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Book SynopsisWhat is an epistemic virtue? Are epistemic virtues reliable? Are they motivated by a love of truth? Do epistemic virtues produce knowledge and understanding? How can we develop epistemic virtues? The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology answers all of these questions. This landmark volume provides a pluralistic and comprehensive picture of the field of virtue epistemology. It is the first large-scale volume of its kind on the topic. Composed of 41 chapters, all published here for the first time, it breaks new ground in four areas. It articulates the structure and features of epistemic virtues. It provides in-depth analyses of 10 individual epistemic virtues. It examines the connections between epistemic virtue, knowledge, and understanding. It applies virtue epistemology, and explores its impact on related fields. The contributing authors are pioneers in the study of epTrade Review"This superb volume is a who's who of virtue epistemology. Virtually every major contributor to the field, including its founding fathers and mothers, has contributed an essay, and the standard of the contributions is as high as one would expect. In terms of its range, depth and originality there is no better book on the subject. Highly recommended." -Quassim Cassam, University of Warwick"By philosophy’s standards, virtue epistemology is young. It is also highly promising, both as a way of thinking about traditional epistemological challenges and as a way to lead epistemologists along new pathways. So this fine book is timely, an excellent resource for understanding a potentially significant element within future epistemological research. The chapters on the wider world of the intellect and socially engaged action, and those on individual epistemic virtues, are especially distinctive and welcome."Stephen Hetherington, University of New South Wales"Battaly’s volume is a masterful scholarly accomplishment, a joy to read, and an inspiring collection of essays that will spark new debates in virtue epistemology. The volume contains brilliantly edited, cutting-edge scholarship with exceptional depth and breadth. It is a must-read for those interested in normative and practical issues in epistemology, and for those interested in epistemic issues in ethics, political philosophy, and practical and applied philosophy."- José Medina, Northwestern University Table of ContentsPart 1: Epistemic Virtues: General Structure and Features 1. Telic Virtue Epistemology 2. Intellectual Virtues: Admirable Character Traits 3. Do Epistemic Virtues Require a Motivation for Truth? 4. The Role of Emotion in Intellectual Virtue 5. Are Epistemic Virtues a Kind of Skill? 6. What Makes the Epistemic Virtutes Valuable? 7. Virtue Epistemology and the Sources of Epistemic Value 8. Virtue Epistemology, Virtue Ethics, and the Structure of Virtue 9. Sentimentalist Virtue Epistemology: Beyond Responsibilism and Reliabilism 10. A Third of Kind Intellectual Virtue: Personalism 11. There are no Epistemic Virtues Part 2: Analyses of Individual Epistemic Virtues 12. Open-mindedness 3. Curiosity and Inquisitiveness 14. Creativity as an Epistemic Virtue 15. Intellectual Humility 16. Epistemic Autonomy in a Social World of Knowing 17. The Epistemic Virtue of Deference 18. Skepticism 19. Epistemic Justice: Three Models of Virtue 20. Epistemic Courage and the Harms of Epistemic Life 21. Intellectual Perseverence Part 3: Epistemic Virtues, Knowledge, and Understanding 22. Virtue, Knowledge, and Achievement 23. Virtue Epistemology and Epistemic Luck 24. Virtue Epistemology and Explanatory Salience 25. Virtue Epistemology and Abilism on Knowledge 26. Virtue Reliabilism and the Value of Knowledge: Classical and New Problems 27. Epistemic Virtues in Understanding 28. Understanding as an Intellectual Virtue 29. Intellectual Virtue, Knowledge, and Justification 30. Understanding, Humility, and the Vices of Pride Part 4: Virtue Epistemology: Application and Impact 31. Feminist Virtue Epistemology 32. Virtue Epistemology and the Environment 33. Virtue Epistemology and Collective Epistemology 34. Virtue Epistemology and Extended Cognition 35. Psychological Science and Virtue Epistemology: Intelligence as an Interactionist Virtue 36. Dual-process Theory and Intellectual Virtue: A Role for Self-Confidence 37. Virtue Epistemology and Confucian Philosophy 38. Virtue Epistemology and Education 39. Virtue Epistemology and Developing Intellectual Virtue 40. Virtue Epistemology and Clinical Medical Judgment 41. The Relation between Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology

