Drawing on original interviews with 172 refugees before and after repatriation, she resolves six moral puzzles arising from repatriation using the methods of analytical philosophy to provide a more ethical framework.

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Book SynopsisMollie Gerver considers when bodies such as the UN, government agencies and NGOs ought to help refugees to return home. Drawing on original interviews with 172 refugees before and after repatriation, she resolves six moral puzzles arising from repatriation using the methods of analytical philosophy to provide a more ethical framework.

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Book SynopsisIn these newly commissioned essays, leading Whitehead scholars ask a range of important questions about Whitehead's first year of philosophy lectures. Also included in this volume is the text of Whitehead's first lecture at Harvard, allowing for a clearer understanding of Whitehead's plans and goals for his first philosophy lectures.Table of ContentsAbbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Brief History of the Critical Edition of Whitehead, Brian G. Henning; Introduction; Tales from the Whitehead Mines: On Whitehead, His Students, and the challenges of Editing the Critical Edition, Joseph Petek; Part I: The First Lecture; 1. First lecture: September, 1924, Alfred North Whitehead; 2. Examining Whitehead’s ‘First lecture: September, 1924, Paul A. Bogaard; Part II: The Fitness of the Environment; 3. Whitehead and his Philosophy of Evolution, Paul A. Bogaard; 4. Some Clarifications on Evolution and Time, Maria-Teresa Teixeira; 5. Whitehead’s Biological Turn, Dennis Sölch; Part III: Physics and Relativity; 6. Quanta and Corpuscles: The Influence of Quantum Mechanical Ideas on Whitehead's Transitional Philosophy in Light of The Harvard Lectures, Gary L. Herstein; 7. From Physics to Philosophy, and from Continuity to Atomicity,Ronny Desmet; 8. Whitehead’s Highly Speculative Lectures on Quantum Theory, Ronny Desmet; 9. On Herstein’s ‘Quanta and Corpuscles’, Ronny Desmet; 10. Reply to Desmet, Gary L. Herstein; Part IV: Whitehead’s Philosophical Context; 11. Whitehead and Kant at Copenhagenm, Jason Bell, Seshu Iyengar; 12. Whitehead’s Early Harvard Period, Hartshorne, and the Transcendental Project, George W. Shields; 13. Footnotes to Plato, Aljoscha Berve; Part V: Metaphysical Reflections; 14. Diagrams and Myths, George Allan; 15. How ‘Eternity’ got ‘Thrown Forward’ into ‘Perishing’, Jude Jones; Part VI: Reinterpreting Whitehead; 16. Uncovering a ‘New’ Whitehead, George R. Lucas, Jr; 17. Whitehead in Class: Do the Harvard-Radcliffe Course Notes Change How we Understand Whitehead’s Thought?, Brian G. Henning; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisSome pursue philosophy via its history, while others focus on current debates without reference to the past. But a growing group of philosophers believe historical perspective can contribute to current debates. Philosophy and the Historical Perspective explores the importance of this perspective and investigates the very nature of philosophy.Trade Reviewthis volume contains contributions that genuinely move forward research on the foundations of methodology in the history of philosophy * Sandra Lapointe, McMaster University, Journal of the History of Philosophy *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a landmark work in apoha theory and Indian epistemology and logic. The most distinguished contemporary scholars in this field have collaborated on a set of essays notable not only for their philological erudition and philosophical acuity but also for the fact that they engage one another so productively. Together they illuminate this topic more than any previous scholarship. Essential reading. -- Jay Garfield, author of Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy This volume hugely advances our understanding of one of the most complex and elusive doctrines of the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition while at the same time giving contemporary philosophers and cognitive scientists some novel resources for thinking through basic problems in the understanding of language and cognition. These essays represent not only exemplary philological interpretations of Sanskrit and Tibetan philosophical texts but also venturesome and philosophically sophisticated attempts to understand what this first-millennium doctrine might teach us today. This collection is sure to be a touchstone for future work in several fields, including Buddhist philosophy, the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, and studies in Buddhism and cognitive science. -- Dan Arnold, author of Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion A generous addition to the field of Buddhist logic and epistemology as well as a brilliant exemplar of the virtues and incalculable value of rigorous scholarly discourse... South method and impeccable style. Philosophy East and West Every entry shows an impressive degree of scholarship and sophistication in thinking, and all the entries are well written. Journal of American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsPreface Introduction, by Arindam Chakrabarti and Mark Siderits 1. How to Talk About Ineffable Things: Dignaga and Dharmakirti on Apoha, by Tom Tillemans 2. Dignaga's Apoha Theory: Its Presuppositions and Main Theoretical Implications, by Ole Pind 3. Key Features of Dharmakirti's Apoha Theory, by John D. Dunne 4. Dharmakirti's Discussion of Circularity, by Pascale Hugon 5. Apoha Theory as