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Colin McGinn

Pbk | 240pp | 9780262529822 | 1/08/2016A$43.99 | NZ$51.99 | MIT Press

This text offers an introduction to philosophy of language by explaining ten classic, often anthologised, texts. Accessible and thorough, written with a unique combination of informality and careful formulation, the text addresses sense and reference, proper names, definite descriptions, indexicals, the definition of truth, truth and meaning, and the nature of speaker meaning, as addressed by Frege, Kripke, Russell, Donnellan, Kaplan, Evans, Putnam, Tarski, Davidson, and Grice. The explanations aim to be as simple as possible without sacrificing accuracy.

CLASSICS

Philosophy of Language: The Classics Explained

Plato

Pbk | 112pp | 9781554812585 | 1/05/2016A$16.99 | NZ$19.99 | Broadview Press

Socrates, the first of the great ancient Greek philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his philosophical thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations—including, most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. These dialogues, though fallible as historical record, contain some of the most fascinating and well-known arguments in Western philosophy, and offer a dramatic picture of Socrates as uncompromising in the face of death. In Euthyphro, Socrates examines the concept of piety, and displays his propensity for

The Apology and Related Dialogues

John Stuart Mill


Utilitarianism is a classic work of ethical theory, arguably the most persuasive and comprehensible presentation of this widely influential position. Mill argues that it is pleasure and pain that ought to guide our decision-making - and not the pleasure and pain of any one person or group, but the summative experience of all who are affected by our actions. While he didn’t invent utilitarianism, Mill offered its clearest expression and strongest defense, and expanded the theory to account for the variety in quality that we find among specific pleasures and pains. Today, Mill’s version of the “Greatest Happiness Principle” is a standard premise in

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Utilitarianism

Tom Forester

Pbk | 360pp | 9780262560733 | 1/10/1993A$69 | NZ$83 | MIT Press

Many hundreds sold - by a deceased, well known Australian author. He was interviewed by Robin Williams on the ABC TV Science Show & was computer correspondent & book reviewer for the 'Australian' newspaper. Allen & Unwin had rights to the first edition. 'Forester and Morrison have raised social concerns that students of computer science cannot ignore.' -- Marc Rotenberg , Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility 'Forester and Morrison's new edition of -Computer Ethics - is, like the first edition, a rich and important resource for teaching about the ethical issues surrounding computers. In recounting incident after

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Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computing 2ed

Christine Deftereos

Hbk | 280pp | 9788132110453 | 30/01/2013A$74 | NZ$87 | Sage India

Ashis Nandy and the Cultural Politics of Selfhood gives the reader an insight into a novel aspect of Nandy. The author insists that Ashis Nandy is not merely a self-described political psychologist; he is also an intellectual street fighter who comes face to face with the psychology of politics and the politics of psychology, thus affirming why this intellectual is one of the most original and confronting Indian thinkers of his generation. The main features of this book are its original reading and the authentic use of the psychoanalytic theory to characterise and demonstrate the importance of psychoanalysis in Nandy's work. This

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Ashis Nandy and the Cultural Politics of Selfhood

Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kyml

Pbk | 1136pp | 9781551117423 | 6/03/2008A$101 | NZ$121 | Broadview Press

This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides, Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle; Al-Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan ....

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The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Volume 1: From Plato to Nietzsche



This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides, Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle; Al-Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan....

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Volume 2: The Twentieth Century and Beyond



This volume features a careful selection of major works in political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought.

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Andrew Bailey, Samanthan Brennan, Will Kym


This comprehensive volume contains many of the most important texts in western political and social thought from the sixteenth to the end of the nineteenth century. A number of key works, including Machiavelli’s The Prince, Locke’s Second Treatise, and Rousseau’s The Social Contract, are included in their entirety. Alongside these central readings are a diverse range of texts from authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Truth, and Henry David Thoreau.