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Book SynopsisWe live amid increasing ethical plurality and fragmentation while at the same time more and more questions of moral gravity confront us. Some of these questions are new, such as those around human cloning and genetics. Other questions that were previously settled have re-emerged, such as those around the place of religion in politics. Responses to such questions are diverse, numerous and often vehemently contested. Hospitality as Holiness seeks to address the underlying question facing the church within contemporary moral debates: how should Christians relate to their neighbours when ethical disputes arise? The problems the book examines centre on what the nature and basis of Christian moral thought and action is, and in the contemporary context, whether moral disputes may be resolved with those who do not share the same framework as Christians. Bretherton establishes a model - that of hospitality - for how Christians and non-Christians can relate to each other amid moral diversity.Trade Review'The issues in this book will be recognised as crucial by anyone who wants to achieve a more satisfying grasp of the relation to each other of Christian ethics and moral philosophy, and by anyone who wants to understand what makes for fruitful exchanges between interlocutors who really do hold opposing views. Bretherton's clear and engaging text reaches beyond mere analysis and criticism to the development of a model of dialogue in terms of 'hospitality'.' commend this book strongly and without reserve.' Nigel Biggar, Oxford University, UK 'Bretherton’s book is quite brilliant: elegant in its structural composition, tightly argued, lucidly written, erudite, nuanced and urbane, and relentlessly theological.' Gavin D’Costa, University of Bristol, in Theology (2008) ’Bretherton’s argument and example of euthanasia/hospice as an expression of the church’s hospitality is quite compelling. His attempt to demonstrate that the church can engage a very pluralistic moral and cultural environment constructively while retaining its own criteria of moral evaluation is persuasive. ... The book is well-written and is an important contribution to contemporary reflections about how the church should engage its cultural context.’ Christine Pohl, Asbury Theological Seminary, in Studies in Christian Ethics (2007) 'Hospitality as Holiness is a book of one big idea, a good one, which is explored from every possible angle and put in every possible light. ... I hope, now, that it will be suggestive, and that Bretherton himself, and others following his lead, will take the big idea further, exploring the full scope of the work it is capable of doing for us.’ Oliver O’Donovan, University of Edinburgh, UK in Political Theology (2008) 'It is a book for our times as it seeks to address the issue of relations between Christian and non-Christian in a world which is aggressively multi-cultural and riven with an incommensurable variety of ethics.' Fulcrum '... Bretherton maTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction. Part I The Problem of Moral Plurality: Alasdair MacIntyre's diagnosis of the contemporary context; Germain Grisez and the shared rationality of all moral traditions; Oliver O'Donovan and the distinctiveness of Christian ethics. Part II The Nature and Shape of Christian Hospitality: Local politics, ecclesiology and resisting modernity; The practice of hospitality; Hospitality, hospice care and euthanasia - a case study in negotiating moral diversity. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in a trilogy in which Stefan Zweig builds a composite picture of the European mind through intellectual portraits selected from among its most representative and influential figures. In Hölderlin, Kleist, and Nietzsche, Zweig concentrates on three giants of German literature to portray the artist and thinker as a figure possessed by a powerful inner vision at odds with the materialism and scientific positivism of his time, in this case, the nineteenth century.Zweig''s subjects here are respectively a lyric poet, a dramatist and writer of novellas, and a philosopher. Each led an unstable life ending in madness and/or suicide and not until the twentieth century did each make their full impact. Whereas the nineteenth-century novel is socially capacious in terms of subject and audience, the three figures treated here are prophets or forerunners of modernist ideas of alienation and exile. Hölderlin and Kleist consciously opposed the worldly harmoniousnessTable of ContentsIntroduction, Hölderlin, Kleist, Nietzsche

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Book SynopsisIt is widely accepted that the machinery of multicultural societies and liberal democratic systems is dependent upon various forms of dialogue - dialogue between political parties, between different social groups, between the ruling and the ruled. But what are the conditions of a democratic dialogue and how does the philosophical dialogic approach apply to practice? Recently, facing challenges from mass protest movements across the globe, liberal democracy has found itself in urgent need of a solution to the problem of translating mass activity into dialogue, as well as that of designing borders of dialogue. Exploring the multifaceted nature of the concepts of dialogue and democracy, and critically examining materializations of dialogue in social life, this book offers a variety of perspectives on the theoretical and empirical interface between democracy and dialogue. Bringing together the latest work from scholars across Europe, Democracy in Dialogue, Dialogue in Democracy offers freTrade Review’A stimulating collection of essays on the importance of dialogue for democratic politics, with probing examinations of the philosophical problems of democratic dialogue and practical case-studies illuminating the issues at stake. It will be of great interest to all students of democracy and democratic education, and to all those concerned with improving the quality of contemporary democracy.’ John Schwarzmantel, University of Leeds, UK ’This collection of critical dialogues addresses a global problem: the future and the dilemmas of a specific form of democracy that emerged after the fall of communism. Democracy and dialogue: the theme is classical (going back to Plato) but also actual (in philosophers from Levinas to Buber to Habermas). The authors first engage their own cultures before joining together in a collective project that brings us back to the classical questions. The volume is fascinating, greater than the sum of its parts. This sort of dialogue should be continued.’ Dick Howard, Stony Brook University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction, Katarzyna Jezierska and Leszek Koczanowicz. Part I Modes of Dialogue: Between understanding and consensus: engaging Mikhail Bakhtin in political thinking, Leszek Koczanowicz; Dialogue and critique: on the theoretical conditions of a critique of society, Mikael Carleheden; Repressed democracy: legitimacy problems in world society, Regina Kreide; Rational dialogue or emotional agon? Habermas’s concept of the public sphere and Mouffe’s project of radical democracy, Pawel Dybel. Part II The Challenge of the Other: ‘I’ meets the ‘other’: agonistic and deliberative versions of subjectivity and otherness, Katarzyna Jezierska; Bad patriots: universality, aesthetics, and the historicity of democracy, Stefan Jonsson; Attitudes, behaviour, democracy, and dialogue, Katarzyna Byrka, Tomasz Grzyb and Dariusz Dolinski; Antagonism, agonism, and dialogue in civil society: Wrocław’s Romanian Roma, Ewa Jupowiecka. Part III Dialogical Spaces: Thinking democracy and education for the present: the case of Norway after July 22, 2011, Torill Strand; Rehabilitation of power in democratic dialogic education, Eugene Matusov and Ana Marjanovic-Shane; Typology of critical dialogue and power relations in democratic dialogic education, Eugene Matusov and Ana Marjanovic-Shane; Dialogue - ideal and practiced: how philosophy is transformed into governance, Boel Englund and Birgitta Sandström; Interactive, qualitative, and inclusive? Assessing the deliberative capacity of the political blogosphere, Martin Karlsson

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Book SynopsisThe study of consciousness is recognized as one of the biggest remaining challenges to the scientific community. This book provides a fascinating introduction to the new science that promises to illuminate our understanding of the subject. Consciousness covers all the main approaches to the modern scientific study of consciousness, and also gives the necessary historical, philosophical and conceptual background to the field. Current scientific evidence and theory from the fields of neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, brain imaging and the study of altered states of consciousness such as dreaming, hypnosis, meditation and out-of-body experiences is presented. Revonsuo provides an integrative review of the major existing philosophical and empirical theories of consciousness and identifies the most promising areas for future developments in the field. This textbook offers a readable and timely introduction to the science of consciousness for anyone interested in this compelling area, especially undergraduates studying psychology, philosophy, cognition, neuroscience and related fields.Trade Review"With Consciousness: the Science of Subjectivity Antti Revonsuo has written a wonderfully clear, very well-organized and insightful introduction to the philosophical and empirical study of consciousness. ... He employs a crystal clear language and organizes his paragraphs and introduction of very diverse philosophical and empirical theories in an explanatory order. The shortness of the paragraphs makes it easy to digest new information. This is further aided by the short summaries and enumeration of discussion questions at the end of each chapter and the glossary at the end of the book. All of this makes this an excellent introduction in the study of subjectivity for the beginning student, but equally so for the conference participants in the big interdisciplinary conferences on consciousness." - Fauve Lybaert, University of Leuven, in Metapsychology Online Reviews"Everybody talks about consciousness, but hardly anyone has written a textbook about it that could be used as the basis for a survey course. Revonsuo’s book closes that gap." - John F. Kihlstrom, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley"This book provides a major new discussion of consciousness, suitable for a wide range of readers. It is written in an admirably clear and scholarly way, and covers a wide range of issues thrown up by recent philosophical, psychological and neuroscientific research on consciousness. It would be excellent as a primary text for many introductory courses on consciousness, and I think this book will quickly become a major text in the area." - Steve Torrance, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex“Revonsuo’s book is very well organized and as such offers a highly systematic approach to what is often a chaotic assembly of conflicting ideas. Students will particularly like the range and the inclusion of chapters on altered states, hypnosis and meditation, etc., particularly as some of this is the author’s specialty.” - Guy Saunders, Department of Psychology, University of the West of England"Everybody talks about consciousness, but hardly anyone has written a textbook about it that could be used as the basis for a survey course. Revonsuo’s book closes that gap." - John F. Kihlstrom, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA"This