This fully revised and updated edition of Nicholas Bunnin and E.P. Tsui-James' popular introductory philosophy textbook brings together specially-commissioned chapters from a prestigious team of scholars writing on each of the key areas, figures and movements in philosophy.
This fully revised and updated edition of Nicholas Bunnin and E.P. Tsui-James' popular introductory philosophy textbook brings together specially-commissioned chapters from a prestigious team of scholars writing on each of the key areas, figures and movements in philosophy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nicholas Bunnin studied at Harvard University and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is Director of the Philosophy Project at the Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford. Eric Tsui-James lectured in Philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford before becoming Associated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong
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Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the First Edition x Notes on Contributors xii Contemporary Philosophy in the United States John R. Searle 1 Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look - Bernard Williams 23 Part I Areas of Philosophy 35 1 Epistemology - A. C. Grayling 37 2 Metaphysics - Simon Blackburn, with a section on Time by Robin Le Poidevin 61 3 Philosophy of Language - Martin Davies 90 4 Philosophy of Logic - A. W Moore 147 5 Philosophy of Mind - William G. Lycan 173 6 Ethics - John Skorupski 202 7 Aesthetics - Sebastian Gardner 231 8 Political and Social Philosophy··David Archard 257 9 Philosophy of Science - David Papineau 286 10 Philosophy of Biology - Elliott Sober 317 11 Philosophy of Mathematics - Mary Tiles 345 12 Philosophy of Social Science - Martin Hollis 375 13 Philosophy of Law N. E. Simmonds 403 14 Philosophy of History·Leon Pompa 428 15 Philosophy of Religion - Charles Taliaferro 453 16 Applied Ethics - John Haldane 490 17 Bioethics, Genethics and Medical Ethics ... Rebecca Bennett. Charles A. Erin. John Harris and Søren Holm 499 18 Environmental Ethics - Holmes Rolston, III 517 19 Business Ethics - Georges Enderle 531 20 Philosophy and Feminism - Jean Grimshaw and Miranda Fricker 552 21 Ethnicity, Culture, and Philosophy - Robert Bernasconi 567 Part II History of Philosophy 583 22 Ancient Greek Philosophy Robert Wardy 585 23 Plato and Aristotle - Lesley Brown 601 24 Medieval Philosophy - Jorge J. E. Gracia 619 25 Bacon - Stephen Gaukroger 634 26 Descartes and Malebranche - Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross 644 27 Spinoza and Leibniz - Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross 658 28 Hobbes Tom Sorell 671 29 Locke - R. S. Woolhouse 682 30 Berkeley - Howard Robinson 694 31 Hume··Peter Jones 709 32 Kant - David Bell 725 33 Hegel - Michael Inwood 741 34 Marx - Richard Norman 750 35 Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick - Ross Harrison 759 36 Pragmatism··Susan Haack 774 37 Prege and Russell - R. M. Sainsbury 790 38 Moore Thomas Baldwin 805 39 Wittgenstein - David Pears 811 40 Nietzsche - David E. Cooper 827 41 Husserl and Heidegger - Taylor Carman 842 42 Sartre. Foucault and Derrida·Gary Gutting 860 Glossary 875 Appendix 893 Index 905
Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the First Edition x Notes on Contributors xii Contemporary Philosophy in the United States John R. Searle 1 Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look - Bernard Williams 23 Part I Areas of Philosophy 35 1 Epistemology - A. C. Grayling 37 2 Metaphysics - Simon Blackburn, with a section on Time by Robin Le Poidevin 61 3 Philosophy of Language - Martin Davies 90 4 Philosophy of Logic - A. W Moore 147 5 Philosophy of Mind - William G. Lycan 173 6 Ethics - John Skorupski 202 7 Aesthetics - Sebastian Gardner 231 8 Political and Social Philosophy··David Archard 257 9 Philosophy of Science - David Papineau 286 10 Philosophy of Biology - Elliott Sober 317 11 Philosophy of Mathematics - Mary Tiles 345 12 Philosophy of Social Science - Martin Hollis 375 13 Philosophy of Law N. E. Simmonds 403 14 Philosophy of History·Leon Pompa 428 15 Philosophy of Religion - Charles Taliaferro 453 16 Applied Ethics - John Haldane 490 17 Bioethics, Genethics and Medical Ethics ... Rebecca Bennett. Charles A. Erin. John Harris and Søren Holm 499 18 Environmental Ethics - Holmes Rolston, III 517 19 Business Ethics - Georges Enderle 531 20 Philosophy and Feminism - Jean Grimshaw and Miranda Fricker 552 21 Ethnicity, Culture, and Philosophy - Robert Bernasconi 567 Part II History of Philosophy 583 22 Ancient Greek Philosophy Robert Wardy 585 23 Plato and Aristotle - Lesley Brown 601 24 Medieval Philosophy - Jorge J. E. Gracia 619 25 Bacon - Stephen Gaukroger 634 26 Descartes and Malebranche - Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross 644 27 Spinoza and Leibniz - Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross 658 28 Hobbes Tom Sorell 671 29 Locke - R. S. Woolhouse 682 30 Berkeley - Howard Robinson 694 31 Hume··Peter Jones 709 32 Kant - David Bell 725 33 Hegel - Michael Inwood 741 34 Marx - Richard Norman 750 35 Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick - Ross Harrison 759 36 Pragmatism··Susan Haack 774 37 Prege and Russell - R. M. Sainsbury 790 38 Moore Thomas Baldwin 805 39 Wittgenstein - David Pears 811 40 Nietzsche - David E. Cooper 827 41 Husserl and Heidegger - Taylor Carman 842 42 Sartre. Foucault and Derrida·Gary Gutting 860 Glossary 875 Appendix 893 Index 905
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