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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and
Book SynopsisWritten by an international assembly of distinguished philosophers and legal theorists, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory creates a groundbreaking student resource in critical essays on the central themes and issues of the philosophy of law today. .Trade Review“Golding and Edmundson have assembled many of the most luminous figures in legal theory to write deep and totally original essays on a variety of central jurisprudential topics. The authors are the right people writing on the right subjects, and this book is likely to become a standard source for many years to come.” Frederick Schauer, Harvard University “In addition to offering excellent introductions to the central topics of legal philosophy, the articles in this volume are in their own right distinguished scholarly contributions to the field. Students and specialists alike will find the book to be of great interest.” Stephen Perry, New York University School of Law “This is a Guide that actually guides. All the contributors provide excellent routemaps, sometimes across very tricky terrain. At the same time, many of the contributors open up new paths and new vistas. The result is a book that works at more than one level: accessible secondary literature for those just mastering the subject as well as challenging primary literature for those already steeped in it.” John Gardner, University of Oxford "Convincing, lively, coherent, applied, unpretentious, even though within a predominantly western paradigm, this guide is real value for money. It is a guide not just to facts and ideas but also to method; in addition it will serve as a portal for collection managers to a wide range of must-haves for the library." Stuart Hannabuss, Aberdeen Business School, AberdeenTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part I: Contending Schools of Thought:. 1. Legal Positivism: Brian H. Bix (University of Minnesota). 2. Natural Law Theory: Mark C. Murphy (Georgetown University. 3. American Legal Realism: Brian Leiter (University of Texas at Austin). 4. Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions: Lewis A. Kornhauser (New York University). 5. Critical Legal Theory: Mark V. Tushnet (Georgetown University). 6. Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial: Patricia Smith (Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York). Part II: Doctrinal Domains and Their Philosophical Foundations:. 7. Criminal Law Theory: Douglas Husak (Rutgers University). 8. Philosophy of Tort Law: Between the Banal and the Esoteric: Benjamin C. Zipursky (Fordham University). 9. Contract Theory: Eric Posner (University of Chicago). 10. The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property: Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles). 11. Legal Evidence: Alvin I. Goldman (Rutgers University). Part III: Perennial Topics:. 12. Obligation: Matthew H. Kramer (Cambridge University). 13. Theories of Rights: Alon Harel (University of Jerusalem). 14. A Contractarian Approach to Punishment: Claire Finklestein (University of Pennsylavania). 15. Responsibility: Martin P. Golding (Duke University). 16. Legislation: Jeremy J. Waldron (Columbia University). 17. Constitutionalism: Larry A. Alexander (University of San Diego). 18. Adjudication and Legal Reasoning: Richard Warner (Illinois Institute of Technology). 19. Privacy: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part IV: Continental Perspectives:. 20. On Legal Positivism and Natural Law Theory: Jes Bjarup (Stockholm University). 21. Some Contemporary Trends in Continental Philosophy of Law: Guy Haarscher (Free University of Brussels). Part V: Methodological Concerns:. 22. Objectivity: Nicos Stavropoulos (Oxford University). 23. Can There Be a Theory of Law?: Joseph Raz (Oxford University). Index
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Ebury Publishing The Way Of The Wizard
Book SynopsisIn THE WAY OF THE WIZARD, Deepk Chopra sheds light on 20 life-enhancing principles for rediscovering the magic that we have lost, but that remains within our grasp.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Homo Academicus
Book Synopsisaeo Bourdieu is the leading sociologist and social theorist in France today. aeo The hardback edition has been widely reviewed and widely praised as a major work. aeo It discusses all the key figures in French intellectual life -- Foucault, Derrida, Levi--Strauss, etc.Trade Review'There is a formidable mind at work in Homo Academicus and a mordant sense of humour ... how far Bourdieu's model fits the British academic world will no doubt fuel a good deal of argument in senior common rooms this winter.' David Lodge, The Guardian 'A magnificent analysis of French intellectual life. Based on extensive survey work ... it is also informed by an acute intelligence.' New Statesman and Society 'Bourdieu's study, Homo Academicus has been on the best seller list in Paris. It will soon become a reference book, a fundamental contribution to the study of higher education.' Higher Education in France 'Thorough and incisive.' Anthropology in ActionTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition. 1. A "Book For Burning"?. 2. The Conflict of the Faculties. 3. Types of Capital and Forms of Power. 4. The Defence of the Corps and the Break in Equilibrium. 5. The Critical Moment. Post-Script: The Categories of Professorial Judgement. Appendices. Notes. Index.
