Author : Michael S. Brady
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230294898
Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field.
Author : T. Brooks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230305881
Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.
Author : A. Hazlett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230297420
A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world.
Author : T. Brooks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230305881
Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.
Author : Christian Seidel
Publisher :
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 10,4 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 019027011X
Consequentialism is a focal point of moral philosophy. Recently, new wave consequentialists have presented theories which proved extremely flexible and powerful in meeting influential objections. The volume explores new directions within this project, raises fundamental problems for it, and gives a balanced assessment of its scope in commonsense moral practice.
Author : Jonas Olson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,64 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198701934
Jonas Olson presents a critical survey of moral error theory, the view that there are no moral facts and so all moral claims are false. Part I explores the historical context of the debate; Part II assesses J. L. Mackie's famous arguments; Part III defends error theory against challenges and considers its implications for our moral thinking.
Author : G. Restall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1137003723
Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics.
Author : J. Aguilar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230304257
A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.
Author : Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2008-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0230227279
The volume advances research in the philosophy of technology by introducing contributors who have an acute sense of how to get beyond or reframe the epistemic, ontological and normative limitations that currently limit the fields of philosophy of technology and science and technology studies.
Author : Jesper Ryberg
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
This volume contains work by the very best young scholars working in Applied Ethics, gathering a range of new perspectives and thoughts on highly relevant topics, such as the environment, animals, computers, freedom of speech, human enhancement, war and poverty. For researchers and students working in or around this fascinating area of the discipline, the volume will provide a unique snapshot of where the cutting-edge work in the field is currently engaged and where it's headed.