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The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: From Machiavelli to Nietzsche

Felix Guattari

Pbk | 336pp | 9781584350606 | 1/11/2008A$36.99 | NZ$43.99 | MIT Press

Chaosophy is an introduction to Félix Guattari's groundbreaking theories of ''schizo-analysis'': a process meant to replace Freudian interpretation with a more pragmatic, experimental, and collective approach rooted in reality. Unlike Freud, who utilized neuroses as his working model, Guattari adopted the model of schizophrenia--which he believed to be an extreme mental state induced by the capitalist system itself, and one that enforces neurosis as a way of maintaining normality. Guattari's post-Marxist vision of capitalism provides a new definition not only of mental illness, but also of the micropolitical means for its subversion.

Chaosophy: Texts and Interviews 1972--1977 New Edition

Ernest Nagel and James R Newman

Pbk | 160pp | 9780814758373 | 1/10/2008A$25.99 | NZ$29.99 | New York University Press

In 1931 Kurt Gödel published his fundamental paper, On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems. This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Gödel received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for achievement in the natural sciences—perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work in mathematical logic as one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent times. However, few mathematicians of the time were

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Godel's Proof

Mitchell Cohen

Pbk | 896pp | 9780691159973 | 10/06/2018A$85 | NZ$104 | Princeton University Press

This is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded new edition of one of the most popular, wide-ranging, and engaging anthologies of Western political thinking, one that spans from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In addition to the majority of the pieces that appeared in the original edition, this new edition features exciting new selections from more recent thinkers who address vital contemporary issues, including identity, cosmopolitanism, global justice, and populism.

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Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts since Plato Revised and Expanded Edition

Nicholas J J Smith

Hbk | 544pp | 9780691151632 | 12/03/2012A$69 | NZ$83 | Princeton University Press

Logic is essential to correct reasoning and also has important theoretical applications in philosophy, computer science, linguistics, and mathematics. This book provides an exceptionally clear introduction to classical logic, with a unique approach that emphasizes both the hows and whys of logic. Here Nicholas Smith thoroughly covers the formal tools and techniques of logic while also imparting a deeper understanding of their underlying rationales and broader philosophical significance. In addition, this is the only introduction to logic available today that presents all the major forms of proof--trees, natural deduction in all its major variants,

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Logic: The Laws of Truth (ISE)

Richard Arthur


Richard Arthur’s Natural Deduction provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python. In this new edition, more exercises have been added and others have been updated and replaced. Also included are some

An Introduction to Logic: Using Natural Deduction, Real Arguments, a Little History, and Some Humour 2ed

Aladdin M Yaqub


This book reclaims logic as a branch of philosophy, offering a self-contained and complete introduction to the three traditional systems of classical logic (term, sentence, and predicate logic) and the philosophical issues that surround those systems. The exposition is lucid, clear, and engaging. Practical methods are favored over the traditional, and creative approaches over the merely mechanical. The author's guiding principle is to introduce classical logic in an intellectually honest way, and not to shy away from difficulties and controversies where they arise. Relevant philosophical issues, such as the relation between the meaning and the referent of a

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An Introduction to Logical Theory

Aladdin M Yaqub


An Introduction to Metalogic is a uniquely accessible introduction to the metatheory of first-order predicate logic. No background knowledge of logic is presupposed, as the book is entirely self-contained and clearly defines all of the technical terms it employs. Yaqub begins with an introduction to predicate logic, and ends with detailed outlines of the proofs of the incompleteness, undecidability, and indefinability theorems. Many other topics are covered: expressive completeness, the basics of set theory, infinite cardinalities, Cantor's Theorems, the Soundness and Completeness Theorems, Turing machines, the Halting Problem, predicate logic theories

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Rodger L Jackson and Melanie L McLeod