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Orion Publishing Co The Great Philosophers From Socrates to Turing
Book SynopsisThe Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader.Trade ReviewThe virtue of these deceptively brief books is that they are the real thing * Evening Standard *The books should improve the cultural circulation of philosophy by their style as well as their substance * TES *A promising venture * The Times *If you want to acquire some first-hand experience of philosophy and democracy you would do well to read this welcome series * Times Higher Educational Supplement *One can stumble into philosophy in the course of any activity - reading novels, doing maths, bringing up children, fighting wars. Such an inclusive conception of philosophy lies behind this collection edited by Ray Monk and Frederic Raphael, who are both more than philosophers * New Statesman *
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Seagull Books London Ltd The Church and the Kingdom
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Introduction to Positive Philosophy
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Passions
Book SynopsisAn abridged reprint of the Doubleday edition of 1976, with a preface and a conclusion by the author.Trade ReviewA mature, wise, and provocative work . . . . The main lines of argument--that the emotions are ways we constitute our lives with meaning; that they are in some important sense things we do rather than things that merely happen to us; that emotions have their own sort of rationality and logic and are subject to evaluation and criticism as such; that emotions are, in some important sense, evaluative judgments--remain an important, credible contemporary view. . . . Solomon is clear, clever, and deep (also often funny). --Owen Flanagan, Duke University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Phenomenology and System
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an incredibly rich and provocative book for such a slim volume, and it will no doubt become a standard accompaniment to many classes on the Phenomenology, a kind of short, lucid skeleton key to the whole book.--Terry Pinkard, Georgetown UniversityOut of his magisterial scholarship Harris gives us three gifts in a surprisingly small package. First there is a lucid account of what Hegel’s philosophical goal is. Then there is a running summary of the Phenomenology. . . . Finally, we get a concise account of what it all means, Harris’s view of the interrelationships and relative significance of the various parts of the system. --Merold Westphal, Fordham University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Utopia
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn addition to its elegant and precise translation of Utopia, this edition offers the prefatory material and postscripts from the 1518 edition, and More's letter to Giles form the 1517 edition. Mr. Wootton has also added Erasmus's 'The Sileni of Alcibiades,' which is crucial for the interpretation he gives in his Introduction of the many ambiguities and contradictions in More's text as well as his life. The Introduction is a most valuable guide for understanding this man who was a proponent of toleration and a persecutor of heretics, a courtier full of worldly ambition ending as a fearless martyr. The contradictions of the man translated into a complicated and contradictory historiography to which Mr. Wootton's Introduction is a most intelligent guide. A welcome addition to the More literature. -J. W. Smit, Professor of History, Columbia UniversityEvery serious reader of Utopia, friends and foes alike of Thomas More, will be enlightened by Wootton's essay. Combining it with his translations of More and Erasmus works well. This is a delightfully fine piece of scholarship, even down to the notes on the illustrations. --Donald J. Millus, Sixteenth Century JournalLike his Introduction, which says much, both directly and indirectly, about the complexity of More's language and mentality, David Wootton's translation of the Utopia is a thoughtful and careful one. Wootton has been particularly scrupulous in his handling of marginal annotations. . . notes are economical but helpful. Students interested in 16th century humanism and/or developments in early modern Europe will find this edition especially appealing, as will everyone interested in interpretations of More's Utopia, here fruitfully juxtaposed with Erasmus’ philosophy and perspective on the world as these are represented by his adage on ‘The Sileni of Alcibiades.' --Elizabeth McCutcheon, Utopian Studies
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc An Introduction to Metaphysics
Book SynopsisWith its signal distinction between ''intuition'' and ''analysis'' and its exploration of the different levels of Duration (Bergson''s term for Heraclitean flux), An Introduction to Metaphysics has had a significant impact on subsequent twentieth century thought. The arts, from post-impressionist painting to the stream of consciousness novel, and philosophies as diverse as pragmatism, process philosophy, and existentialism bear its imprint. Consigned for a while to the margins of philosophy, Bergson's thought is making its way back to the mainstream. The reissue of this important work comes at an opportune time, and will be welcomed by teachers and scholars alike. --Peter A. Y. Gunter, University of North TexasTrade ReviewWith its signal distinction between 'intuition' and 'analysis' and its exploration of the different levels of Duration (Bergson's term for Heraclitean flux), An Introduction to Metaphysics has had a significant impact on subsequent twentieth century thought. The arts, from post-impressionist painting to the stream of consciousness novel, and philosophies as diverse as pragmatism, process philosophy, and existentialism bear its imprint. Consigned for a while to the margins of philosophy, Bergson's thought is making its way back to the mainstream. The reissue of this important work comes at an opportune time, and will be welcomed by teachers and scholars alike. --Peter A. Y. Gunter, University of North Texas
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Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Bhagavad Gita as it is Arabic
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad-gita is a revered spiritual text spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna, offering guidance on self-realization and the nature of consciousness, the self, the universe, and the Supreme. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's translation is presented without adulteration, providing a timely and enlightening message.
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Center for the Study of Language and Information An Essay on Facts
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Cambridge University Press Laws of Physics
Book SynopsisThis Element provides a philosophical introduction to laws of physics. They are connected to ontology, possibility, explanation, induction, counterfactuals, time, determinism, and fundamentality. Simplicity, exactness, and objectivity are discussed to see whether and how they may be associated with laws of physics.
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Cambridge University Press Confusion in the West
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Cambridge University Press Dignity and Rights
Book SynopsisDignity and rights are pervasive ideas. But how exactly should we understand them? Although philosophical theories of dignity and of rights typically proceed independently of each other, this Element treats them together. One advantage of doing so is that we can see a deeper unity underlying the familiar difficulties of standard accounts of dignity and rights (Sections 1 and 2). A second advantage is that understanding how many of the difficulties stem from the reductivist structure of the standard accounts lets us envisage a non-reductivist alternative. Drawing from the metaphysics of kinds and dispositions and from social ontology shows that dignity and rights are fundamental and interdependent normative properties. As pre-conventional properties (Section 3), dignity and rights mark a distinct type of value and function dispositionally, directed to actualization through recognition by others. As social properties (Section 4), they specify the normative status and entitlements constitutive of social kinds.