an Approach to Understanding Human Cognition, by Shoryu Katsura 6. The Apoha Theory as Referred to in the Nyayamanjari, by Masaaki Hattori 7. Constructing the Content of Awareness Events, by Parimal G. Patil 8. The Apoha Theory of Meaning: A Critical Account, by Prabal Kumar Sen 9. Apoha as a Naturalized Account of Concept Formation, by Georges Dreyfus 10. Apoha, Feature-Placing, and Sensory Content, by Jonardon Ganeri 11. Funes and Categorization in an Abstraction-Free World, by Amita Chatterjee 12. Apoha Semantics: Some Simpleminded Questions and Doubts, by Bob Hale 13. Classical Semantics and Apoha Semantics, by Brendan S. Gillon 14. Srughna by Dusk, by Mark Siderits Bibliography List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisContemporary philosophers assess the late author's ideas on fatalism, free will, and art.Trade ReviewCahn and Eckhert have here assembled a very fine collection of essays on philosophical themes in the work of the acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, whose philosophical talents are only just being recognized. Philosophers interested in the topic of fatalism should take special note, as well as those interested in Wallace's work more generally. -- Patrick Todd, University of Edinburgh In the last decade, Wallace scholarship has often confined itself to narrow corridors, covering and re-covering excursions that have become increasingly familiar. This collection opens up a new wing of the critical mansion, not only building up our understanding of Wallace's important early engagement with Taylor but also pressing his investigations toward lively new dialogues with John McFarlane, David Lewis, Archilochus, Richard Rorty, and many others. -- Stephen J. Burn, University of Glasgow Philosophically rigorous... This collection of essays provides insight into the philosophical career of celebrated author Wallace and serves as a good introduction to the metaphysical problems surrounding determinism, time travel, and free will. Recommended for all libraries. Library Journal Recommended. Choice An impressive anthology of seminal scholarship. The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert 1. David Foster Wallace and the Fallacies of "Fatalism," by William Hasker 2. Wallace, Free Choice, and Fatalism, by Gila Sher 3. Fatalism and the Metaphysics of Contingency, by M. Oreste Fiocco 4. Fatalism, Time Travel, and System J, by Maureen Eckert 5. David Foster Wallace as American Hedgehog, by Daniel R. Kelly 6. David Foster Wallace on the Good Life, by Nathan Ballantyne and Justin Tosi List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisContemporary philosophers assess the late author’s ideas on fatalism, free will, and art.Trade ReviewCahn and Eckhert have here assembled a very fine collection of essays on philosophical themes in the work of the acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, whose philosophical talents are only just being recognized. Philosophers interested in the topic of fatalism should take special note, as well as those interested in Wallace's work more generally. -- Patrick Todd, University of Edinburgh In the last decade, Wallace scholarship has often confined itself to narrow corridors, covering and re-covering excursions that have become increasingly familiar. This collection opens up a new wing of the critical mansion, not only building up our understanding of Wallace's important early engagement with Taylor but also pressing his investigations toward lively new dialogues with John McFarlane, David Lewis, Archilochus, Richard Rorty, and many others. -- Stephen J. Burn, University of Glasgow Philosophically rigorous... This collection of essays provides insight into the philosophical career of celebrated author Wallace and serves as a good introduction to the metaphysical problems surrounding determinism, time travel, and free will. Recommended for all libraries. Library Journal Recommended. Choice An impressive anthology of seminal scholarship. The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert 1. David Foster Wallace and the Fallacies of "Fatalism," by William Hasker 2. Wallace, Free Choice, and Fatalism, by Gila Sher 3. Fatalism and the Metaphysics of Contingency, by M. Oreste Fiocco 4. Fatalism, Time Travel, and System J, by Maureen Eckert 5. David Foster Wallace as American Hedgehog, by Daniel R. Kelly 6. David Foster Wallace on the Good Life, by Nathan Ballantyne and Justin Tosi List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisInspiring new techniques for engaging students with democratic idealsTrade Review"Fishman and McCarthy each bring unique tools to their classroom inquiries, and the results are wonderfully readable and illuminating. Their work and humanity point the way for educators to act against civic decline and for civic renewal." --Ira Shor, professor of composition and rhetoric, City University of New York Graduate School"The study is a superb inquiry: a model for how philosophy should consider the 'problems of men' and how teaching and research should be conducted. Highly recommended."--Choice "Those who have enjoyed Fishman and McCarthy's earlier collaborations that stir fine philosophy, serious classroom practice, and careful empirical study into a savory stew will find their latest offering to their taste. I also recommend this most recent work to those who have not yet had the pleasure."--Teachers College Record “Reads like a conversation with someone who not only knows Dewey's thinking well but also is not afraid to experiment with these ideas.”--Education and Culture

