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Engaging Philosophy
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2006; US$ 9.95This brief, elegant book introduces students and general readers to philosophy through core questions and topics?particularly those involving ethics, the existence of God, free will, the relation of mind and body, and what it is to be a person. more...
On Clear and Confused Ideas
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 35.00Written by one of today's most creative and innovative philosophers, Ruth Garrett Millikan, this book examines basic empirical concepts; how they are acquired, how they function, and how they have been misrepresented in the traditional philosophical literature. more...
Naturalistic Hermeneutics
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 27.00Naturalistic Hermeneutics proposes the position of the unity of scientific method, defending it against the claim to autonomy of the human sciences. Mantzavinos shows how materials that are 'meaningful', more specifically human actions and texts, can be adequately dealt with through a hypothetico-deductive method. more...
Practical Identity and Narrative Agency
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. They also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these issues. The chapters, written by an outstanding roster... more...
Meaning and the Moral Sciences (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95First published in 1978, this reissue presents a seminal philosophical work by professor Putnam, in which he puts forward a conception of knowledge which makes ethics, practical knowledge and non-mathematic parts of the social sciences just as much parts of 'knowledge' as the sciences themselves. He also rejects the idea that knowledge can be demarcated... more...
Epistemology
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95Epistemology, or ?the theory of knowledge,? is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding... more...
Perception, Knowledge and Belief
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 30.00This collection of essays by eminent philosopher Fred Dretske brings together work on the theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind spanning thirty years. more...
Taming Wild Thoughts
Karnac Books 1997; US$ 21.95Brings together previously unpublished works from two different periods of Bion's career which are linked by the concept of classifying and conceptualizing thought. The first paper 'The Grid' dates from 1963, the second part consists of transcripts of two tape-recordings made by Bion in 1977 reflecting his interest in 'stray' thoughts. more...
Justification without Awareness
Clarendon Press 2006; US$ 38.99Virtually all philosophers agree that for a belief to be epistemically justified, it must satisfy certain conditions. Perhaps it must be supported by evidence. Or perhaps it must be reliably formed. Or perhaps there are some other 'good-making' features it must have. But does a belief's justification also require some sort of awareness... more...
Ontological Categories
Clarendon Press 2005; US$ 84.99The concept of an ontological category is central to metaphysics. Metaphysicians argue about which category an object should be assigned to, whether one category can be reduced to another one, or whether there might be different equally adequate systems of categorization. Answers to these questions presuppose a clear understanding of what precisely... more...