book provides a major new discussion of consciousness, suitable for a wide range of readers. It is written in an admirably clear and scholarly way, and covers a wide range of issues thrown up by recent philosophical, psychological and neuroscientific research on consciousness. It would be excellent as a primary text for many introductory courses on consciousness, and I think this book will quickly become a major text in the area." - Steve Torrance, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, UK"Revonsuo’s book is very well organized and as such offers a highly systematic approach to what is often a chaotic assembly of conflicting ideas. Students will particularly like the range and the inclusion of chapters on altered states, hypnosis and meditation, etc., particularly as some of this is the author’s specialty." - Guy Saunders, Department of Psychology, University of the West of England, UKTable of ContentsPart 1. Background of the Science of Consciousness. Introduction: Consciousness and Its Place in the Scientific View of the World. 1. The Philosophical Foundations of Consciousness Science. 2. The Historical Foundations of Consciousness Science. 3. The Conceptual Foundations of Consciousness Science. Part 2. Central Domains of Consciousness Science I: Neuropsychology and Consciousness. 4. Neuropsychological Deficits of Visual Consciousness. 5. Neuropsychological Dissociations of Visual Consciousness from Behaviour. 6. Neuropsychological Disorders of Self-Awareness. Part 3. Central Domains of Consciousness Science II: Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC). 7. Methods and Design of NCC Experiments. 8. Studies on the Neural Basis of Consciousness as a State. 9. Studies on the Neural Basis of Visual Consciousness. Part 4. Central Domains of Consciousness Science III: Theories of Consciousness. 10. Philosophical Theories of Consciousness. 11. Empirical Theories of Consciousness. Part 5. Central Domains of Consciousness Science IV: Altered States of Consciousness. 12. What is an "Altered State of Consciousness" (ASC)? 13. Dreaming and Sleep. 14. Hypnosis. 15. Higher States of Consciousness. 16. Epilogue: Reflections on the Science of Subjective Experience.

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Heidegger's writings are among the most formidable in recent philosophy. The pivotal concepts of his thought are for many the source of both fascination and frustration. Yet any student of philosophy needs to become acquainted with Heidegger's thought. "Martin Heidegger: Key Concepts" is designed to facilitate this. Each chapter introduces and explains a key Heideggerian concept, or a cluster of closely related concepts. Together, the chapters cover the full range of Heidegger's thought in its early, middle, and later phases.

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Book SynopsisAlthough relatively unknown a decade ago, the work of Jacques Ranciere is fast becoming a central reference in the humanities and social sciences. His thinking brings a fresh, innovative approach to many fields, notably the study of work, education, politics, literature, film, art, as well as philosophy. This is the first, full-length introduction to Ranciere's work and covers the full range of his contribution to contemporary thought, presenting in clear, succinct chapters the key concepts Ranciere has developed in his writings over the last forty years. Students new to Ranciere will find this work accessible and comprehensive, an ideal introduction to this major thinker. For readers already familiar with Ranciere, the in-depth analysis of each key concept, written by leading scholars, should provide an ideal reference.Trade Review"An accessible but sophisticated introduction to the extraordinarily rich conceptual apparatus of Ranciere." - Andrew Schaap, University of Exeter"Table of Contents1. Jacques Ranciere: A Journey in Equality Jean-Philippe Deranty Part I: Philosophy 2. Logical Revolts Jean-Philippe Deranty 3. The Ignorant Schoolmaster: knowledge and authority Yves Citton 4. Philosophy and its Poor Giuseppina Mecchi Part II: Politics 5. The Police and the Oligarchy Samuel Chambers 6. Wrong, Disagreement, Subjectivation Todd May 7. Archipolitics, Parapolitics, Metapolitics Bruno Bosteels Part III: Poetics 8. The Sharing of the SensibleA" Davide Panagia 9. Heretical History and the Poetics of Knowledge Phil Watts 10. Regimes of the Arts Jean-Philippe Deranty Part IV: Aesthetics 11. Expressivity, Literarity, Silent Speech Alison Ross 12. Image, Montage Toni Ross 13. The Film Fable Hassan Melehy Afterword Jean-Philippe Deranty Chronology of Life & Works Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA rare systematic thinker, Habermas has furthered our understanding of modernity, social interaction and linguistic practice, societal institutions, rationality, morality, the law, globalization, and the role of religion in multicultural societies. He has helped shape discussions of truth, objectivity, normativity, and the relationship between the human and the natural sciences. This volume provides an accessible and comprehensive conceptual map of Habermas' theoretical framework and its key concepts, including the theory of communicative action, discourse ethics, his social-political philosophy and their applications to contemporary issues. It will be an invaluable resource for both novice readers of Habermas and those interested in a more refined understanding of