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.

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Book Synopsis* Covers the central themes of Wittgensteina s oeuvre. * Provides a collection of newly--commissioned essays by internationally established philosophers. * Includes an excellent preface that explains the various perspectives of the contributors and offers an introduction to Wittgensteina s work. .Trade Review"Fifty years after the death of Ludwig Wittgenstein, it is clear that his contribution to philosophy will be as important in the twenty-first century as it was in the twentieth. In this volume Hans-Johann Glock has assembled a number of critical essays by distinguished scholars which will make a weighty contribution to the as yet incomplete reception of Wittgenstein. Writing from a variety of standpoints, the authors offer interpretations of the Wittgensteinian canon which range between the traditional and the innovative, but always invite serious consideration, and which offer a re-evaluation of contemporary trends in philosophy in the light of Wittgenstein's insights." Anthony Kenny, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors vii Preface xi List of Abbreviations and Primary Sources xxi 1 The Development of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy 1 Hans-Johann Glock 2 The So-called Picture Theory: Language and the World in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 26 Hidé Ishiguro 3 The Logical System of the Tractatus 47 Howard Mounce 4 Wittgenstein on Intentionality 59 Erich Ammereller 5 Meaning and Understanding 94 Bede Rundle 6 Following a Rule 119 Robert L. Arrington 7 Thinking 138 Oswald Hanfling 8 The Will 156 Stewart Candlish 9 Private Language and Private Experience 174 Severin Schroeder 10 The Inner and the Outer 199 Michel ter Hark 11 Wittgenstein and “I” 224 David Bakhurst 12 Seeing Aspects 246 Stephen Mulhall 13 Philosophy of Mathematics 268 Pasquale Frascolla 14 Autonomy 289 Hubert Schwyzer 15 Wittgenstein on Scepticism and Certainty 305 A. C. Grayling 16 Philosophy 322 P. M. S. Hacker 17 Ethics, Faith and ‘What Can Be Saved’ 348 D. Z. Philips Bibliography 367 Index 374

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Book SynopsisThis text questions the internal consistency of causal physicalism and vindicates a novel approach to mental causation. The volume includes a lucid discussion of recent developments by philosophers such as Block, Davidson, Mellor, Putnam, Shoemaker and Yablo.Trade Review'In their interesting and important book, Corbí and Prades successfully identify and question the metaphysical assumptions behind current orthodoxy about mental causation, making an original and important contribution to our understanding of this central topic.' Christopher Hookway, University of Sheffield 'Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms is a timely and highly valuable contribution that will re-energize the ongoing debate and take it to another level. It offers refeshingly lucid and illuminating analysis and critique of the basic assumptions and arguments that have shaped the dominant physicalist outlook in this area, what Corbí and Prades call "causal physicalism". This book is an essential contribution. Highly recommended.' Jaegwon Kim, Brown University 'A thorough and subtle critique of physicalism. After reading it, even committed physicalists may conclude that their doctrine is beyond resurrection.' George Couvalis, Flinders UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Physicalism and the Mental: The Dominant View. 2. An Initial Tension: Narrowness and Multiple Realization. 3. Dispositions, Minimality, and Intrinsic Causal Powers. 4. 'Ceteris Paribus' Laws and the Autonomy of Nonbasic Properties. 5. Strict Laws, Causes, and Background Conditions. 6. Mental Causation. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisReconstructing the philosophical project of William James, Alexis Dianda deploys a concept of experience that avoids both foundationalist epistemology and an account of the subject rooted in immediately given objects of consciousness. In doing so, Dianda rethinks the role of experience as well as the aims and resources of pragmatic philosophy.Trade ReviewThis is a brilliant book and a stunning debut. In clear and eminently readable prose, Dianda succeeds in showing the centrality of experience in James’s work and how the existential richness of experience exceeds the rather narrow picture of pragmatism that we associate with Rorty, Brandom, and others. Avoiding the dead ends of classical empiricism and idealism, Dianda is right to suggest that James offers a philosophical vision attuned to the living complexity of the relations between self and world. -- Simon Critchley, The New SchoolThis book is the best philosophical treatment of the great William James in this generation. Alexis Dianda’s brilliant and subtle readings of James’s profound pluralism against Richard Rorty’s influential linguistic turn in contemporary neopragmatism are powerful and persuasive. She preserves the best of both by giving us a twenty-first-century pragmatism that embraces the vague, ambiguous, and indeterminate in order to better our grasp of the existential and moral challenges of our turbulent times. -- Cornel West, Union Theological SeminaryA brilliant reinterpretation of William James’s complex views of experience. The ‘pragmatic-existential’ conception of experience that Alexis Dianda carefully works out in this book will transform both James scholarship and current debates in and about pragmatism. -- Michael Bacon, Royal Holloway, University of LondonAlexis Dianda discovers a capacious account of an active lived experience in the work of William James. Importantly, she shows the weakness of neopragmatist attempts to abandon the concept of experience and instead focus on language alone. This is a major contribution to our understanding of James. -- Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisPhilosopher John Campbell argues that humans are unique in our ability to imagine singular causation. While robots and nonhuman animals rely on general axioms concerning what causes what, humans can imagine the specific causes of specific outcomes. This suggests that even lifelike artificial intelligence will never truly empathize with humans.Trade ReviewI found this book highly engaging. The parts about Karl Jaspers and social robots are packed with insights that will make you nod and smile. Campbell argues that singular causation in the mind cannot be analyzed in terms of general causation, but instead is brought to light by human practices that rely on our imaginative understanding of ‘the ballistics of people’s thoughts and feelings.’ These practices include attempts to reach legal verdicts beyond a reasonable doubt about people’s motives. The book is accessible, it discusses a range of long-standing philosophical problems about action and interpretation, and no one will drown in technical details. It’s simply fantastic. -- Susanna Siegel, Harvard UniversityThere is a simplicity and directness with which John Campbell introduces and pursues material that has become cluttered and blocked in much philosophical discussion that has lost sight of the fundamental problems motivating such discussion in the first place. Causation in Psychology offers genuine, true solutions that should change the philosophical landscape for good. A fascinating, deeply original book. -- Bill Brewer, King’s College London

