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Hilary Putnam Series: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus Edited by Yemima Ben-Menahem Hebrew University of Jerusalem View list of contributors... Paperback  (ISBN-10: 0521012546 | ISBN-13: 9780521012546) Also available in Hardback | eBook format For price and ordering options, inspection copy requests, and reading lists please select: UK | North America | Australia & New Zealand The richness of Putnam’s philosophical oeuvre consists not only in the broad spectrum of problems addressed, but also in the transformations and restructuring his positions have undergone over the years. The essays collected in this volume are sensitive to both these dimensions. They discuss Putnam’s major philosophical contributions to the theory of meaning, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science and mathematics, and moral theory. But, in addition, tracing threads of change and continuity, they analyze the dynamics underlying the unfolding of Putnam’s thought. The volume also constitutes a critical introduction to a number of central issues in contemporary philosophy, including quantum logic, realism, functionalism, the ‘minds as computer’ metaphor, and the fact/value dichotomy. • One of the major contemporary philosophers • Very strong list of contributors • Offers a critical introduction to a number of central issues in contemporary philosophy

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Faking It William Ian Miller University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Paperback  (ISBN-10: 0521613701 | ISBN-13: 9780521613705) Also available in Hardback | eBook format For price and ordering options, inspection copy requests, and reading lists please select: UK | North America | Australia & New Zealand This book is about the intrusive fear that we may not be what we appear to be, or worse, that we may be only what we appear to be and nothing more. It is concerned with the worry of being exposed as frauds in our profession, cads in our love lives, as less than virtuously motivated actors when we are being agreeable, charitable, or decent. Why do we so often mistrust the motives of our own deeds, thinking them fake, though the beneficiary of them gives us full credit? Much of this book deals with that self-tormenting self-consciousness. It is about roles and identity, discussing our engagement in the roles we play, our doubts about our identities amidst this flux of roles, and thus about anxieties of authenticity. • Draws from a wide range of resources, philosophical, legal and literal • Well-known author whose previous two books have been widely reviewed

Description Table of contents Excerpt Index Copyright Frontmatter Details Weight: 0.659 kg Library of Congress Dewey number: 128 Dewey version: 22 LC Classification: JC574 .C487 2005 LC Subject headings: Liberalism Autonomy (Philosophy) Library of Congress Record

Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism New Essays Edited by John Christman Pennsylvania State University Joel Anderson University of Utrecht, The Netherlands View list of contributors... Hardback  (ISBN-10: 0521839513 | ISBN-13: 9780521839518) For price and ordering options, inspection copy requests, and reading lists please select: UK | North America | Australia & New Zealand In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains for the first time new essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral, legal and political theory, the volume covers inter alia the following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the principles of liberalism. • For the first time essays devoted to foundational issues of autonomous self and nature of liberalism • Contributors are leading figures in moral, legal and political theory • Cross-disciplinary appeal

Description Table of contents Excerpt Index Copyright Frontmatter Details Weight: 0.576 kg Library of Congress Dewey number: 170/.92 Dewey version: 22 LC Classification: JC153.L87 F67 2005 LC Subject headings: Locke, John,--1632-1704--Contributions in political science Locke, John,--1632-1704--Religion Political science--Philosophy Politics and religion Library of Congress Record

John Locke's Politics of Moral Consensus Greg Forster Hardback  (ISBN-10: 0521842182 | ISBN-13: 9780521842181) For price and ordering options, inspection copy requests, and reading lists please select: UK | North America | Australia & New Zealand The aim of this highly original book is twofold: to explain the reconciliation of religion and politics in the work of John Locke, and to explore the relevance of that reconciliation for politics in our own time. Confronted with deep social divisions over ultimate beliefs Locke sought to unite society in a single liberal community. Reason could identify divine moral laws that would be acceptable to members of all cultural groups, thereby justifying the authority of government. Greg Forster demonstrates that Locke’s theory is liberal and rational but also moral and religious, providing an alternative to the two extremes of religious fanaticism and moral relativism. This fresh new account of Locke’s thought will appeal to specialists and advanced students across philosophy, political science, and religious studies. • Gives a fresh new account of Locke • Highly original book, which explains the reconciliation of religion and politics in the work of John Locke • Written in a lively and punchy style

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