The Blackwell companion to philosophy
Nicholas Bunnin (Editor), E. P. Tsui-James (Editor)
An introduction to philosophy looks at key issues, figures, and movements in the field
eBook, English, 2003
Second edition View all formats and editions
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2003
1 online resource (xviii, 951 pages) : illustrations
9780470996362, 9780470997871, 9781405164443, 9780631219071, 0470996366, 0470997877, 1405164441, 0631219072
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Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Notes on Contributors. Contemporary Philosophy in the United States: John R. Searle. Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look: Bernard Williams. Part I: Areas of Philosophy:. 1. Epistemology: A. C. Grayling. 2. Metaphysics: Simon Blackburn, with a section on Time Robin Le Poidevin. 3. Philosophy of Language: Martin Davies. 4. Philosophy of Logic: A. W. Moore. 5. Philosophy of Mind: William G. Lycan. 6. Ethics: John Skorupski. 7. Aesthetics: Sebastian Gardner. 8. Political and Social Philosophy: David Archard. 9. Philosophy of Science: David Papineau. 10. Philosophy of Biology: Elliott Sober. 11. Philosophy of Mathematics: Mary Tiles. 12. Philosophy of Social Science: Martin Hollis. 13. Philosophy of Law: N. E. Simmonds. 14. Philosophy of History: Leon Pompa. 15: Philosophy of Religion: Charles Taliaferro. 16. Applied Ethics: John Haldane. 17. Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics: Rebecca Bennett, Charles A. Erin, John Harris & Soren Holm. 18. Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston, III. 19. Business Ethics: Georges Enderle. 20: Philosophy and Feminism: Jean Grimshaw & Miranda Fricker. 21. Ethnicity, Culture and Philosophy: Robert Bernasconi. Part II History of Philosophy:. 22. Ancient Greek Philosophy: Robert Wardy. 23. Plato and Aristotle: Lesley Brown. 24. Medieval Philosophy: Jorge Gracia. 25. Francis Bacon: Stephen Gaukroger. 26. Descartes and Malebranche: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 27. Spinoza and Leibniz: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 28. Hobbes: Tom Sorell. 29. Locke: R. S. Woolhouse. 30. Berkeley: Howard Robinson. 31. Hume: Peter Jones. 32. Kant: David Bell. 33. Hegel: Michael Inwood. 34. Marx: Richard Norman. 35. Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick: Ross Harrison. 36. Pragmatism: Susan Haack. 37. Frege and Russell: R. M. Sainsbury. 38. Moore: Thomas Baldwin. 39. Wittgenstein: David Pears. 40. Nietzsche: David E. Cooper. 41. Husserl and Heidegger: Taylor Carmen. 42. Sartre, Foucault and Derrida: Gary Gutting. Glossary. Appendix. Index.
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