The Logic of Our Language teaches the practical and everyday application of formal logic. Rather than overwhelming the reader with abstract theory, Jackson and McLeod show how the skills developed through the practice of logic can help us to better understand our own language and reasoning processes.The authors' goal is to draw attention to the patterns and logical structures inherent in our spoken and written language by teaching the reader how to translate English sentences into formal symbols. Other logical tools, including truth tables, truth trees, and natural deduction, are then introduced as techniques for

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The Logic of Our Language: An Introduction to Symbolic Logic

Arthur Sullivan

Pbk | 304pp | 9781551114712 | 4/03/2003A$56.99 | NZ$68 | Broadview Press

Logicism and the Philosophy of Language brings together the core works by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell on logic and language. In their separate efforts to clarify mathematics through the use of logic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Frege and Russell both recognized the need for rigorous and systematic semantic analysis of language. It was their turn to this style of analysis that would establish the philosophy of language as an autonomous area of inquiry. This anthology gathers together these foundational writings, and frames them with an extensive historical introduction. This is a collection for

Logicism and the Philosophy of Language: Selections from Frege and Russell

Richard TW Arthur


Richard Arthur's Natural Deduction provides a wide-ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern 'informal logic' with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python.

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Natural Deduction: An Introduction To Logic With Real Arguments, A Little History and Some Humour

Maria Carla Galavotti

Pbk | 250pp | 9781575864907 | 1/01/2005A$49.99 | NZ$58.99 | University of Chicago Press

Not limited to merely mathematics, probability has a rich and controversial philosophical aspect. A Philosophical Introduction to Probability showcases lesser-known philosophical notions of probability and explores the debate over their interpretations. Galavotti traces the history of probability and its mathematical properties and then discusses various philosophical positions on probability, from the Pierre Simon de Laplace's “classical” interpretation of probability to the logical interpretation proposed by John Maynard Keynes.

Philosophical Introduction to Probability

Tim Woods

Pbk | 352pp | 9780719079962 | 1/02/2010A$37.99 | NZ$45.99 | Manchester University Press

Post modernism' became the buzzword of contemporary society in the 1990s. Yet, even now, it still remains confusing and baffling in its variety of definitions, contexts and associations. This second edition of has been updated, amended and enlarged, offering clear, accessible and step-by-step introductions to post modernism across a wide range of subjects. It encourages readers to explore how the debates about post modernism have emerged from basic philosophical and cultural ideas, and to develop comparative connections and ideas from one area to another. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction / 2. Postmodernism:

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Beginning Postmodernism 2ed

Mahesh Ananth


Bringing Biology to Life is a guided tour of the philosophy of biology, canvassing three broad areas: the early history of biology, from Aristotle to Darwin; traditional debates regarding species, function, and units of selection; and recent efforts to better understand the human condition in light of evolutionary biology. Topics are addressed using no more technical jargon than necessary, and without presupposing any advanced knowledge of biology or the philosophy of science on the part of the reader. Discussion questions are also provided to encourage reader reflection.

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Bringing Biology to Life: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology

Richard H Popkin

Pbk | 864pp | 9780231101295 | 23/12/2005A$77 | NZ$94 | Columbia University Press

Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in-depth, and up-to-date historical analysis of all the key figures, schools, and movements of Western philosophy. The Columbia History significantly broadens the scope of Western philosophy to reveal the influence of Middle Eastern and Asian thought, the vital contributions of Jewish and Islamic philosophers, and the role of women within the tradition. Along with a wealth of new scholarship,

Columbia History of Western Philosophy

William Hughes and Jonathan Lavery


Hughes and Lavery’s Critical Thinking is a hugely successful, comprehensive introduction to the essential skills of good reasoning, refined through seven editions published over more than two decades. Now, for the first time, the book is available in a shortened format, offering a succinct presentation of the essential elements of reasoning that doesn’t sacrifice any of the rigor or sophistication found in the standard edition. The authors provide a thorough treatment of such central topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies, how to recognize and avoid ambiguity, and how to distinguish what is relevant from what is

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Ansgar Allen and Roy Goddard

Pbk | 240pp | 9781446273166 | 10/06/2017A$59.99 | NZ$72 | Sage Publications Ltd

This text has been shaped to provide a flexible introductory text clustered around key themes that broadly align with programme structures. This is a relatively sophisticated text, given the subject matter this is somewhat of a given, and therefore more suited to years two and three study modules which cover philosophical perspectives on Education. It may also work at year one level for institutions with a more able student cohort.

