This is the definitive guide to what's going on in philosophy. Distinguished scholars contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas: moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- I. Moral Philosophy
- 1: Michael Smith: Meta-Ethics
- 2: Julia Driver: Normative Ethics
- 3: Karen Jones: Moral Epistemology
- 4: Jay Wallace: Moral Psychology
- 5: Stephen Stich and John Doris: Empirical Perspectives on Ethics
- II. Social and Political Philosophy
- 6: Linda Barclay: Liberalism and Diversity
- 7: Jeremy Waldron: Law
- 8: David Estlund: Democracy
- 9: Rae Langton: Feminism in Philosophy
- 10: Geoffrey Brennan and Philip Pettit: Rational Actor Perspectives
- III. Philosophy of Mind and Action
- 11: Gabriel Segal: Intentionality
- 12: Frank Jackson: Consciousness
- 13: Alfred Mele: Action
- 14: Martin Davies: Cognitive Science
- IV. Philosophy of Language
- 15: Scott Soames: Reference and Description
- 16: Ian Rumfitt: Meaning and Understanding
- 17: Paul Horwich: Truth
- 18: Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber: Pragmatics
- V. Metaphysics
- 19: Ned Hall: Causation
- 20: Lloyd Humberstone: Modality
- 21: D H Mellor: Time
- 22: Mark Johnston: Constitution and Identity
- VI. Epistemology
- 23: Timothy Williamson: Knowledge and Scepticism
- 24: Michael Martin: Perception
- 25: Christopher Peacocke: The A Priori
- VII. Philosophy of the Sciences
- 26: Michael Devitt: Scientific Realism
- 27: Nancy Cartwright and Anna Alexandrova: Laws
- 28: Philip Kitcher: Philosophy of Biology
- 29: David Albert: The Foundations of Physics