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Cambridge University Press Resistance to Evidence
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Cambridge University Press Identity Capabilities and Changing Economics
Book SynopsisUpending traditional mainstream view, this book applies identity analysis to economics to show the limitations of Homo economicus. It distinguishes different forms of people's social identities and advances policies for combating social inequality. It also shows how economics is value-entangled and examines forces influencing change in economics.Trade Review'This book significantly narrows the gap in Amartya Sen's capability approach between what agency is and what agency does. Or the gap between who people are and what people choose. It is therefore not only an important elaboration of agency for the capability approach, but, at the same time, the book invites social economists to engage with the notion of capabilities. It is therefore one of those rare books that genuinely try to engage with different economic approaches with the purpose of refining both.' Irene van Staveren, Professor of Pluralist Development Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam'Economics today is still dominated by utility-maximizing 'economic man.' Despite drawing attention to his errors, the new behavioral economics keeps utility maximization as a baseline concept. John Davis calls for a fundamentally different approach. It has long been recognized that utility maximization cannot deal with major issues such as the construction of individual identity. Davis develops this critique and points to a constructive alternative. This is a major treatise, addressing the need to build economics on different foundations.' Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Emeritus Professor in Management at Loughborough University LondonTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I. The Failed Pathway and Exit Strategies: Introduction; 1. Objectivity in economics and the problem of the individual; 2. The untenability of the unembedded Homo economicus; 3. The 'reconciliation problem' and an individuality reconstruction problem; Part II. Rebuilding the Individual Conception: Introduction; 4. Adaptive reflexive individuals: a capabilities conception of the person; 5. A general theory of social economic stratification: stigmatization, exclusion, and capability shortfalls; 6. Roads not taken yet to be taken: enhancing capabilities; Part III. Value and Subjectivity: Introduction; 7. Economics as a normative discipline: value dis-entanglement in an objective economics; 8. Individual realization? Rethinking subjectivity in economics; 9. Change in and changing economics; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Kierkegaards Two Ages
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Cambridge University Press Wittgenstein on Colour 19161950
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Cambridge University Press Hegel and Colonialism
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Cambridge University Press Kant Critique of Pure Reason
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What Makes Life Meaningful
Book SynopsisCan human life be meaningful? What does talk about life's meaning even mean? What is God's role, if any, in a meaningful life? These three questions frame this one-of-a-kind debate between two philosophers who have spent most of their professional lives thinking and writing about the topic of life's meaning.In this wide-ranging scholarly conversation, Professors Thaddeus Metz and Joshua W. Seachris develop and defend their own unique answers to these questions, while responding to each other's objections in a lively dialog format. Seachris argues that the concept of life's meaning largely revolves around three interconnected ideasmattering, purpose, and sense-making; that a meaningful human life involves sufficiently manifesting all three; and that God would importantly enhance the meaningfulness of life on each of these three fronts. Metz instead holds that talk of life's meaning is about a variety of properties such as meriting pride, transcending one's animal selfTrade ReviewFrom the Foreword:"This is a compelling and illuminating debate, conducted with a collegial spirit, into some of the most fundamental of human concerns. I found myself agreeing with Seachris, then Metz, then Seachris, then Metz, and so forth. That’s a sign of a good debate. In the end, I was sure that I had learned a lot, and enjoyed the ride!"John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside Table of Contents1. Triadic Meaning and the Benefits of God 2. Making Life Meaningful Without God or a Soul 3. "Some" Meaning Without God or a Soul: A Reply to Metz 4. Considering the Benefits of God: A Reply to Seachris 5. God Is Still Better News for Meaning: A Second Reply to Metz 6. Types of Meaning and the Natural as Their Source: A Second Reply to Seachris
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Pluralism in Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Taylor & Francis Foucault Versus Freud
Book SynopsisIn Foucault Versus Freud, Jerome C. Wakefield offers a novel analysis of one of the great intellectual clashes of our times, the attack on Sigmund Freud's influential sexual theories by the eminent French philosopher and historian of ideas Michel Foucault.Starting from Foucault's question, What makes the psychoanalytic theory of incest acceptable to the bourgeois family?, and drawing on Foucault's relatively unexplored published lectures as well as his celebrated History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, Wakefield evaluates Foucault's argument that there is a continuity between the two-century medical anti-masturbation crusade and Freud's theory, providing the reader with an accessible introduction to Foucault's conceptual innovations including power/knowledge, the deployment of sexuality, and the use of surveillance and confession as tactics in medicalizing sexuality and reshaping family life.Rather than allowing the argument to stay at the evidentially unc
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Pan Macmillan How to Be Alone
Book SynopsisBy indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead richer, fuller lives.Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is so often considered anti-social and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal freedom and individualism are more highly prized than ever before? Sara Maitland answers this question in How to Be Alone by exploring changing attitudes throughout history. Offering experiments and strategies for overturning our fear of solitude, she helps us to practise it without anxiety and encourages us to see the benefits of spending time by ourselves.The School of Life looks at new ways of thinking about life’s biggest questions. Discover more fascinating books from the series with How to Stay Sane and How to Think More About Sex.Trade ReviewIntelligent, non-self-helpy, yet immensely helpful guides to modern living. * New York Times *The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge. * Independent on Sunday *
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Tale of a Dream
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Austin Macauley Publishers Disbelief in God
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Role of Rhetoric in Politics and the Media
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Austin Macauley Publishers The World as Thought
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Road to Freedom
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Historys Greatest Philosophers
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be a philosopher? Being a deep thinker? Taking a stand against the norms of society? Being really good at winning an argument? The beauty of philosophy is that there is no one answer and that it's worth asking that question across every aspect of the human condition. In History's Greatest Philosophers: Classical Wisdom for Modern Times, Jamie Ryder journeys through the lives of some of the world's most radical thinkers, leaders, politicians and creatives to uncover the truth of philosophy and different wisdom traditions. From the political arenas of Cicero and Niccolo Machiavelli to the everyday living of Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, get a bird's eye view into what it means to live and die by what you believe in. Discover ageless truths about the nature of the world and human relationships. Learn how to practice philosophy and not just talk about it.
