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Finalursachen in der frühen Neuzeit
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 182.00By reconstructing the teleological conceptions of Thomas Aquinas, Suárez, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, the author argues against the common view that mechanical philosophers in the Early Modern Period rejected natural teleology because of its association with an Aristotelian picture of the world. First, many thinkers in the Early Modern Period... more...
Moral Skepticims
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 19.95Sinnott-Armstrong here provides an extensive survey of the difficult subject of moral beliefs. He covers theories that grapple with questions of morality such as naturalism, normativism, intuitionism, and coherentism. He then defends his own theory that he calls "moderate moral skepticism," which is that moral beliefs can be justified, but... more...
New Waves in Philosophy of Action
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 37.00A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field. more...
Familiar Objects and their Shadows
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 72.00Argues that sceptical metaphysicians employ shadows of familiar objects, while denying that the entities which cast those shadows really exist. more...
Truth
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 25.95This is a concise, advanced introduction to current philosophical debates about truth. A blend of philosophical and technical material, the book is organized around, but not limited to, the tendency known as deflationism, according to which there is not much to say about the nature of truth. In clear language, Burgess and Burgess cover a wide range... more...
Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the 20th Century
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 43.95The twentieth century brought enormous change to subjects such as language, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology. This volume covers the major developments in these areas and more. more...
Self-Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 38.95How do you know your own thoughts and feelings? Do we have ?privileged access? to our own minds? Does introspection provide a grasp of a thinking self or ?I?? The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most fascinating in all of philosophy and has crucial significance for the philosophy of mind and epistemology. In this outstanding introduction... more...
Reasons for Belief
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 75.00Addresses foundational questions about reasons for belief and uses new research to explore traditional epistemological concerns. more...
New Essays on Singular Thought
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 64.99New Essays on Singular Thought presents ten new, specially written essays on an issue central to philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world. Is our thought about objects in the world always descriptive, mediated by our conceptions of those objects? Or is some of our thought somehow more direct,... more...
Peirce and the Threat of Nominalism
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 68.00Provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought and analyses his challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning. more...