Education and Philosophy: An Introduction

Robert Martin


Academic philosophy can be puzzling to newcomers. The conventions, terms, and expectations entrenched among philosophers aren’t always clear from the outside. Why are philosophers so preoccupied with finding “the truth”—doesn’t everyone have their own philosophy? Is philosophy so deep and difficult that its literature has to be incomprehensible? What kinds of arguments can there be for a philosophical position? Where does the evidence come from? Why is there so much jargon—wouldn’t it be better to do away with it altogether? What exactly is a “thought experiment,” and how should one be conducted? Best-selling author and

For the Sake of Argument: How to Do Philosophy

Jennifer Wilson Mulnix and M J Mulnix


We all want to be happy, but what does that mean? Happy Lives, Good Lives: A Philosophical Examination offers a thorough introduction to a variety of perspectives on happiness. Valuable insights are inferred from both philosophical and scientific research into the nature of happiness, and a range of examples of very different but equally happy lives are considered. Among the questions at issue: Is happiness only a state of mind, or is it something more? Is it the same for everyone? Is it under our control, and if so, to what extent? Can we be mistaken about whether we are happy? What role, if any, does happiness play in living a good life? Is it

Happy Lives, Good Lives: A Philosophical Examination

Hannah Arendt


In this text, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems are identified as diminishing human agency and political freedom - the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions. This edition contains an expanded index and an introduction that analyses the text's argument and its present relevance.

Human Condition 2ed

Brian D Haig

Hbk | 224pp | 9780262027366 | 4/04/2014A$63 | NZ$74 | MIT Press

Drawing on behavioural science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, this text constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioural sciences. Haig draws on the new experimentalism in the philosophy of science to reconstruct the process of phenomena detection as it applies to psychology; he considers the logic and purpose of exploratory factor analysis; he discusses analogical modelling as a means of theory development; and he recommends the use of inference to the best explanation for evaluating theories in psychology.

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Investigating the Psychological World: Scientific Method in the Behavioral Sciences

Paul M Churchland

Pbk | 304pp | 9780262519588 | 16/08/2013A$51.99 | NZ$61 | MIT Press

In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland presents a concise and contemporary overview of the philosophical issues surrounding the mind and explains the main theories and philosophical positions that have been proposed to solve them. For this third edition, the text has been updated and revised throughout. The changes range from references to the iPhone's 'Siri' to expanded discussions of the work of such contemporary philosophers as David Chalmers, John Searle, and Thomas Nagel. COURSE USE: Suitable for use as an introductory undergraduate text in philosophy of the mind.

Matter and Consciousness 3ed

Brian Orend


The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second edition, Brian Orend builds on the substantial strengths of the first, adding important new material on: cyber-warfare; drone attacks; the wrap-up of Iraq and Afghanistan; conflicts in Libya and Syria; and protracted struggles (like the Arab-Israeli conflict). Updated and streamlined throughout, the book offers new research tools and case studies, while keeping the winning blend of theory and history featured in the first edition. This book remains an engaging and comprehensive examination of the ethics,

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Shili Xiong

Hbk | 416pp | 9780300191578 | 24/05/2015A$125 | NZ$147 | Yale University Press

This book, the first English translation of what many consider to be the most original work of Chinese philosophy produced in the twentieth century, draws from Buddhist and Confucian philosophy to develop a critical inquiry into the relation between the ontological and the phenomenal. This annotated edition examines Xiong Shili’s complex engagement with Buddhist thought and the legacy of Xiong’s thought in New Confucian philosophy. It will be an indispensable resource for students of Eastern philosophy and Chinese intellectual history, as well as for philosophers who may not be familiar with the Chinese tradition.