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Austin Macauley Publishers Humankind and the Universe Creator or Coincidence
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Austin Macauley Publishers Principles of Persuasion
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Taylor & Francis Philosophy for Kids
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Feyerabend
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a series of essays interpreting and critically evaluating the philosophy of Paul Feyerabend. It includes innovative historical scholarship on Feyerabend's take on topics such as realism, empiricism, mimesis, voluntarism, pluralism, materialism, and the mind-body problem, as well as debates in the philosophy of physics.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Paul Feyerabend's Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century Jamie Shaw and Karim Bschir; 1. Feyerabend on Art and Science Chiara Ambrosio; 2. The Coherence of Feyerabend's Pluralist Realism Hasok Chang; 3. Feyerabend's General Theory of Scientific Change Hakob Barseghyan; 4. Feyerabend's Theoretical Pluralism: An Investigation of the Epistemic Value of False Theories K. Brad Wray; 5. Epistemological Anarchism Meets Epistemic Voluntarism: Feyerabend's Against Method and van Fraassen's The Empirical Stance Martin Kusch; 6. Feyerabend Never was an Eliminative Materialist: Feyerabend's Meta-Philosophy and the Mind-Body Problem Jamie Shaw; 7. Feyerabend's Reevaluation of Scientific Practice: Quantum Mechanics, Realism and Niels Bohr Daniel Kuby; 8. On Feyerabend, General Relativity, and 'Unreasonable' Universes J. B. Manchak; 9. Feyerabend, Science, and Scientism Ian James Kidd; 10. Matthew Brown – Against Expertise: A Lesson from Feyerabend's Science in a Free Society? Matthew Brown; 11. A Way Forward for Citizen Science: Taking Advice from a Madman Sarah M. Roe.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd BioShock and Philosophy
Book SynopsisConsidered a sign of the coming of age' of video games as an artistic medium, the award-winning BioShock franchise covers vast philosophical ground. BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Bookpresents expert reflections by philosophers (and Bioshock connoisseurs) on this critically acclaimed and immersive fan-favorite. Reveals the philosophical questions raised through the artistic complexity, compelling characters and absorbing plots of this ground-breaking first-person shooter (FPS) Explores what BioShock teaches the gamer about gaming, and the aesthetics of video game storytelling Addresses a wide array of topics including Marxism, propaganda, human enhancement technologies, political decision-making, free will, morality, feminism, transworld individuality, and vending machines in the dystopian society of Rapture Considers visionary game developer Ken Levine's depiction of Ayn Rand's philosophy, as well as thTable of ContentsHacking into This Book (Introduction) viiLuke Cuddy Part I Level 1 Research Bonus: Increased Wisdom Capacity 1 1 BioShock’s Meta‐Narrative: What BioShock Teaches the Gamer about Gaming 3Collin Pointon 2 The Value of Art in BioShock: Ayn Rand, Emotion, and Choice 15Jason Rose 3 SHODAN vs. the Many: Or, Mind vs. the Body 27Robert M. Mentyka 4 “The cage is somber”: A Feminist Understanding of Elizabeth 38Catlyn Origitano Part II Tears, Time, and Reality 49 5 Rapture in a Physical World: Did Andrew Ryan Choose the Impossible? 51James Cook 6 Would You Kindly Bring Us the Girl and Wipe Away the Debt: Free Will and Moral Responsibility in BioShock Infinite 58Oliver Laas 7 BioShock as Plato’s Cave 69Roger Travis 8 BioShock Infinite and Transworld Individuality: Identity across Space and Time 76Charles Joshua Horn 9 Shockingly Limited: Escaping Columbia’s God of Necessity 86Scott Squires and James McBain Part III The “Union” and the Sodom Below 95 10 “The bindings are there as a safeguard”: Sovereignty and Political Decisions in BioShock Infinite 97Rick Elmore 11 Propaganda, Lies, and Bullshit in BioShock’s Rapture 107Rachel McKinnon 12 The Vox Populi Group, Marx, and Equal Rights for All 114Tyler DeHaven and Chris Hendrickson Part IV The Circus of Values 127 13 Infinite Lighthouses, Infinite Stories: BioShock and the Aesthetics of Video Game Storytelling 129László Kajtár 14 Have You Ever Been to Rapture?: BioShock as an Introduction to Phenomenology 139Stefan Schevelier 15 “Evolve today!”: Human Enhancement Technologies in the BioShock Universe 150Simon Ledder 16 Vending Machine Values: Buying Beauty and Morality in BioShock 161Michael J. Muniz Notes on Contributors 168 Index 173
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The WileyBlackwell Handbook of Transpersonal
Book Synopsis* Features the work of more than fifty leading voices in the field * Includes emerging and established perspectives * Charts the breadth and diversity of the transpersonal landscape * Covers topics including shamanism, neurobiology, holotropism, transpersonal experiences, and more .Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Foreword xix Acknowledgments xxiii Editors’ Introduction xxv Part I Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology 1 A Brand from the Burning: Defining Transpersonal Psychology 3Glenn Hartelius, Geffen Rothe, and Paul J. Roy 2 Traditional Roots, History, and Evolution of the Transpersonal Perspective 23Michael Daniels 3 The Calling to a Spiritual Psychology: Should Transpersonal Psychology Convert? 