particular aspects of his work.Trade Review"Barbara Fultner has brought together many of today's leading Habermas scholars to provide an up to date, critical and above all clear introduction to key elements in Habermas's social philosophy." - Andrew Edgar, Cardiff University "This is a volume I would recommend to anyone teaching or studying Habermas. The high quality of the contributors and their contributions make a very difficult thinker more accessible with a series of overviews that range broadly across his thought." - Thomas McCarthy, Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction, Barbara Fultner 2. Influences and Impact, Max Pensky Part I The Linguistic Turn: Communicative Rationality 3. Postmetaphysical Thinking, Melissa Yates 4. Communicative Action and Formal Pragmatics, Barbara Fultner 5. Lifeworld and System, Joseph Heath 6. Autonomy, Joel Anderson Part II Discourse Ethics 7. Morality, William Rehg 8. Ethics, Johanna Meehan Part III Political Theory: Interventions in the Public Sphere 9. Deliberative Democracy, Kevin Olson 10. Civil Society, Keith Haysom 11. Discourse Theory of Law, Christopher Zurn Part IV Political Discourse 12. Cosmopolitan Democracy, Ciarin Cronin 13. Postsecularism, Eduardo Mendieta Chronology of Life and Work

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Book SynopsisImmanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy. His transcendental idealism claims to overcome the skepticism of David Hume, resolve the impasse between empiricism and rationalism, and establish the reality of human freedom and moral agency. A thorough understanding of Kant is indispensable to any philosopher today. The significance of Kant's thought is matched by its complexity. His revolutionary ideas are systematically interconnected and he presents them using a forbidding technical vocabulary. A careful investigation of the key concepts that structure Kant's work is essential to the comprehension of his philosophical project. This book provides an accessible introduction to Kant by explaining each of the key concepts of his philosophy. The book is organized into three parts, which correspond to the main areas of Kant's transcendental idealism: Theoretical Philosophy; Practical Philosophy; and, Aesthetics, Teleology, and Religion. Each chapter presents an overview of a particular topic, while the whole provides a clear and comprehensive account of Kant's philosophical system.Table of Contents1. Introduction, Will Dudley & Kristina Engelhard Part I Theoretical Philosophy 2. Critique: knowledge, metaphysics, Gunter Zoller 3. Sensibility: space and time, transcendental idealism, Emily Carson 4. Understanding: judgments, categories, schemata, Dietmar Heidemann 5. Reason: syllogisms, ideas, antinomies, Michelle Grier Part II Practical Philosophy 6. Freedom: will, autonomy, Paul Guyer 7. Practical Reason: categorical imperative, maxims, laws, Ken Westphal 8. Moral Obligation: rights, duties, virtues, Georg Mohr & Ulli Ruhl 9. Political Obligation: republicanism, league of nations, perpetual peace, Katrin Flikschuh Part III Aesthetics, Teleology, Religion 10. Beauty: subjective purposiveness, Kirk Pillow 11. Organism: objective purposiveness, John Zammito 12. Nature and History: ultimate and final purpose, Stephen Houlgate 13. Rational Faith: God and immortality, Patrick Frierson Chronology of Life & Works

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Book Synopsis"The Philosophy of Heidegger" is a readable and reliable overview of Heidegger's thought, suitable both for beginners and advanced students. A striking and refreshing feature of the work is how free it is from the jargon and standard idioms of academic philosophical writing. Written in straightforward English, with many illustrations and concrete examples, this book provides a very accessible introduction to such key Heideggerian notions as in/authenticity, falling, throwness, moods, temporality, earth, world, enframing, etc. Organized under clear, no-nonsense headings, Watt's exposition avoids complicated involvement with the secondary literature, or with wider philosophical debates, which gives his writing a fresh, immediate character. Ranging widely across Heidegger's numerous writings, this book displays an impressively thorough knowledge of his corpus, navigating the difficult relationship between earlier and later Heidegger texts, and giving the reader a strong sense of the basic motives and overall continuity of Heidegger's thought.Trade Review"Watts does in general manage to achieve a very high overall level of clarity and accessibility; he plainly knows the primary texts well…there are passages and chapters -- I think here particularly of the chapter on temporality, and the discussion of 'ereignis' and 'enteignis' -- that achieve a really unusual degree of clarity and illumination in the brief compass allowed." