The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-924295-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 916 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1627 g

Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy is the definitive guide to what's going on in this lively and fascinating subject. Jackson and Smith, themselves two of the world's most eminent philosophers, have assembled more than thirty distinguished scholars to contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas of research. The coverage is broad, with sections devoted to moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences. This Handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of philosophy today.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students in all fields of contemporary philosophy, and those in other disciplines wanting to know what's going on in the discipline.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Frank

Smith, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

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