44Glenn Hartelius, Harris L. Friedman, and James D. Pappas 4 Criticisms of Transpersonal Psychology and Beyond—The Future of Transpersonal Psychology: A Science and Culture of Consciousness 62Harald Walach Part II Transpersonal Theory 5 Revision and Re-enchantment of Psychology: Legacy from Half a Century of Consciousness Research 91Stanislav Grof 6 Altered States of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology 121Albert P. Garcia-Romeu and Charles T. Tart 7 Jung, Analytical Psychology, and Transpersonal Psychology 141Alan G. Vaughan 8 Integral Psychology 155Brant Cortright 9 Transcend and Include: Ken Wilber’s Contribution to Transpersonal Psychology 166Allan Combs 10 Transpersonal Philosophy: The Participatory Turn 187Glenn Hartelius and Jorge N. Ferrer 11 Transpersonal Self-Expansiveness as a Scientific Construct 203Harris L. Friedman 12 Neuroscience and the Transpersonal 223B. Les Lancaster Part III Transpersonal Methodologies 13 Transpersonal Research and Future Directions 241Rosemarie Anderson and William Braud 14 Neurophenomenology: Enhancing the Experimental and Cross-Cultural Study of Brain and Experience 261Charles D. Laughlin and Adam J. Rock 15 Quantitative Assessment of Transpersonal and Spiritual Constructs 281Douglas A. MacDonald and Harris L. Friedman 16 The Role of Science in Transpersonal Psychology: The Advantages of Middle-Range Theory 300Harris L. Friedman 17 Philosophical Underpinnings of Transpersonal Psychology as a Science 312Douglas A. MacDonald Part IV Transpersonal Experiences 18 Exploring the Nature of Exceptional Human Experiences: Recognizing, Understanding, and Appreciating EHEs 333Genie Palmer and Arthur Hastings 19 Psychedelic-Induced Experiences 352James Fadiman and Andrew Kornfeld 20 Near-Death Experiences and Transpersonal Psychology: Focus on Helping Near-Death Experiencers 367Cheryl Fracasso, Bruce Greyson, and Harris L. Friedman 21 Transpersonal Sexual Experiences 382Jenny Wade 22 Parapsychology 401Adam J. Rock, Lance Storm, Harvey J. Irwin, and Julie Beischel Part V Transpersonal Approaches to Transformation, Healing and Wellness 23 Transpersonal Perspectives on Mental Health and Mental Illness 419Jacob Kaminker and David Lukoff 24 Meditation: Empirical Research and Future Directions 433Douglas A. MacDonald, Roger Walsh, and Shauna L. Shapiro 25 Psychedelic Induced Transpersonal Experiences, Therapies, and Their Implications for Transpersonal Psychology 459Thomas B. Roberts and Michael J. Winkelman 26 Transpersonal Dimensions of Somatic Therapies 480Don Hanlon Johnson 27 Hypnosis and Transpersonal Psychology: Answering the Call Within 492Ian E. Wickramasekera II 28 Dreaming and Transpersonal Psychology 512Daniel Deslauriers 29 Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies 529Kim A. Bella and Ilene A. Serlin 30 Psychospiritual Integrative Practices 544Kathleen Wall, Fabrice Nye, and Eric FitzMedrud 31 The Diamond Approach 562John V. Davis, Theodore Usatynski, and Zvi Ish-Shalom 32 Transpersonal Psychotherapies 580Vitor Rodrigues and Harris L. Friedman Part VI Transpersonal Studies 33 Ecopsychology and Transpersonal Psychology 597John V. Davis and Jeanine M. Canty 34 Feminist and Cultural Contributions to Transpersonal Psychology 612Christine Brooks, Kendra Ford, and Anne Huffman 35 Widening Circles: The Emergence of Transpersonal Social Engagement 626Donald Rothberg and Katherine E. Coder 36 Modern Miracles from Ancient Medicine: Transpersonal Medicine Approaches 640G. Frank Lawlis 37 Transpersonal Experience and the Arts: From the Chauvet Cave to Occupy Wall Street 652Lisa Herman 38 Transpersonal Education 666Nancy Rowe and William Braud Appendix 687 Index 693
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethics The Basics 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisUpdated and revised, Ethics: The Basics, Second Edition, introduces students to fundamental ethical concepts, principles, theories, and traditions while providing them with the conceptual tools necessary to think critically about ethical issues. Introduces students to core philosophical problems in ethics in a uniquely reader-friendly manner Lays out clearly and simply a rich collection of ethical concepts, principles, theories, and traditions that are prevalent in today's society Considers western and non-western viewpoints and religious interpretations of ethical principles Offers a framework for students to think about and navigate through an array of philosophical questions about ethics Table of ContentsEthics Self-Orientation ix Introduction 1 Summary of Philosophical Problems about Ethics 6 1 Relative Ethics or Universal Ethics? 8 1.1 Relative Ethics 9 1.2 Universal Ethics 10 1.3 Cultural Relativism or Ethical Relativism? 11 1.4 Cultural Relativism and Universal Ethics 12 1.5 Ethics and Human Nature 13 1.6 Ethics and Human Rationality 14 1.7 Relative Ethics or Universal Ethics? 15 1.8 Conclusion 17 Concepts, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 1 18 For Further Reading 19 Online Resources 19 Review Questions 20 Discussion Questions 20 2 Virtue Ethics 22 2.1 What Are Virtues? 24 2.2 Aristotle, Happiness, and the Virtues 27 2.3 A Developmental Model 28 2.4 Universalism and Relativism Again 31 2.5 Virtue Ethics: A Guide to Good Behavior 33 2.6 Pros and Cons of Virtue Ethics 35 2.7 Conclusion 37 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 2 38 For Further Reading 39 Online Resources 40 Review Questions 40 Discussion Questions 40 3 Natural Law Ethics 42 3.1 What Is Natural Law and Where Does It Come From? 43 3.2 The Natural Law and Universal Ethics 46 3.3 Natural Law Ethics and Human Nature 46 3.4 Natural Law Ethics and Virtue Ethics 51 3.5 When Following the Natural Law Is Unclear: Use the Pauline Principle 52 3.6 When Following the Natural Law Is Unclear: Use the Principle of Double Effect 53 3.7 Conclusion 56 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 3 58 For Further Reading 59 Online Resources 60 Review Questions 60 Discussion Questions 60 4 Social Contract Ethics 62 4.1 Continuities and Discontinuities with Natural Law Ethics 63 4.2 The Principle of Self]Interest (Ethical Egoism) 65 4.3 The State of Nature 66 4.4 A Contract Involves Cooperation 68 4.5 A Contract Involves Rationality 70 4.6 Common]sense Morality (Properly Understood) 72 4.7 Social Contract Ethics Applied 74 4.8 Conclusion 77 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 4 79 For Further Reading 80 Online Resources 80 Review Questions 81 Discussion Questions 81 5 Utilitarian Ethics 82 5.1 Ethics Is Based on Feelings 83 5.2 Is Ought: Shorthand for Hume’s Theory of Moral Sentiments 86 5.3 Feelings, Utility, and Consequences 88 5.4 Utility and Happiness 91 5.5 Utilitarianism: Relativist or Universalist? 92 5.6 Utility and Equality 93 5.7 Utilitarian Applications 95 5.8 Conclusion 98 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 5 99 For Further Reading 100 Online Resources 101 Review Questions 101 Discussion Questions 102 6 Deontological Ethics 103 6.1 Duty-centered Ethics 105 6.2 Ethics of Freedom and Rationality 106 6.3 The Main Deontological Principle: The Categorical Imperative 107 6.4 One Form of the Categorical Imperative: The Principle of Autonomy 110 6.5 Another Form of the Categorical Imperative: The Principle of Universality 112 6.6 Duties Correlate with Rights (Usually) 114 6.7 Deontology: Relativist or Universalist? 