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A terrifically good book—and an important contribution to analytic philosophy and its history."—Gil Harman, Princeton University"With its ambitious scope, deep coverage, and sophisticated and original analysis, this book offers a great wealth of valuable insights and advances our understanding of one of the most fertile periods in the history of philosophy."—John Barker, University of Illinois, Springfield

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Book SynopsisSaul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessity, reversed the pattern of two centuries of philosophizing about the necessary and the contingent.Trade Review"With characteristic verve and clarity, Burgess succeeds in doing what many thought impossible: presenting the best of Kripke's philosophical and technical work in a precise, readable, and highly illuminating fashion. Every philosopher should read this." Stephen Neale, City University of New York "Destined to become a classic, this is the best systematic overview of Saul Kripke’s major contributions to philosophy. While each chapter and appendix provides an excellent introduction for those new to the material, old hands will relish Burgess’s provocative takes on Kripkean views of belief, rule-following, and the mind. The explanation of the connection between Kripke’s technical and philosophical work on truth and modality is masterful." Scott Soames, University of Southern California "Burgess provides a masterful introduction to Kripke’s philosophy, but this volume is more than that; it is a first-rate piece of philosophy in its own right, as one would expect from one of the leading philosophers of mathematics in the world." Mark Steiner, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsPreface page vii Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Background 2 Plan 7 1 Naming 11 Mill vs Frege 11 Error and Ignorance 19 Metalinguistic Theories 24 The Historical Chain Picture 28 Reference vs Attribution 33 2 Identity 37 Modal Logic and its Archenemy 37 Rigidity 45 The Necessity of Identity 50 Resistance 53 The Contingent a Priori 56 3 Necessity 59 Imagination and the Necessary a Posteriori 59 Natural Substances 64 Natural Kinds 69 Natural Phenomena and Natural Law 71 The Mystery of Modality 74 4 Belief 78 Direct Reference 78 Puzzling Pierre 83 Poles Apart 88 Counterfactual Attitudes 91 Empty Names 98 5 Rules 104 Conventionalism 105 Kripkenstein 108 The Analogy with Hume 110 The Skeptical Paradox 116 The Skeptical Solution 120 6 Mind 128 Physicalism 128 Functionalism 131 Against Functionalism 134 Against Physicalism 136 The Mystery of Mentality 140 Appendix A Models 143 The Logic of Modality 143 Kripke Models 147 The Curse of the Barcan Formulas 150 Controversy and Confusion 153 Appendix B Truth 157 Paradox and Pathology 158 Kripke vs Tarski 159 Fixed Points 165 The Intuitive Notion of Truth 170 Notes 175 Bibliography 204 Index 211

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Book SynopsisWhat is it for a sentence to have a certain meaning? This is the question that William P. Alston addresses in this major contribution to the philosophy of language.Trade Review"Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meaning makes a significant contribution to both speech-act theory and to speech-act semantics. It is exceptionally well organized and the level of discussion and argumentation is high. Part I contains some of the best and most detailed analyses of illocutionary acts since Austin, and Part II fills a large lacuna in the theory of meaning." —Robert M. Harnish, University of ArizonaJ. L. Austin's How to Do Things with Words was seen by many as a landmark in analytical philosophy... This lucid and comprehensive study provides a valuable starting point for anyone wishing to build on Austin's legacy. * International Philosophical Quarterly *This book deserves all the attention it is bound to get.... It will stimulate a lot of discussion and should be read by any serious philosopher of language. * Philosophical Quarterly *"This is an impressive book. It is clear, vigorously argued, admirably structured, with conclusions about the nature of meaning, which have retained their freshness, interest and relevance for present researchers, not only those working in speech-act theory but for those devoted to the broader topic of meaning-theory." —Mind

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Book SynopsisIn the rigorous and highly original Self-Awareness and Alterity, Dan Zahavi provides a sustained argument that phenomenology, especially in its Husserlian version, can make a decisive contribution to discussions of self-awareness.Trade Review“The first edition of Self-Awareness and Alterity was ahead of its time; twenty years later, the second edition is timely indeed. The arguments in Zahavi’s book, which have been updated and revised throughout, are as fresh and provocative as ever, and the book remains a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in the way phenomenological and analytic approaches to the philosophy of mind can enrich one another.” —Steven Crowell, author of Normativity and Phenomenology in Husserl and Heidegger "This book has quickly become a classic. Authored by one of today’s most influential phenomenologists, it can be read both as an introduction to Husserl’s mature thought and as an original contribution to the current philosophical debate on the nature of the human self. Extraordinarily well informed, carefully argued, and written in clear and accessible language, Zahavi’s book masterfully defends Husserl against his prejudiced critics and breaks new ground in contemporary philosophy of mind and metaphysics. The work will be of equal benefit readers in the analytic and the continental traditions. —Rudolf Bernet, author of Force, Drive, Desire: A Philosophy of Psychoanalysis and coauthor of An Introduction to Husserlian Phenomenology.PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITIONSelf-Awareness and Alterity "is well organized, clear, and evenhanded, and it advances a thesis that is highly original and convincing, one that should command attention not only from phenomenologists but from any philosopher interested in the topic of self-awareness... There simply is no other work in phenomenology that goes at the problem of self-awareness in such detail and in such a systematic and illuminating way." —Steven Crowell, author of Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning "This book, significant in its phenomenological detail, shows how phenomenology can contribute important insights that are easily overlooked in both analytic and scientific accounts of human experience." —Shaun Gallagher, author of The Inordinance of Time "An ambitious and original discussion of subjectivity and self-consciousness...accessible, rigorous, and engaging." —Robert Piercey, author of The Uses of the Past From Heidegger to Rorty

