The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy

The second edition of this distinguished and popular Companion introduces new chapters on the philosophy of biology; bioethics, genethics, and medical ethics; environmental ethics; business ethics; ethnicity, culture and philosophy; Plato and Aristotle; medieval philosophy; Francis Bacon; Nietzsche; Husserl and Heidegger; and Sartre, Foucault and Derrida. It also revises several existing chapters to extend its comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the issues, controversies and problems that arise from the study of philosophy. The Companion functions primarily as a flexible and distinctive introductory textbook, but even advanced students will welcome its stimulating and accessible chapters and the guidance provided by cross–references, glossary entries, boxed highlights, bibliographies, discussion questions, and further reading.

Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Notes on Contributors. Contemporary Philosophy in the United States: John R. Searle. Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look: Bernard Williams. Part I: Areas of Philosophy:. 1. Epistemology: A. C. Grayling. 2. Metaphysics: Simon Blackburn, with a section on Time Robin Le Poidevin. 3. Philosophy of Language: Martin Davies. 4. Philosophy of Logic: A. W. Moore. 5. Philosophy of Mind: William G. Lycan. 6. Ethics: John Skorupski. 7. Aesthetics: Sebastian Gardner. 8. Political and Social Philosophy: David Archard. 9. Philosophy of Science: David Papineau. 10. Philosophy of Biology: Elliott Sober. 11. Philosophy of Mathematics: Mary Tiles. 12. Philosophy of Social Science: Martin Hollis. 13. Philosophy of Law: N. E. Simmonds. 14. Philosophy of History: Leon Pompa. 15: Philosophy of Religion: Charles Taliaferro. 16. Applied Ethics: John Haldane. 17. Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Genethics: Rebecca Bennett, Charles A. Erin, John Harris & Søren Holm. 18. Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston, III. 19. Business Ethics: Georges Enderle. 20: Philosophy and Feminism: Jean Grimshaw & Miranda Fricker. 21. Ethnicity, Culture and Philosophy: Robert Bernasconi. Part II History of Philosophy:. 22. Ancient Greek Philosophy: Robert Wardy. 23. Plato and Aristotle: Lesley Brown. 24. Medieval Philosophy: Jorge Gracia. 25. Francis Bacon: Stephen Gaukroger. 26. Descartes and Malebranche: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 27. Spinoza and Leibniz: Richard Francks & George MacDonald Ross. 28. Hobbes: Tom Sorell. 29. Locke: R. S. Woolhouse. 30. Berkeley: Howard Robinson. 31. Hume: Peter Jones. 32. Kant: David Bell. 33. Hegel: Michael Inwood. 34. Marx: Richard Norman. 35. Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick: Ross Harrison. 36. Pragmatism: Susan Haack. 37. Frege and Russell: R. M. Sainsbury. 38. Moore: Thomas Baldwin. 39. Wittgenstein: David Pears. 40. Nietzsche: David E. Cooper. 41. Husserl and Heidegger: Taylor Carmen. 42. Sartre, Foucault and Derrida: Gary Gutting. Glossary. Appendix. Index.

Nicholas Bunnin studied at Harvard University and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is Director of the Philosophy Project at the Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford. Eric Tsui–James lectured in Philosophy at St Hilda’s College, Oxford before becoming Associated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong

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