117 6.8 Deontological Applications 117 6.9 Conclusion 121 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 6 123 For Further Reading 124 Online Resources 125 Review Questions 125 Discussion Questions 125 7 Care Ethics 127 7.1 Ethics Is Based on Feelings 129 7.2 Humans Are Relational Beings 130 7.3 Ethics of Principles 133 7.4 Virtue Ethics and Partiality 135 7.5 Feminine Ethics 136 7.6 Care Ethics: Relativist or Universalist? 138 7.7 Care Ethics Applications 140 7.8 Conclusion 142 Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions Introduced in Chapter 7 143 For Further Reading 144 Online Resources 145 Review Questions 145 Discussion Questions 146 8 Conclusion: Using the Tools of Ethics 148 8.1 Living Ethical Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions 150 8.2 Ethical Issues, Both Private and Public 151 8.3 Useful Ethical Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions 151 8.4 Ethical Tools Are Not Mechanical Tools 154 8.5 How to Use Ethical Tools 155 8.6 Pitfalls and Practice 163 8.7 Wrap Up 165 For Further Reading 166 Review Questions 167 Discussion Questions 167 Appendix 1: Ethical Concepts, Principles, Theories, and Traditions 169 Appendix 2: Ethical Principles 177 Appendix 3: Notes on Sources 179 Appendix 4: Metaethics 184 Appendix 5: References 196 Index 203
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd This Is Philosophy of Mind An Introduction
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsHow to Use This Book xv Acknowledgments xvii About the Companion Website xix 1 Meet Your Mind 1 Aspects of Mind 1 Thought and experience 1 Conscious and unconscious 2 Qualia 3 Sensory perception 3 Emotion 4 Imagery 4 Will and action 5 Self 5 Propositional attitudes 5 Philosophical Problems 6 Mind–body problem 6 Other problems 9 Conclusion 14 Annotated Bibliography 14 2 Substance Dualism 15 Arguments for Substance Dualism 15 Leibniz’s law arguments 16 Criticism of Leibniz’s law arguments: Intensional fallacy 19 Explanatory gap arguments 20 Criticisms of explanatory gap arguments 21 Modal arguments 22 Mind–Body Interaction as a Problem for Substance Dualism 24 Princess Elisabeth’s objection 25 The dualistic alternatives to Cartesian interactionism 26 Conclusion 27 Annotated Bibliography 28 3 Property Dualism 29 Introducing Property Dualism: Qualia and the Brain 29 The Inverted Spectrum 30 Attack of the Zombies 32 The Knowledge Argument 34 The Explanatory Gap Argument 37 Does Property Dualism Lead to Epiphenomenalism? 39 How Do You Know You’re Not a Zombie? 40 Conclusion 42 Annotated Bibliography 42 4 Idealism, Solipsism, and Panpsychism 44 Solipsism: Is It Just Me? 45 Idealism: It’s All in the Mind 49 Berkeley’s argument from pain 50 Berkeley’s argument from perceptual relativity: Berkeley’s bucket 51 Berkeley’s “Nothing but an idea can resemble an idea” 51 Berkeley’s master argument 52 Why Berkeley is not a solipsist 52 Arguing against idealism 53 Panpsychism: Mind Is Everywhere 53 The analogy argument 54 The nothing from nothing argument 55 The evolutionary argument 56 Arguing against panpsychism: The combination problem 57 Conclusion 58 Annotated Bibliography 58 5 Behaviorism and Other Minds 59 Behaviorism: Introduction and Overview 59 The History of Behaviorism 61 Ludwig Wittgenstein and the private language argument 62 Gilbert Ryle versus the ghost in the machine 64 Objections to Behaviorism 65 The qualia objection 65 Sellars’s objection 66 The Geach–Chisholm objection 67 The Philosophical Problem of Other Minds 68 The rise and fall of the argument from analogy 69 Denying the asymmetry between self- knowledge and knowledge of other minds 70 Conclusion 71 Annotated Bibliography 72 6 Mind as Brain 74 Introducing Mind–Brain Identity Theory 74 Advantages of Mind–Brain Identity Theory 75 A Very Brief Overview of Neuroscience 76 Major parts and functions of the nervous system 77 Major parts and functions of the brain 77 Neurons, neural activations, and brain states 78 Lesions, imaging, and electrophysiology 78 Localism and holism 78 Learning and synaptic plasticity 79 Computational neuroscience and connectionism 79 Neural correlates of consciousness 80 On pain and c- fibers 80 Some General Remarks about Identity 81 Arguments against Mind–Brain Identity Theory 83 The zombie argument 83 The multiple realizability argument 84 Max Black’s “distinct property” argument 86 Conclusion 87 Annotated Bibliography 88 7 Thinking Machines 89 Can a Machine Think? 89 Alan Turing, Turing Machines, and the Turing Test 90 Alan Turing 91 Turing machines 91 The Turing test 92 Searle’s Chinese Room Argument 93 Responses to the Chinese Room Argument 94 The Silicon Chip Replacement Thought Experiment 95 Symbolicism versus Connectionism 98 Conclusion 101 Annotated Bibliography 102 8 Functionalism 104 The Gist of Functionalism 104 A Brief History of Functionalism 106 Arguments for Functionalism 107 The causal argument 107 The multiple realization argument 109 The Varieties of Functionalism 111 Turing machine functionalism 112 Analytical functionalism versus empirical functionalism 113 Arguments against Functionalism 114 Adapting the zombie argument to be against functionalism 114 Adapting the Chinese room argument to be against functionalism 115 Conclusion 116 Annotated Bibliography 116 9 Mental Causation 118 The Problem of Mental Causation 118 The causal closure of the physical 119 The problem for substance dualists 121 The problem for property dualists 121 Basic Views of Interaction 122 Interactionism 122 Parallelism 123 Epiphenomenalism 124 Reductionism 125 Qualia and Epiphenomenalism 125 Whether qualia- based epiphenomenalism conflicts with phenomenal self- knowledge 126 Dennett’s zimboes 126 Anomalous Monism 127 The Explanatory Exclusion Argument 131 Conclusion 132 Annotated Bibliography 132 10 Eliminative Materialism 134 Introduction and Overview 134 Basic Ingredients of Contemporary Eliminative Materialism 135 Folk psychology as a theory 136 The contrast between reduction and elimination 137 Putting the ingredients together 138 Arguments for Propositional Attitude Eliminative Materialism 138 Folk psychology is a stagnant research program 139 Folk psychology is committed to propositional attitudes having a sentential structure that is unsupported by neuroscientific research 139 Folk psychology makes commitments to features of mental states that lead to an unacceptable epiphenomenalism 140 Arguments against Propositional Attitude Eliminative Materialism 140 Eliminative materialism is self- refuting 140 The “theory” theory is false 141 Folk psychology is indispensable 142 Introspection reveals the existence of propositional attitudes 142 Qualia Eliminative Materialism: “Quining” Qualia 143 Conclusion 147 Annotated Bibliography 147 11 Perception, Mental Imagery, and Emotion 149 Perception 149 Direct realism and the argument from illusion 149 Philosophical theories of perception 152 Mental Imagery 155 How similar are mental images to other mental states? 