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Book SynopsisThis collection offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of Wilfrid Sellars’s Pittsburgh school of thought and Husserlian phenomenology. Beginning with an introduction to contemporary philosophical debates about the mind and pragmatism, the essays examine and clarify the discursive divide between analytic and Continental philosophy.Trade Review“This is the first book to bring Sellars and Husserlian phenomenology into dialogue, exploring the many lines of intersection between them, in an impressively wide range of issues. By highlighting the complexity and richness of the relations between Sellars’s thought and phenomenology, the book persuasively shows how an encounter between them can be beneficial to both parties and a source of novel philosophical insight.” -- Dionysis Christias, University of Athens“Wilfrid Sellars and Phenomenology … explores what Sellars does with phenomenology and how better attention to phenomenology throws much light on Sellars. In the twenty-first century the gap between analytic and Continental philosophy has been slowly closing. This volume makes a much-needed contribution to that project.” -- Carl Sachs, Marymount University“Finally, the relationship between Sellars and phenomenology receives the treatment it deserves. This thoughtful collection of papers explores unprecedented territories as it locates in Sellars’ own work traces of his complex and longstanding relation with phenomenology. The book is indispensable for anyone interested in the connection between phenomenology and analytic philosophy of Kantian and Neo-Kantian inspiration.” -- Maxime Doyon, Université de MontréalTable of ContentsEditors’ Introduction—DANIELE DE SANTIS AND DANILO MANCA 1 Husserl’s Legacy in Sellars’s Philosophical Strategy—ANTONIO M. NUNZIANTE 2 Sellars and Husserl on the Manifest World—WALTER HOPP 3 Husserl’s Lifeworld and Sellars’s Stereoscopic Vision of the World—DANILO MANCA 4 Beyond the Manifest Image: The Myth of the Given across Determination and Disposition—ROBERTA LANFREDINI 5 The Status of Phenomenological Reflection: A Reassessment Inspired by Wilfrid Sellars’s Philosophy—KARL MERTENS 6 The Space of Motivations, Experience, and the Categorial Given—JACOB RUMP 7 Is Imagination a “Necessary Ingredient of Perception”? Sellars’s and Husserl’s Variations on a Kantian Theme—MICHELA SUMMA 8 The Chisholm-Sellars Correspondence on Intentionality—WOLFGANG HUEMER 9 Phenomenological Variations on Sellars’s “Particulars”—DANIELE DE SANTIS Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDidier Debaise brings Alfred North Whitehead's philosophies of nature to bear on the Anthropocene, creating a new theory of nature that does not recognize a divide between the human and nonhuman, a theory in which all organisms have the power to unleash potential into the world.Trade Review“The takeaway of Debaise’s careful analysis is a robust and persuasive understanding of the ontology of affect, and affect as valuation–the feeling of the world in its allness and being moved by it according to what is of interest and importance to the societies we are and are becoming.” -- M. Gail Hamner * affecognitive *"As Debaise puts it: 'What is needed is a philosophy that, in its very form, its ambition and its manners of relating to things, can grant due importance to the deeply plural experience of nature.' This is the philosophy to which Debaise has opened us in his reading of Whitehead." -- Patricia Ticineto Clough * Critical Inquiry *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. The Cosmology of the Moderns 3 2. A Universal Mannerism 39 3. The Intensification of Experience 77 Notes 87 Bibliography 99 Index 103

