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Thomas Reid'S Ethics - Moral Epistemology On Legal Foundations

by William C. Davis

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 Thomas Reid (1710-96) was one of the most daring and original thinkers of the eighteenth century. His work became the cornerstone of the Scottish School of Common Sense Philosophy. This book begins by characterizing the state of moral epistemology at the time when Reid was writing. It offers an assessment of the success of Reid's ethical project.
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Boyle On Fire - The Mechanical Revolution In Scientific Explanation

by William Eaton

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 This process reveals those characteristics of mechanical explanations that make them superior to elemental theories of chemical explanation, characteristics that have become an enduring feature of the scientific enterprise.
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Berkeley And Irish Philosophy

by David Berman

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 A collection of papers by one of the leading experts on the superstar of Irish Philosophy, George Berkeley (1685-1753). It includes an essay that examines a range of Berkeley's achievement, looking at his classic works of 1709-1713, "Alciphron" (1732) and his final book, the enigmaic "Siris" (1744).
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Francis Bacon And The Limits Of Scientific Knowledge

by Dennis Desroches

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 Francis Bacon is considered the 'father' of modern experimental science. This book speaks up for Bacon, and focuses on Bacon's "Novum Organum, The Advancement of Learning and De Augmentis", in order to discern the theoretical nature of his programme for the 'renovation' of the natural sciences.
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John Stuart Mill'S Political Philosophy

by John R. Fitzpatrick

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 In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the philosophy of John Stuart Mill has never been more relevant. Can we reconcile individual liberty with the demands of the common good? This book argues that Mill's liberal utilitarianism can indeed support a system of rights rich enough to guarantee individual liberty.
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Thomas Hobbes And The Politics Of Natural Philosophy

by Stephen J. Finn

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 Takes issue with the near-universal tendency of Hobbes scholars to emphasize the influence of Hobbes's natural philosophy on his political philosophy. This book shows how Hobbes's political ideas influence his natural philosophy.
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Rethinking Mill'S Ethics - Character And Aesthetic Education

by Colin Heydt

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 Discussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. This book unearths the context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers.
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Wittgenstein'S Religious Point Of View

by Tim Labron

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 Wittgenstein once said, ''I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view''. However, since he never advocated any one religion many people have wondered just what this religious point of view could be. This book answers this question by clarifying the overall nature(s) of his philosophies (the early and the later) and then by exploring the idea of a religious point of view as an analogy for a philosophy. As a result, the author reveals the concordance between the later Wittgenstein and central aspects of Hebraic thought. Although perhaps this ought not to be surprising (Wittgenstein himself described his thought as ''one hundred per cent Hebraic''), the truth of the matter has been obscured by popular supposition that Wittgenstein was anti-Semitic.
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Hume'S Theory Of Causation

by Angela M. Coventry

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 Presents an interpretation of David Hume's account of what a 'cause' is. This book emphasises on the connections between Hume's theories of cause, space and time, morals, and aesthetics. It presents an argument that Hume's causal theory is best understood as 'quasi-realist', an intermediate position between realism and anti-realism.
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Wittgenstein At His Word

by Duncan Richter

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 Wittgenstein's work is notoriously difficult to understand and, at least superficially, deals almost exclusively with obscure and technical problems in logic and the philosophy of language. He has been blamed for leading philosophers away from the problems of the real world.
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Wittgenstein And The Theory Of Perception

by Justin Good

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 Analyses a host of issues in philosophy of mind and visual studies, including the concepts of visual meaning, visual qualia and the ineffability of visual experience. This work explores the relation between conceptual analysis and causal explanation in the theory of perception, and the relation between visual syntax and visual meaning.
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Wittgenstein And Gadamer - Towards A Post-Analytic Philosophy Of Language

by Chris Lawn

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 Focuses on how Wittgenstein and Gadamer treat language in their accounts of language as game and their major writings on the subject - "Philosophical Investigations" and "Truth and Method", respectively. This book brings the work of two major modern philosophers in to dialogue.
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Hobbes And The Making Of Modern Political Thought

by Gordon Hull

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 An important new monograph that re-examines Hobbes's political writings in the context of the rest of his corpus and the work of his contemporaries.
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Berkeley'S Philosophy Of Spirit - Consciousness, Ontology And The Elusive Subject

by Talia Mae Bettcher

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 Tackles some of the problems in Berkeley's philosophy by providing a fresh interpretation of Berkeley's core ontological doctrines and their relationship to his views about self-consciousness. This work examines that Berkeley is led to adopt a model of self-consciousness because he rejects basic metaphysics of many of his predecessors.
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Hume'S Social Philosophy - Human Nature And Commercial Sociability In A Treatise Of Human Nature

by Christopher J. Finlay

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 Presents an original reading of David Hume's text, "A Treatise of Human Nature", and political writings published after it, articulating a view of his theory of human nature in society and his political philosophy. This book explores hitherto neglected social contexts within which Hume's ideas were conceived.
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Philosophy Of Herbert Spencer

by Michael Taylor

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 Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is remembered only as an alleged 'Social Darwinist' who applied the theory of the survival of the fittest to society. This book provides the modern survey of the corpus of Spencer's thought. It introduces a Spencer very different to his posthumous reputation.
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Bertrand Russell'S Ethics

by Michael K. Potter

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 Bertrand Russell was not only one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, he was also a humanitarian and activist who fought for many moral, social, and political causes. This book brings a new dimension to our understanding of Russell's life, his activism, and his contribution to moral philosophy.
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F. P. Ramsey - Critical Reassessments

by Maria Frapolli

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 Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant people of his generation. He lived in an extraordinarily stimulating milieu, surrounded by figures such as Russell, Whitehead, Keynes, Moore, and Wittgenstein.
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Russell'S Theory Of Perception

by Sajahan Miah

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 Attempts to re-examine and evaluate the development of Russell's concept of perception and the relation of perception to our knowledge of the external world. This book focuses on Russell's work from 1905 to 1919, during which period Russell attempted a reductionist analysis of empirical knowledge.
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Doing Austin Justice - The Reception Of John Austin''S Philosophy Of Law In Nineteenth Century England

by Wilfrid Rumble

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 John Austin was a towering presence in nineteenth-century English jurisprudence. He lived at the centre of the utilitarian movement in London during the 1820s and 1830s, and became its leading philosopher of law after Bentham's death (1832).
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Cultural Politics Of Analytic Philosophy - Britishness And The Spectre Of Europe

by Thomas L. Akehurst

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 A highly original study of analytic philosophy in twentieth-century British thought.
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John Locke And Personal Identity - Immortality And Bodily Resurrection In 17th-Century Philosophy

by K. Joanna S. Forstrom

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 Examines the interrelated positions of Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Henry More and Robert Boyle in their individual contexts and in John Locke's treatment of them. This title argues that, in this way, we can better understand Locke and his position on personal identity and immortality.
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Hume On God - Irony, Deism And Genuine Theism

by Timothy S. Yoder

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 A thorough and innovative study of Hume's philosophy of religion, a topic central to his whole philosophical project.
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Utilitarian Philosophy And Politics - Bentham''S Later Years

by James E. Crimmins

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 Explores Bentham's political philosophy in its historical and intellectual context and in the light of his own later re-assessment of his philosophical project.
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