156 Is mental imagery the basis for mental states such as thoughts? 157 To what degree, if any, is mental imagery genuinely imagistic or picture-like? 157 Emotion 159 What distinguishes emotions from other mental states? 160 What distinguishes different emotions from each other? 160 The difficulties in giving a unified account of the emotions 161 Conclusion 162 Annotated Bibliography 162 12 The Will: Willpower and Freedom 164 The Problem of Free Will and Determinism 164 Sources of Determinism 166 General remarks 166 Physical determinism 167 Theological determinism 168 Logical determinism 168 Ethical determinism 169 Psychological determinism 169 Compatibilism 169 Incompatibilism 171 The origination or causal chain argument 172 The consequence argument 172 What Might Free Will Be, If There Were Any Such Thing? 173 Freedom aside for the moment, what is the will? 173 What might the freedom of the will consist in? 176 Conclusion 177 Annotated Bibliography 178 13 Intentionality and Mental Representation 179 Introducing Intentionality 179 The Inconsistent Triad of Intentionality 180 Defending each individual proposition 181 Spelling out the inconsistency 182 Internalism versus Externalism 182 For externalism: The Twin Earth thought experiment 184 Against externalism: Swampman and the brain in the vat 185 Theories of Content Determination 186 Resemblance theory 186 Interpretational semantics 187 Conceptual role semantics 188 Causal or informational theory 190 Teleological evolutionary theory 191 Conclusion 192 Annotated Bibliography 192 14 Consciousness and Qualia 194 Optimism about Explaining Consciousness 194 Focusing on Several Different Uses of the Word “Conscious” 195 Creature consciousness 195 Transitive consciousness 195 State consciousness 196 Phenomenal consciousness 196 Rosenthal’s Higher Order Thought Theory of Consciousness 197 An objection to the HOT theory: Introspectively implausible 200 Another objection to the HOT theory: Too intellectual 200 First Order Representation Theories of Consciousness 202 The transparency argument for first order representationalism 204 The “Spot” argument for first order representationalism 205 Conclusion 205 Annotated Bibliography 206 15 Is This the End?: Personal Identity, the Self, and Life after Death 207 Problems of Personal Identity 207 The Problem of Persistence 209 Approaches to the Problem of Persistence 209 The psychological approach 210 The fission problem for the psychological approach 211 The somatic or bodily approach 212 Temporal parts theory aka perdurantism aka four- dimensionalism 214 The no- self view 215 Life after Death 217 Substance dualism and the afterlife 218 Mind–brain identity theory and the afterlife 218 Functionalism and the afterlife 219 Temporal parts and the afterlife 219 No- self and the afterlife 220 Conclusion 220 Annotated Bibliography 220 16 The 4E Approach 222 Two Dimensions of Difference 223 The spatial dimension: From in here to out there 223 The causation- constitution dimension: Important to the mind vs. part of the mind 224 The First E: Mind as Embodied 225 Embodiment and thinking 225 Embodiment and memory 226 Embodiment and conscious experience 227 Embodiment and the plasticity of sensory systems 228 Spatial concepts and bodily orientation 229 The coupling- constitution fallacy 230 The Second E: Enactive 230 You’ve got to move 231 Sensorimotor contingencies 232 Enactivism and anti- representationalism 233 In a World: The Third and Fourth Es 235 Annotated Bibliography 235 17 Futuristic Directions 237 Super AI and the Technological Singularity 238 Chalmers’ singularity argument 240 The gist of Chalmers argument is 240 The quest for friendly AI 241 Enhanced Humans and Posthumans 243 Cyborgization and bioengineering 244 Technology and the extended mind 245 Posthumans versus natural- born cyborgs 246 Mind Uploading 247 Arguing for uploading 248 Annotated Bibliography 250 Index 252
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Book SynopsisExplore the philosophy at the core of the apocalyptic future of Mad Max Beneath the stylized violence and thrilling car crashes, the Mad Max films consider universal questions about the nature of human life, order and anarchy, justice and moral responsibility, society and technology, and ultimately, human redemption. In Mad Max and Philosophy, a diverse team of political scientists, historians, and philosophers investigates the underlying themes of the blockbuster movie franchise, following Max as he attempts to rebuild himself and the world around him. Requiring no background in philosophy, this engaging and highly readable book guides you through the barren wastelands of a post-apocalyptic future as you explore ethics and politics in The Wasteland, the importance of costumes and music, humankind's relationship with nature, commerce, gender, religion, madness, and much more. Covers all of George Miller's Mad Max films, including Mad Max: Fury RoadDiscusses connections between Mad Max and Nietzsche, Malthus, Mill, Foucault, Sartre, and other major philosophersFollows Max's journey from policeman and family man to lost soul in search of redemptionExamines the future of technology and possible impacts on society, the environment, and access to natural resources Delves into feminist themes of Mad Max, such as the reversal of heroic gender roles in Fury Road and relationships between power and procreationPart of the bestselling Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, Mad Max and Philosophy: Thinking Through the Wasteland is a must-read for anyone wanting to philosophically engage with Max, Furiosa, and their dystopian world.