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Book SynopsisThis is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously. Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris. Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper. Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996). Trade ReviewGordon Baker, together with P. M . S. Hacker, was instrumental in the elaboration of what has become the standard interpretation of Wittgenstein's later work. In a dramatic turnabout, in his later years, Baker came to the conclusion that that interpretation, which he had done so much to help consolidate, was fundamentally flawed, exegetically and philosophically. He embarked on the task of putting forward a radically new interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy -- an interpretation which has seemed to some to be a perverse dismantling of his life's work, while seeming to others, myself included, to open up exciting new possibilities and to help put us in a position to better understand what Wittgenstein was really up to. Baker was in the midst of developing this new interpretation in a series of articles, when his tragic early death brought the project to an abrupt halt. This volume collects those articles. Any serious student of Wittgenstein's philosophy will want to own this book. James Conant, University of Chicago `The essays in this volume are replete with a wealth of historical and linguistic detail. They contain the combination of careful textual exegesis and rigorous analysis which was characteristic of Baker's work generally.' Dr Mark Addis, International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2005) Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction by Katherine J. Morris 1 Part I: Reading Wittgenstein 19 A. Methodological Concepts: 21 1. Philosophical Investigations §122: Neglected Aspects 22 2. Some Remarks on ‘Language’ and ‘Grammar’ 52 3. Wittgenstein’s ‘Depth Grammar’ 73 4. Wittgenstein on Metaphysical/Everyday Use 92 B. Applications: the ‘Private Language Argument': 108 5. The Reception of the Private Language Argument 109 6. Wittgenstein’s Method and the Private Language Argument 119 7. The Private Language Argument (extract) 130 Part II: Wittgenstein and Waismann: 141 A. The Analogy with Psychoanalysis: 143 8. ‘Our’ Method of Thinking about ‘Thinking’ 144 9. A Vision of Philosophy 179 10. Wittgenstein’s Method and Psychoanalysis 205 B. Aspects and Conceptions: 223 11. Italics in Wittgenstein 224 12. Wittgenstein: Concepts or Conceptions? 260 13. The Grammar of Aspects and Aspects of Grammar 279 Bibliography of the Works of Gordon Baker 294 General Bibliography 299 Index 305

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Book SynopsisThis popular selection of Wittgenstein's key writings has now been updated to include new material relevant to recent debates about the philosopher. Follows the evolution of Wittgenstein's philosophical thought from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through to the Philosophical Investigations. Excerpts are arranged by topic and introduce readers to all the central concerns of Wittgenstein's philosophy. Now includes a new chapter on Sense, Nonsense and Philosophy' incorporating material relevant to recent debates about Wittgenstein. Trade Review"This excellent selection of key passages from the voluminous writings of Wittgenstein for the first time allows him to be read systematically and continuously. I am sure it will be invaluable in the classroom and give much pleasure and enlightenment to the general reader." Rom Harré, University of Oxford and Georgetown University Anthony Kenny and Blackwell's have done it again. With an extended preface and an added chapter on the 'New Wittgensteinians', especially for undergraduate syllabi that aim to cover the breadth of Wittgenstein's philosophical concerns, this new edition of Kenny's astute selections is required reading. Richard Kortum, East Tennessee State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. 2. The Rejection of Logical Atomism. 3. The Nature of Philosophy. 4. Meaning and Understanding. 5. Intentionality. 6. Following a Rule. 7. Thinking. 8. The Will. 9. Private Language and Private Experience. 10. Aspect and Image. 11. The First Person. 12. The Inner and the Outer. 13. Necessity. 14. Scepticism and Certainty. 15. Sense, Nonsense and Philosophy. 16. Ethics, Life and Faith. Notes on Sources. Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein''s long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters). Now expanded to include 200 previously unpublished letters and documents, including correspondence between Wittgenstein and the economist Piero Sraffa, and between Wittgenstein and his pupils Includes extensive editorial annotations Provides a fascinating and intimate insight into Wittgenstein''s life and thought Trade Review“One could say, this book takes a close look at Wittgenstein’s face; and whether or not this will interest anyone, he was nonetheless a human being and so it may have value.” (The Dabbler, 18 May 2012) "The publication of all this new material is to be welcomed ... .[A] very handsome book, and impeccably edited. In his notes (conveniently placed after each letter and not at the end of the book), the editor gives just the right amount of background and further information to explain references to people and events in the letters." (Times Literary Supplement, March 2010) "A beautifully produced and immaculately edited volume, [McGuinness] collects together a rich mass of letters and other documents." (London Review of Books, January 2009) "Primarily a historical and biographical resource. The editor's stated aim is to picture a portion of Wittgenstein's 'pattern of ... life and work' centered on Cambridge. He has ... succeeded." (Notre Dame Reviews, October 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 List of Letters and Documents 15 Letters 29 Bibliography 481 Index of Correspondents and Document Sources 490 Index 492

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Book SynopsisThis is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously. Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris. Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper. Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996). Trade ReviewGordon Baker, together with P. M . S. Hacker, was instrumental in the elaboration of what has become the standard interpretation of Wittgenstein's later work. In a dramatic turnabout, in his later years, Baker came to the conclusion that that interpretation, which he had done so much to help consolidate, was fundamentally flawed, exegetically and philosophically. He embarked on the task of putting forward a radically new interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy -- an interpretation which has seemed to some to be a perverse dismantling of his life's work, while seeming to others, myself included, to open up exciting new possibilities and to help put us in a position to better understand what Wittgenstein was really up to. Baker was in the midst of developing this new interpretation in a series of articles, when his tragic early death brought the project to an abrupt halt. This volume collects those articles. Any serious student of Wittgenstein's philosophy will want to own this book. James Conant, University of Chicago `The essays in this volume are replete with a wealth of historical and linguistic detail. They contain the combination of careful textual exegesis and rigorous analysis which was characteristic of Baker's work generally.' Dr Mark Addis, International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2005) Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Introduction by Katherine J. Morris 1 Part I: Reading Wittgenstein 19 A. Methodological Concepts: 21 1. Philosophical Investigations §122: Neglected Aspects 22 2. Some Remarks on ‘Language’ and ‘Grammar’ 52 3. Wittgenstein’s ‘Depth Grammar’ 73 4. Wittgenstein on Metaphysical/Everyday Use 92 B. Applications: the ‘Private Language Argument': 108 5. The Reception of the Private Language Argument 109 6. Wittgenstein’s Method and the Private Language Argument 119 7. The Private Language Argument (extract) 130 Part II: Wittgenstein and Waismann: 141 A. The Analogy with Psychoanalysis: 143 8. ‘Our’ Method of Thinking about ‘Thinking’ 144 9. A Vision of Philosophy 179 10. Wittgenstein’s Method and Psychoanalysis 205 B. Aspects and Conceptions: 223 11. Italics in Wittgenstein 224 12. Wittgenstein: Concepts or Conceptions? 260 13. The Grammar of Aspects and Aspects of Grammar 279 Bibliography of the Works of Gordon Baker 294 General Bibliography 299 Index 305