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This book explains Heidegger's work with admirable clarity and beautiful simplicity, rendering his most difficult ideas, thoroughly accessible and understandable. Throughout the book, Watts displays a deep understanding and an effortless mastery of the text at hand. All of which, expressed in a thoroughly lucid and engaging way." - Paulo De Jesus, Metapsychology"Michael Watts tackles Heidegger with exemplary skill, tenacity and sobriety. He presents Heidegger's thoughts in plain uncluttered prose and steers the reader through the complexities of Heidegger's terminology. He gives an exceptionally clear and readable account of Being and Time, while also performing the difficult feat of weaving this into an account of Heidegger’s later writings. He provides valuable guidance for the beginner through the complexities of Heidegger’s thought and much of interest for those who are already ‘on the way’." - Michael Inwood, University of Oxford, UK"A deep and wide knowledge of Heidegger's texts, an unusual ability to bring the issues alive and an unpretentious written style combine in The Philosophy of Heidegger in a truly impressive way." - Dan Watts, University of Essex, UK"The merit of Michael Watts work – what I find particularly appealing about it – is his ability to grasp the abstruse and abstract nature of someone’s thought, and render it in clear, concise, and concrete terms. He is a master at this!" As a student in the sixties and seventies, the secondary sources on Heidegger that I consulted were mostly William Richardson, S.J., Thomas Langan, William Barrett, Alphonse De Waelhens, Henri Birault, Otto Poggeler, and few others. Had you been available at the time, these sources would have been monumentally superfluous." - Roy Martinez, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Spelman College, Atlanta, USA"To write clearly and accessibly, and yet to present a philosopher’s ideas without trivialising or distorting them requires considerable intellectual discipline. This challenge is, arguably, all the more severe in the case of philosophers such as Heidegger and Wittgenstein, who Watts rightly repudiates the notion, implied in some of what Heidegger wrote and put about by certain of his followers, that it is suicide for philosophy to be intelligible. Instead he sets about explaining, so far as is possible in such a short space, the main ideas in Heidegger’s masterpiece Being and Time. Watts also considers the later works in which Heidegger moves furthest from the argumentative canons of Western philosophy. That he treats these works charitably without ever aquiescing in the kind of dazed enchantment they induce in less discriminating minds is a sign that he has understood his responsibilities to the ‘newcomer’ very well." - Jonathan Derbyshire, Culture Editor of New Statesman and Managing Editor of ProspectTable of Contents1. Heidegger's Life 2. The meaning of life: The question of Being 3. The central ideas in Being and Time 4. Conscience, guilt and authenticity 5. Being-towards-death 6. Dasein's primordial temporality 7. Heidegger's "truth of Aletheia" and language 8. Poetry, poets and Holderlin 9. Art 10. Technology 11. Tao, Zen and Heidegger

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Book SynopsisMost readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably "Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to reassess Sartre and to introduce readers to the full breadth of his philosophy. Bringing together leading international scholars, the book examines concepts from across Sartre's career, from his initial views on the "inner life" of conscious experience, to his later conceptions of hope as the binding agent for a common humanity. The book will be invaluable to readers looking for a comprehensive assessment of Sartre's thinking - from his early influences to the development of his key concepts, to his legacy.Trade Review"This volume showcases an impressive range of international contributors, who tackle three major aspects of Sartre's philosophy - psychology, ontology, and ethics - in a series of original and thought-provoking essays. The book achieves the remarkable feat of combining accessibility and lucidity with depth and intellectual challenge in a collection which deserves to become a classic for Sartre specialists and novices alike." - Christina Howells, University of OxfordTable of Contents1. Introduction: Sartre Vivant, Steven Churchill & Jack Reynolds; 2. Life and Works, Gary Cox; PART I: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND LITERATURE; 3. Sartre and Husserl's Ideen: Phenomenology and Imagination, Beata Stawarska; 4. Sartre's Understanding of the Self, Christian Onof; 5. Contingency and Ego, Intentionality and Nausea, Steven Churchill; 6. Sartre: Playright and Novelist, Adrian van den Hoven; 7. Psychoanalysis and Existential Psychoanalysis, Betty Cannon; PART II: ONTOLOGY: FREEDOM, AUTHENTICITY AND SELF-CREATION 8. Nothingness and Negation, Sarah D. Richmond; 9. The Look, Soren Overgaard; 10. Bad Faith, David Detmer; 11. Authenticity, Jonathan Webber; 12. Knowledge, Anthony Hatzimoysis; 13. The Fundamental Project, Paul Crittenden; 14. Self-Making and Alienation: From Bad Faith to Revolution, Thomas Busch; PART III: ETHICS AND POLITICS 15. Politics and the Engaged Intellectual, William L. McBride; 16. Sartre's Theory of Groups, Peter Caws; 17. Sartre's Second or Dialectical Ethics, Thomas C. Anderson; 18. Hope and Affirmation: An Ethics of Reciprocity, Marguerite La Caze; 19. Sartre's Legacy, Steven Churchill & Jack Reynolds