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Immanuel Kant


Kant’s landmark essay, “On Perpetual Peace” is as timely, relevant, and inspiring today as when it was first written over 200 years ago. In it, we find a forward-looking vision of a world respectful of human rights, dominated by liberal democracies, and united in a cosmopolitan federation of diverse peoples. This book features a fresh and vigorous translation of Kant’s essay by Ian Johnston. And it includes an extended

introduction by philosopher Brian Orend, author of The

Morality of War.

On Perpetual Peace

John Bell


Since antiquity, opposed concepts such as the One and the Many, the Finite and the Infinite, and the Absolute and the Relative, have been a driving force in philosophical, scientific, and mathematical thought. Yet they have also given rise to perplexing problems and conceptual paradoxes which continue to haunt scientists and philosophers. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell explains and investigates the paradoxes and puzzles that arise out of conceptual oppositions in physics and mathematics. In the process, Bell not only motivates abstract conceptual thinking about the paradoxes at issue, he also offers a compelling introduction to central

Oppositions and Paradoxes: Philosophical Perplexities in Science and Mathematics

Dominic Murphy

Pbk | 422pp | 9780262517447 | 1/02/2012A$54.99 | NZ$65 | MIT Press

In Psychiatry in the Scientific Image, Dominic Murphy looks at psychiatry from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy of science, considering three issues - how we should conceive of, classify, and explain mental illness. If someone is said to have a mental illness, what about it is mental? What makes it an illness? How might we explain and classify it? A system of psychiatric classification settles these questions by distinguishing the mental illnesses and showing how they stand in relation to one another.

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Psychiatry in the Scientific Image

Kelly Clark


This anthology contains the best of both classical and contemporary sources, offering a balanced historical approach to the philosophy of religion while reflecting the latest developments in the field. The included readings grapple with issues that are existentially compelling and provocative regardless of one’s religious leanings. Topics are covered in a point-counterpoint manner designed to foster deep reflection. This third edition contains an entirely new section on early Chinese religion as well as new essays on religious language, feminism, and the cognitive science of religion.

Readings in the Philosophy of Religion 3ed

Jeffrey Foss


This new anthology includes both classic and contemporary readings on the methods and scope of science. Jeffrey Foss depicts science in a broadly humanistic context, contending that it is philosophically interesting because it has reshaped nearly all aspects of human cultureand in so doing has reshaped humanity as well. While providing a strong introduction to epistemological and metaphysical issues in science, this text goes beyond the traditional topics, enlarging the scope of philosophical engagement with science. Substantial introductions and critical questions are provided for each reading.

Science and the World: Philosophical Approaches

Kim Sterelny and Paul E. Griffiths

Pbk | 456pp | 9780226773049 | 1/01/1999A$56.99 | NZ$69 | University of Chicago Press

. In this accessible introduction to philosophy of biology, Kim Sterelny and Paul E. Griffiths present both the science and the philosophical context necessary for a critical understanding of the most exciting debates shaping biology today.

Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology

James Gerrie


James Gerrie offers an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is ‘technology’? Does technology control our lives? What is technology’s relation to ethics? How does technology influence us? Is the widespread belief in technological progress justified? Later sections of the book examine the application of philosophy of technology to social issues such as climate change, urban sprawl, and automation. Major issues and arguments are presented in an accessible and non-technical fashion, giving the reader a firm foundation in the field.