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Book SynopsisThis book provides both an introduction to the philosophy of scientific modeling and a contribution to the discussion and clarification of two recent philosophical conceptions of models: artifactualism and fictionalism. These can be viewed as different stances concerning the standard representationalist account of scientific models. By better understanding these two alternative views, readers will gain a deeper insight into what a model is as well as how models function in different sciences.Fictionalism has been a traditional epistemological stance related to antirealist construals of laws and theories, such as instrumentalism and inferentialism. By contrast, the more recent fictional view of models holds that scientific models must be conceived of as the same kind of entities as literary characters and places. This approach is essentially an answer to the ontological question concerning the nature of models, which in principle is not incompatible with a representationalist account of the function of models. The artifactual view of models is an approach according to which scientific models are epistemic artifacts, whose main function is not to represent the phenomena but rather to provide epistemic access to them. It can be conceived of as a non-representationalist and pragmatic account of modeling, which does not intend to focus on the ontology of models but rather on the ways they are built and used for different purposes. The different essays address questions such as the artifactual view of idealization, the use of information theory to elucidate the concepts of abstraction and idealization, the deidealization of models, the nature of scientific fictions, the structural account of representation and the ontological status of structures, the role of surrogative reasoning with models, and the use of models for explaining and predicting physical phenomena.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Theories, Models, and Scientific Representations (Alejandro Cassini and Juan Redmond).- Chapter 2. An Artifactual Perspective on Idealization: Constant Capacitance and the Hodgkin and Huxley Model (Natalia Carrillo and Tarja Knuuttila).- Chapter 3. Informative Models: Idealization and Abstraction (Mauricio Suárez and Agnes Bolinska).- Chapter 4. Deidealized Models (Alejandro Cassini).- Chapter 5. Scientific Representation as Ensemble-Plus-Sanding-for: A Moderate Fictionalist Account (José A. Díez).- Chapter 6. Seven Myths About the Fiction View of Models (Roman Frigg and James Nguyen).- Chapter 7. Bridging the Gap: The Artefactual View Meets the Fiction View of Models (Fiora Salis).- Chapter 8. Models as Hypostatizations: The Case of Supervaluationism in Semantics (Manuel García-Carpintero).- Chapter 9. Structural Representation and the Ontology of Models (Otávio Bueno).- Chapter 10. Representation and Surrogate Reasoning: A Proposal from Dialogical Pragmatism (Juan Redmond).- Chapter 11. Prediction and Explanation by Theoretical Models:An Instrumentalist Stance (Andrés Rivadulla).- Chapter 12. Commented Bibliography on Models and Idealizations (Alejandro Cassini).- Name Index.- Subject Index.-

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses controversies concerning the epistemological foundations of data science: Is it a genuine science? Or is data science merely some inferior practice that can at best contribute to the scientific enterprise, but cannot stand on its own? The author proposes a coherent conceptual framework with which these questions can be rigorously addressed. Readers will discover a defense of inductivism and consideration of the arguments against it: an epistemology of data science more or less by definition has to be inductivist, given that data science starts with the data. As an alternative to enumerative approaches, the author endorses Federica Russo’s recent call for a variational rationale in inductive methodology. Chapters then address some of the key concepts of an inductivist methodology including causation, probability and analogy, before outlining an inductivist framework. The inductivist framework is shown to be adequate and useful for an analysis of the epistemological foundations of data science. The author points out that many aspects of the variational rationale are present in algorithms commonly used in data science. Introductions to algorithms and brief case studies of successful data science such as machine translation are included. Data science is located with reference to several crucial distinctions regarding different kinds of scientific practices, including between exploratory and theory-driven experimentation, and between phenomenological and theoretical science. Computer scientists, philosophers and data scientists of various disciplines will find this philosophical perspective and conceptual framework of great interest, especially as a starting point for further in-depth analysis of algorithms used in data science. Trade Review“Readers are taken on a journey where they will discover step-by-step methodologies for data-driven research. Judiciously, each key concept of data science is concisely defined, and examples and the when, why, and how to use them are provided. … I fully recommend it.” (Thierry Edoh, Computing Reviews, February 7, 2023)Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Inductivism.- Chapter 3. Phenomenological Science.- Chapter 4. Variational Induction.- Chapter 5. Causation As Difference Making.- Chapter 6. Evidence.- Chapter 7. Concept Formation.- Chapter 8. Analogy.- Chapter 9. Causal Probability.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains a selection of papers from the workshop Women in the History of Analytic Philosophy held in October 2019 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. It is the first volume devoted to the role of women in early analytic philosophy. It discusses the ideas of ten female philosophers and covers a period of over a hundred years, beginning with the contribution to the Significs Movement by Victoria, Lady Welby in the second half of the nineteenth century, and ending with Ruth Barcan Marcus’s celebrated version of quantified modal logic after the Second World War. The book makes clear that women contributed substantially to the development of analytic philosophy in all areas of philosophy, from logic, epistemology, and philosophy of science, to ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. It illustrates that although women's voices were no different from men's as regards their scope and versatility, they had a much harder time being heard. The book is aimed at historians of philosophy and scholars in gender studiesTable of ContentsINTERNAL NOTE: See the file "ob.Contents.pdf" in the attachments tab.