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Book SynopsisHannah Arendt is one of the most prominent thinkers of modern times, whose profound influence extends across philosophy, politics, law, history, international relations, sociology, and literature. Presenting new and powerful ways to think about human freedom and responsibility, Arendt's work has provoked intense debate and controversy. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' explores the central ideas of Arendt's thought, such as freedom, action, power, judgement, evil, forgiveness and the social. Bringing together an international team of contributors, the essays provide lucid accounts of Arendt's fundamental themes and their ethical and political implications. The specific concepts Arendt deployed to make sense of the human condition, the phenomena of political violence, terror and totalitarianism, and the prospects of sustaining a shared public world are all examined. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' consolidates the disparate strands of Arendt's thought to provide an accessible and essential guide for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this leading intellectual figure.Trade Review"The richness of Arendt’s political thought is brought sharply to life by focusing, as Arendt herself wanted, on experience rather than abstract theory. A superb collection of essays and a trustworthy and stimulating companion for the growing bands of Arendt readers." – Robert Fine, University of Warwick, UK"Hannah Arendt's work continues to provoke and engage across generations of scholarship. The essays collected in this volume testify to the vigor and subtlety of a new generation of Arendt readers." – Seyla Benhabib, Yale University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Illuminating Hannah Arendt Patrick Hayden Part 1: On the Human Condition 1. Natality Karin Fry 2. Labour, work and action Paul Voice 3. Hannah Arendt on the world Siobhan Kattago 4. Narrating and understanding Maša Mrovlje Part 2: On Modernity's Crises 5. Totalitarianism and evil Lars Rensmann 6. Statelessness and the right to have rights Ayten Gündoğdu 7. Hannah Arendt on "the social" Philip Walsh 8. Hannah Arendt on authority and tradition Douglas Klusmeyer Part 3: On Politics and the Public World 9. Power and violence Elizabeth Frazer 10. Arendt and the political power of judgement Patrick Hayden 11. Responsibility Annabel Herzog 12. Arendt and the question of revolution Anthony F. Lang, Jr. 13. Promising and forgiveness Marguerite La Caze. Index

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Book SynopsisThese essays, written in the spirit of Goethe’s Epimetheus who "traces the quick deed to the dim realm of form-combining possibilities", display the depth and breadth of Tallis’s fascination with our lives. Whether discussing philosophical "hardy perennials" like time, or a mundane artefact like ink, Tallis challenges us to think differently about who we are and why we are. The first part of the book – Analysis – dives into the deep-end to explore some of the big questions in philosophy: perception, knowledge and belief; time; the relationship between mathematics and reality; and probability and causation. The middle section – Tetchy Interludes – takes a wry look at some aspects of contemporary art; stupidity (including the author’s own); and Christmas. The third part – Celebration – is more experimental in both its subject matter and treatment. It celebrates the complexity of ordinary, everyday consciousness by contemplating the miracle of speech, artefacts that have transformed our lives (and what they reveal about our cognition) such as the wheel, the sail, and ink; and ‘snapshots’ of the author’s own consciousness on an ordinary day, of past consciousness, as captured in historical memory. Notwithstanding their diversity in theme and style, these essays share the common aim of discovering and celebrating the submerged riches in the "quick deeds" of our everyday lives and perceptions.Table of ContentsPart 1: Analyses Prefatory Note 1. Seeing and Believing 2. Where is that Itch? Philosophy from Scratch 3. Knowledge and the Subjective Qualities of Experience 4. Does Rover Believe Anything? 5. Draining the River and Quivering the Arrow: Against the Flow and Direction of Time 6. Mistaking Mathematics for Reality: Where Zeno Went Wrong and So Many Followed 7. Could the Universe (Even) Give a Toss? 8. Causes as (Local) Oomph Part 2: Tetchy Interludes Prefatory Note 9. The Shocking Yawn: Art up its Arse 10. The Fight Against (e.g. my) Stupidity 11. Colonic Material of a Taurine Provenance 12. Mission Drift Part 3: Celebrations Prefatory Note 13. Ante-Room: On Waiting 14. Voices – from a distance 15. Two Fragments of Sculptured Air: Aaarh and Oops! 16. Lexical Snacks 17. "Honestly, the World’s gone Quite Mad" 18. The Librarian’s Voice 19. Against the Promethean Libel 20. Re-imagining the wheel 21. Sail 22. Mad artefacts 23. A Can of Beans Coda: Ink – the artefact of artefacts. Envoi: Justifying the Search. Index

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Book SynopsisThe rule-following debate, in its concern with the metaphysics and epistemology of linguistic meaning and mental content, goes to the heart of the most fundamental questions of contemporary philosophy of mind and language. This volume gathers together the most important contributions to the topic, including papers by Simon Blackburn, Paul Boghossian, Graeme Forbes, Warren Goldfarb, Paul Horwich, John McDowell, Colin McGinn, Ruth Millikan, Philip Pettit, George Wilson, Crispin Wright, and Jose Zalabardo. The debate has centred on Saul Kripke's reading of the rule-following sections in Wittgenstein and his consequent posing of a sceptical paradox that threatens our everyday notions of linguistic meaning and mental content. These essays are attempts to respond to this