Midwest Studies in Philosophy – serie
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New Directions in Philosophy, Volume XXIII
Av French, Hk Wettstein Hk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
808 kr
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In this annual volume key thinkers explore evolving trends that philosophy as a discipline is facing.
Life and Death
Metaphysics and Ethics, Volume XXIV
Av Howard Wettstein, French m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
650 kr
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Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXIV, Life and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics is an important contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. In the Midwest Studies tradition, twenty of the more important philosophers writing in this area have …
Figurative Language, Volume XXV
Av French, Hk Wettstein Hk m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
552 kr
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Analytic philosophy was born from philosophic reflection on logic and mathematics. It has been at its strongest in these and related domains of reflection, domains that are friendly to definition and analytic clarity. From time to time, analytic philosophers, some very distinguished, have produced …
Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy, Volume XXVI
Häftad, 2002
486 kr
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In this volume leading contemporary philosophical historians of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods examine the works of important figures of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century. While Midwest Studies in Philosophy has produced other volumes devoted to historical periods in …
Early Modern Philosophy Reconsidered, Volume XXXV
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2012
577 kr
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Early Modern Philosophy Reconsidered: Essays in Honor of Paul Hoffman is an international collection of essays from both well-established and younger scholars. In keeping with the example of Hoffman’s own work, the essays are written in the spirit of promoting serious philosophical engagement with …
Concept of Evil, Volume XXXVI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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The Concept of Evil is dedicated to the analysis of the concept of evil. The term "evil" is used widely in ordinary language and yet philosophers have disagreed on what, if anything, distinguishes an evil act from a wrong act or an evil person from a bad one. Is "evil" a distinct and important …
New Atheism and Its Critics, Volume XXXVII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2013
534 kr
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This volume of the classic series is devoted to the claims, arguments, and perspectives of the New Atheists. The volume collects original work on these topics of leading thinkers in the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, and philosophy of science. These studies are punctuated by …
Forward-Looking Collective Responsibility, Volume XXXVIII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2014
491 kr
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• Explores various aspects of the concept of forward-looking collective responsibility and its application• Presents fifteen articles written by leading philosophers from around the world• Extends the philosophical discussion of collective responsibility and collective morality towards future …
Ethics and Global Climate Change
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2016
468 kr
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The planet is undergoing a global change in climate that has begun to negatively affect populations and is predicted to accelerate in the coming decades. The human beings now on Earth are the first to exist when the climatic dynamics of the planet are scientifically understood. That understanding …
Phenomenology of Affective Life, Volume XLI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2017
534 kr
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This volume brings together new analytic and continental philosophic work on the nature of affectivity. Areas represented include philosophy of mind, epistemology, and philosophy of language. But such traditional designations fail to do justice to the new ground broken here. Topics include the …
Moral Responsibility and the Financial Crisis
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2018
510 kr
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A look at an economic disaster from a philosophical perspectiveA decade after the financial crisis, this publication considered the event from the standpoint of philosophy. Moral Responsibility and the Financial Crisis is a Midwest Studies in Philosophy volume that applies analytic philosophy to …
Moral Luck
Häftad, 2019
551 kr
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Many of us are inclined to accept something like the following principle: We can only be properly morally assessed for what is in our control. And yet our ordinary practices seem to frequently violate this principle. The resulting tension, and the attempt to resolve it, is the problem of moral …
Philosophy of Dance
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2020
510 kr
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This volume brings together new work in the philosophy of dance for a general philosophical audience. Scholars working across the fields of philosophy, dance studies, and related areas explore the nature of dance as a practice and an artform. This collection of essays covers topics such as the …
Meaning In The Arts, Volume XXVII
Häftad, 2003
485 kr
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This Volume illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts-in literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include theory in the arts; interpretations of meaning; objectivity in meaning; and the consumer as a participant in art. Brings together articles from prominent philosophers and …
American Philosophers, Volume XXVIII
Häftad, 2004
486 kr
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The American Philosophers contains papers by current leading philosophers and political theorists that explore the work of the major American philosophers from the colonial period to the present, from Jonathan Edwards to David Kaplan. Contains a philosophically and historically broad exploration of …
Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Volume XXIX
Häftad, 2005
485 kr
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The essays in this volume explore various issues pertaining to human agency, such as the relationship between free will and causal determinism, and the nature and conditions of moral responsibility. Builds on and extends some of the very best recent work in the field.Features lively and vigorous …
Shared Intentions and Collective Responsibility, Volume XXX
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2007
690 kr
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This volume of Midwest Studies focuses on the currently hot topic in ethics and action theory of shared intentions and relates it to issues in collective responsibility. Each of the essays in the volume is by an internationally known scholar who has published seminal pieces on various aspects of …
Philosophy and the Empirical, Volume XXXI
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2007
676 kr
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This collection of essays focuses on a current issue of central important in contemporary philosophy, the relationship between philosophy and empirical studies. Explores in detail a range of examples which demonstrate how the older paradigm – philosophy as conceptual analysis – is giving way to a …
Truth and its Deformities, Volume XXXII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2008
676 kr
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Truth and Its Deformities is the 32nd volume in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It contains major new contributions on a range of topics related to the general theme of the volume by some of the most important philosophers writing on truth in recent years.
Philosophy and Poetry, Volume XXXIII
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2009
591 kr
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Philosophy and Poetry is the 33rd volume in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It begins with contributions in verse from two world class poets, JohnAshbery and Stephen Dunn, and an article by Dunn on the creative processthat issued in his poem. The volume features new work from an …
Film and the Emotions, Volume XXXIV
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Häftad, 2010
411 kr
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Film and the Emotions explores the complicated relationship between filmed entertainment, such as movies and television shows, and our capacity to feel emotions. This volume of The Midwest Studies in Philosophy covers topics such as the role of imagination in our capacity to respond emotionally to …
Figurative Language, Volume XXV
Av Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein
Inbunden, 2001
1018 kr
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Analytic philosophy was born from philosophic reflection on logic and mathematics. It has been at its strongest in these and related domains of reflection, domains that are friendly to definition and analytic clarity. From time to time, analytic philosophers, some very distinguished, have produced …