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Book SynopsisDas biomedizinische Verständnis der modernen (Schul-)Medizin darf als Resultat einer seit über 160 Jahren andauernden Ver-Naturwissenschaftlichung der Medizin verstanden werden. Infolgedessen resümiert Petra Lenz eine „Krise der Medizin“, die sich im Vertrauensverlust der Menschen in das Medizinsystem zeigt. Es wird gezeigt, dass der theoretische Krankheitsbegriff als sinnspezifischer Faktenbegriff der Naturwissenschaften nicht als Hoffnungsträger für Medizin und Gesundheitspolitik infrage kommt, sondern erst durch ihn medizinethische und gesundheitspolitische Herausforderungen entstehen. Trade Review“... In einem Überblick von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart stellt Petra Lenz in ihrer Arbeit exemplarische Stationen dar ...” (Dominik Baltes, in: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ethik, Jg. 66, Heft 3, 2020)Table of ContentsKulturelle und medizinhistorische Antwortversuche auf die Frage nach der Krankheit.- Die philosophische Diskussion um den Krankheitsbegriff.- Die Krise der Medizin als Folge der Orientierung an einem theoretischen Krankheitsbegriff.- Die Erklärungslücke am Beispiel der Migräne.- Der Krankheitsbegriff im Klammergriff der Rationalitäten.- Vorschlag zum Umgang mit gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen durch die Moderne Medizin.

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Book SynopsisPragmatism is experiencing a resurgence in law, philosophy and social science, with pragmatists seeking a consistent, comprehensive and productive understanding of social life. In its four sections Renascent Pragmatism aids the reinvigoration of pragmatism as an important intellectual tradition and contributor to inquiry and change in social life. The book is a first of its kind for combining essays on theory, method, public policy and empirical scholarship, presenting contributions from philosophers, legal scholars and social scientists. Throughout the book, the concrete linkage between policy, theory and method is emphasized, while recognizing the philosophical tradition in which the inquiries and prescriptions rest.Trade Review'This book is must reading for anyone interested in pragmatism, law or social science. The book shows how pragmatism continues to be a powerful theoretical tool for the analysis of law and society.' George Martinez, Southern Methodist University, USA 'This collection of fascinating essays demonstrates the vitality and extends the reach of pragmatism in the social sciences. As one of the contributors notes: "Pragmatism is where the action really is.' John Lachs, Vanderbilt University, USA 'This collection of essays makes a powerful and coherent case for a renascent pragmatism as a tool and organizing principle for socio-legal research - and for the talents of a new generation of scholars embracing this tool. The uninitiated reader will learn important insights into the contribution and history of pragmatism, while those more familiar with pragmatism will see its particular utility for cutting-edge socio-legal research - superbly exemplified in this volume.' Bryant Garth, American Bar Foundation, USA 'This marvelously organized and researched set of essays provides readers both new and more familiar with pragmatism as a philosophy and form of politics with insightful commentary and interpretations. This book should help mobilize that renaissance its title announces. A much needed and welcome addition of use to just about every field of social inquiry.' Susan Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ’...I found the volume to be a coherent, engaging and thought-provoking...sum of its parts...social scientists interested in the promise of a pragmatic social science will find much here worth serious consideration.’ Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Pragmatic Philosophy on Social, Legal, and Scholarly Practice: The 'Democracy of Self-Devotion': Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and pragmatism, William G. Weaver; The dilemma of democracy: diversity of interests and common experiences, Charlene Haddock Seigfried; A pragmatic response to the embarrassing problems of ideology critique in socio-legal studies, Brian Z. Tamanaha; Pragmatic legal norms, Murray J. Leaf. Updating Pragmatist Informed Methods of Inquiry: Ethnography and pragmatism, Murray J. Leaf; The mathematical metaphysics of measurement and metrology: towards meaningful quantification in the human sciences, William P. Fisher Jr. Pragmatists' Perspectives on Policy and Politics: The pragmatic policy analyst, Anne Larason Schneider and Helen Ingram; Does consensus work? A pragmatic approach to public participation in the regulatory process, Cary Coglianese. Empirical Studies from Pragmatist Perspectives: A pragmatist theory of social movement leadership, Alfonso Morales and Robert R. Jimenez, Public interest lawyering and the pragmatist dilemma, Peter Margulies; Index.

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