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Technology and Society: A Philosophical Guide

Fritz Allhoff

Hbk | 288pp | 9780226014838 | 1/01/2012A$79 | NZ$95 | University of Chicago Press

The general consensus among philosophers is that the use of torture is never justified. In Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, Allhoff demonstrates the weakness of the case against torture, while allowing that torture constitutes a moral wrong, he nevertheless argues that, in exceptional cases, it represents the lesser of two evils. He begins by examining the way terrorism challenges traditional norms, discussing the morality of various practices of torture, and critically exploring the infamous ticking time-bomb scenario. After considering these issues from a philosophical perspective, he turns to the empirical ramifications of his arguments,

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Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture: A Philosophical Analysis

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Justin Sytsma and Jonathan Livengood


In recent years, developments in experimental philosophy have led many thinkers to reconsider their central assumptions and methods. It is not enough to speculate and introspect from the armchair–philosophers must subject their claims to scientific scrutiny, looking at evidence and in some cases conducting new empirical research. The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy is an introduction and guide to the systematic collection and analysis of empirical data in academic philosophy. This book serves two purposes: first, it examines the theory behind “x-phi,” including its underlying motivations and the

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The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy

Jacques Derrida

Pbk | 560pp | 9781421419954 | 1/02/2016A$68 | NZ$82 | Johns Hopkins University Press

Forty years after Of Grammatology first appeared in English, Derrida still ignites controversy, thanks in part to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s careful translation, which attempted to capture the richness and complexity of the original. This fortieth anniversary edition, where a mature Spivak retranslates with greater awareness of Derrida’s legacy, also includes a new afterword by her which supplements her influential original preface.

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Of Grammatology (Fortieth Anniversary Edition)

Ferdinand de Saussure

Pbk | 336pp | 9780231157278 | 1/06/2011A$55.99 | NZ$67 | Columbia University Press

This new edition of Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics (1916) is the first critical edition of Saussure to appear in English. It also restores Wade Baskin's original English translation (1959), which has long been unavailable. The founder of modern linguistics, Saussure inaugurated semiology, structuralism, and deconstruction and made possible the work of Jacques Lacan, French feminism, cultural studies, new historicism, and post-colonialism. Based on the lectures that Saussure gave, the text was collated from notes taken by students and published by Charles Bally, Albert Sechehaye, and Albert Riedlinger.

Course in General Linguistics

René Descartes


Fully named Discourse on the Method for

Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences, this work offers the most complete

presentation and defence of René Descartes’ method of intellectual inquiry - a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. This new translation is modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, enabling the reader to interpret this easily misunderstood work within Descartes’ larger project.

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Discourse on Method

Jack Crumley


Metaphysics and the theory of knowledge lie at the heart of the Western philosophical tradition, and yet they are notoriously tricky subjects to engage. In this book, Jack Crumley makes those difficult topics intelligible, not only introducing the central issues and arguments but also explaining their broader significance, thereby connecting abstract themes to more familiar concerns. Though topically organized, the book integrates positions and examples from the history of philosophy. Plato, Descartes, and Leibniz are discussed alongside Quine, Kripke, and other 20th- and 21st-century figures.

Introducing Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality

Thomas Heyd

Hbk | 232pp | 9780231136068 | 14/10/2005A$109 | NZ$128 | Columbia University Press

How do the ways in which we think about and describe nature shape the use and protection of the environment? Do our seemingly well-intentioned efforts in environmental conservation reflect a respect for nature or our desire to control nature's wildness? The contributors to this collection address these and other questions as they explore the theoretical and practical implications of a crucial aspect of environmental philosophy and policy-the autonomy of nature. In focusing on the recognition and meaning of nature's autonomy and linking issues of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and policy, the essays provide a

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Recognizing the Autonomy of Nature: Theory and Practice

Peter Godfrey-Smith


How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is ''really'' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of one hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science.

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Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

Robert M Martin


As this book richly and entertainingly demonstrates, philosophy is as much the search for the right questions as it is the search for the right answers. Robert M. Martin's popular collection of philosophical puzzles, paradoxes, jokes, and anecdotes is updated and expanded in this third edition, with dozens of new entries.Ancillary Materials

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