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Book SynopsisConscious Action Theory provides a logical unification between the spirit and the material, by identifying reality as an event that processes personal experiences into explanatory memories, from which personal experiences are regenerated in a never-ending cycle of activity. Baer explores the idea that our personal feelings are undeniable facts that have been systematically excluded from the basic sciences, thereby leaving us with a schizophrenic division between objective materialism and spiritual idealism. Cognitive Action Theory (CAT) achieves this unification by recognizing that the observer's existence is the foundational premise underlying all scientific inquiry. It develops as an event-oriented physical theory in which the first-person observer is central. By analyzing the methods through which we human observers gain knowledge and create the belief systems within which our experiences are explained, we discover a fundamental truth: all systems are obserTable of ContentsProloguePART I - The event-oriented world view1. Introduction to the event-oriented world view 2. Conscious operations in the 1st-person perspectivePART II - Modeling reality3. How to build a conscious action model 4. The action model5. The quantum and classic approximationPART III - Implications and applications6. Model of a conscious being7. Applications in artificial intelligence and neuroscience8. Philosophy, psychology and religion9. Future developmentAPPENDICESA3.1 - Definition of termsA4.1 - Applicability of mathematical idealizations in physicsA4.2 - Action theory in isolated systemsA4.3 - Mach's Principle and gravito-inertial and electromagnetic equation analogyA5.1 - Simple derivation of the wave equationA5.2 - Action-flow diagrams in quantum nomenclatureReferences and NotesIndex
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Book SynopsisThe Iliad and Beowulf provide rich sources of historical information. The novels of Henry Fielding and Henry James may be instructive in the art of moral living. Some go further and argue that Emile Zola and Harriet Beecher Stowe played a part in ameliorating the lives of those existing in harsh circumstances. However, as Derek Attridge argues in this outstanding and acclaimed book, none of these capacities is distinctive of literature. What is the singularity of literature? Do the terms literature and the literary refer to actual entities found in cultures at certain times, or are they merely expressions characteristic of such cultures? Attridge argues that this resistance to definition and reduction is not a dead end, but a crucial starting point from which to explore anew the power and practices of Western art. Derek Attridge provides a rich new vocabulary for literature, rethinking such terms as invention, singularity, otherness, alterity, performance anTrade Review"A deeply important book"—Rob Pope, Language and Literature"A significant and enduring contribution towards readable, ethically engaged literary criticism" – Justin Neuman, Journal of Postcolonial Writing"This book constitutes a timely, rigorous and thought-provoking alternative to the exigencies of politicised criticism" – Lucy O’Meara, Textual PracticeTable of ContentsPrefacePreface to the Routledge Classics Edition1. Introductory2. Creation and the other3. Originality and invention4. Inventive language and the literary event5. Singularity6. Reading and responding7. Performance8. Form, meaning, context9. Responsibility and ethics10. An everyday impossibilityDebts and DirectionsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Book SynopsisADVANGEBOOKS - UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E shows readers how to construct arguments in everyday life, using everyday language. In addition, this easy-to-read textbook also devotes three chapters to the formal aspects of logic including forms of argument, as well as propositional, categorical, and quantificational logic. Plus, this edition helps readers apply informal logic to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and philosophical scenarios, too.Table of ContentsPreface. PART I: HOW TO ANALYZE ARGUMENTS. 1. Uses of Arguments. What Arguments Are. Justifications. Explanations. Combinations: An Example. 2. The Web of Language. Language and Convention. Linguistic Acts. Speech Acts. Performatives. Kinds of Speech Acts. Conversational Acts. Conversational Rules. Conversational Implication. Violating Conversational Rules. Rhetorical Devices. Deception. Bronston v. United States. Summary. 3. The Language of Argument. Argument Markers. 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Truth Tables for Conditionals. Logical Language and Everyday Language. Other Conditionals in Ordinary Language. 7. Categorical Logic. Beyond Propositional Logic. Categorical Propositions. The Four Basic Categorical Forms. Translation into the Basic Categorical Forms. Contradictories. Existential Commitment. Validity for Categorical Arguments. Categorical Immediate Inferences. The Theory of the Syllogism. Appendix: The Classical Theory. The Classical Square of Opposition. The Classical Theory of Immediate Inference. The Classical Theory of Syllogisms. PART III: HOW TO EVALUATE ARGUMENTS: INDUCTIVE STANDARDS. 8. Arguments To And From Generalizations. Induction versus Deduction. Statistical Generalizations. Should We Accept the Premises? Is the Sample Large Enough? Is the Sample Biased? Is the Result Biased in Some Other Way? Statistical Applications. 9. Causal Reasoning. Reasoning About Causes. Sufficient Conditions and Necessary Conditions. The Sufficient Condition Test. The Necessary Condition Test. The Joint Test. Rigorous Testing. Reaching Positive Conclusions. Applying These Methods to Find Causes. Normality. Background Assumptions. A Detailed Example. Calling Things Causes. Concomitant Variation. 10. Inference To The Best Explanation And From Analogy. Inferences to the Best Explanation. Arguments from Analogy. 11. CHANCES. Some Fallacies of Probability. The Gambler's Fallacy. Strange Things Happen. Heuristics. The Language of Probability. A Priori Probability. Some Rules of Probability. Bayes's Theorem. 12. CHOICES. Expected Monetary Value. Expected Overall Value. Decisions Under Ignorance. PART IV: FALLACIES. 13. Fallacies Of Vagueness. Uses of Unclarity. Vagueness. Heaps. Slippery Slopes. Conceptual Slippery-Slope Arguments. Fairness Slippery-Slope Arguments. Causal Slippery-Slope Arguments. 14. Fallacies Of Ambiguity. Ambiguity. Equivocation. Definitions. 15. Fallacies Of Relevance. Relevance. Ad Hominem Arguments. Appeals to Authority. 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John Wiley & Sons Taylor Swift and Philosophy
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Epistemology
Book SynopsisNew and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge.Trade Review“This carefully conceived collection puts together the key articles in a comprehensive range of topics. With a restructured table of contents and many new articles, the second edition supplies the reader with the full range of recent, cutting edge, developments. An ideal text for teaching contemporary epistemology, it will prove to be an indispensable volume.” Matthias Steup, St Cloud State University “This excellent anthology contains outstanding papers written on both traditional and cutting edge issues in epistemology. Every major topic and every major approach to those topics is covered through selections representing many of the most influential figures in contemporary analytic epistemology. It is without doubt the best text of its kind.” Richard Fumerton, University of IowaTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgments. Part I: Skepticism:. Introduction. 1. The Problem of the External World: Barry Stroud. 2. Proof of an External World: G. E. Moore. 3. Four Forms of Scepticism: G. E. Moore. 4. Certainty: G. E. Moore. 5. How a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Might Respond to Academic Skepticism: Peter Klein. 6. Epistemological Realism: Michael Williams. Part II: The Structure of Knowledge and Justification:. Introduction. 7. The Myth of the Given: Roderick M. Chisholm. 8. Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?: Wilfrid Sellars. 9. Epistemic Principles: Wilfrid Sellars. 10. Can Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?: Laurence BonJour. 11. A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge: Donald Davidson. 12. A Foundherentist Theory of Empirical Justification: Susan Haack. 13. The Raft and the Pyramid: Ernest Sosa. 14. 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