challenge and represent some of the most important work in contemporary theory of meaning. With an introductory essay and a comprehensive guide to further reading this book is an excellent resource for courses in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, Wittgenstein, and metaphysics, as well as for all philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists with interests in these areas.Trade Review"Addresses isssues of central importance to contemporary work in analytic philosophy of mind, language and metaphysics, and there is no other anthology on these issues that takes account of Kripke's work and the ensuing literature." - David Davies, McGill UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction Alexander Miller 2. Scepticism and semantic knowledge Graeme Forbes 3. The individual strikes back Simon Blackburn 4. Wittgenstein on following a rule John McDowell 5. Wittgenstein, Kripke and nonreductionism about meaning Colin McGinn 6. Kripke on Wittgenstein on rules Warren Goldfarb 7. Critical notice of McGinn's "Wittgenstein on Meaning" Crispin Wright 8. Meaning and intention as judgement-dependent Crispin Wright 9. The rule-following considerations Paul Boghossian 10. The reality of rule-following Philip Pettit 11. Truth rules, hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein paradox Ruth Millikan 12. Kripke on Wittgenstein on normativity George Wilson 13. Meaning, use and truth Paul Horwich 14. Kripke's normativity argument Jose Zalabardo Index

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that some English writers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were not adherents to classical republicanism and hostile to liberalism, but contributed to a synthesis of the two. The synthesis they provide offers a politically engaged citizenry as well as the protection of individual rights.Trade Review"A splendid book, well argued and carefully researched." P. Coby, Smith College, Choice"Important and insightful...a valuable contribution to the study of early-modern political thought that extends beyond illuminating such seminal thinkers--itself an impressive feat--and goes further to provide a comprehensive acocunt of the way in which a number of well-defined ideas and principles shaped the development of nascent liberal and republican theory in England." APSA Perspectives on Politics"This is an important, original, scholarly, and powerfully argued book. Though its primary readership will probably be political scientists--and especially theorists--it also has much to tell scholars whose main interests are in early modern British--and, indeed, American--history." H-Albion"Sullivan's style is clear and uncluttered" - Conal Condren, University of New South Wales, Australia"This is an important, original, scholarly, and powerfully argued book. Though its primary readership will probably be political scientists--and especially theorists--it also has much to tell scholars whose main interests are in early modern British--and, indeed, American--history." - Johann Sommerville, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, H-NETTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of Liberal Republicanism: 1. Machiavelli's republicanism; 2. Hobbes on peace, the passions and politics; Part II. The Formation of the Synthesis: 3. Marchamont Nedham and the beginnings of a Liberal republicanism; 4. The distinctive modern republicanism of James Harrington; 5. Henry Neville's proposal for a republic under the form of monarchy; 6. Algernon Sidney as anticipator of Locke and secret admirer of Machiavelli; 7. Cato's thought as the reconciliation of Machiavellian republicanism and Lockean liberalism; Conclusion; Works cited; Index.

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Book SynopsisFrames of Deceit is a philosophical investigation of the nature of trust in public and private life. It examines how trust originates, how it is challenged, and how it is recovered when moral and political imperfections collide. In politics, rulers may be called upon to act badly for the sake of a political good, and in private life intimate attachments are formed in which the costs of betrayal are high. This book asks how trust is tested by human goods, moral character and power relations. It explores whether an individual's experience of betrayal differs totally from that of a community when it loses and then seeks to recover a vital public trust. Although this is a work of political philosophy it is distinctive in examining three literary texts - Sophocles' Philoctetes, Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and Zola's ThÃrÃse Raquin - in order to deepen our understanding of the place of trust in morality and politics.Trade Review"...opens up new ways of thinking about the process by which public and private trust is lost and recovered. Readers who can appreciate the scope and complexity of the problems Johnson is confronting will probably find this a rewarding read." Canadian Philosophical Reviews"...a significant step toward a richer understanding of this hitherto neglected topic." Rodger L. Jackson, Canadian Philosophical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Public and private trust; 2. Dirty hands and moral character; 3. Trust and political morality; 4. Origins and agents; 5. Risks and regards; 6. Forgetting and forgiveness; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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