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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy Since logic is the study of correct reasoning it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general philosophical issues and for its role in overall knowledge gathering Today philosophy of mathematics and logic remain central disciplines in contemporary philosophy as evidenced by the regular appearance of articles on these topics in the best mainstream philosophical journals in fact the last decade has seen an explosion of scholarly work in these areas This volume covers these disciplines in a comprehensive and accessible manner giving the reader an overview of the major problems positions and battle lines The 26 contributed chapters are by established experts in the field and their articles contain both exposition and criticism as well as substantial development of their own positions The essays which are substantially selfcontained serve both to introduce the reader to the subject and to engage in it at its frontiers Certain major positions are represented by two chaptersone supportive and one critical The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Math and Logic is a groundbreaking reference like no other in its field It is a central resource to those wishing to learn about the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic or some aspect thereof and to those who actively engage in the discipline from advanced undergraduates to professional philosophers mathematicians and historians
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In this Handbook twentysix leading scholars survey the development of philosophy between the middle of the sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century The five parts of the book cover metaphysics and natural philosophy the mind the passions and aesthetics epistemology logic mathematics and language ethics and political philosophy and religionThe period between the publication of Copernicuss De Revolutionibus and Berkeleys reflections on Newton and Locke saw one of the most fundamental changes in the history of our way of thinking about the universe This radical transformation of worldview was partly a response to what we now call the Scientific Revolution it was equally a reflection of political changes that were no less fundamental which included the establishment of nationstates and some of the first attempts to formulate a theory of international rights and justice Finally the Reformation and its aftermath undermined the apparent unity of the Christian church in Europe and challenged both religious beliefs that had been accepted for centuries and the interpretation of the Bible on which they had been basedThe Handbook surveys a number of the most important developments in the philosophy of the period as these are expounded both in texts that have since become very familiar and in other philosophical texts that are undeservedly less wellknown It also reaches beyond the philosophy to make evident the fluidity of the boundary with science and to consider the impact on philosophy of historical and political eventsexplorations revolutions and reforms inventions and discoveries Thus it not only offers a guide to the most important areas of recent research but also offers some new questions for historians of philosophy to pursue and to have indicated areas that are ripe for further exploration
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The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing Each volume offers an authoritative and uptodate survey 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 Ernie Lepore and Barry Smith present the definitive reference work for this diverse and fertile field of philosophy A superb international team contribute more than forty brandnew essays covering topics from the nature of language to meaning truth and reference and the interfaces of philosophy of language with linguistics psychology logic epistemology and metaphysics It will be an essential resource for anyone working in the central areas of philosophy for linguists interested in syntax semantics and pragmatics and for psychologists and cognitive scientists working on language
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature contains twentythree newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature as a form of attention to human life Various forms of attention are considered under the headings of Genres from Ancient Epic to the Novel and Contemporary Experimental Writing Periods from Realism and Romanticism to Postcolonialism Devices and Powers Imagination Plot Character Style and Emotion and Contexts and Uses in relation to inquiry morality and politics In each case the effort is to track and evaluate how specific modes and works of imaginative literature answer to important needs of human subjects for orientation the articulation of interest in life and the working through of emotion within situations that are both sociohistorical and human Hence these essays show how and why literature matters in manifold ways in and for human cultural life and they show how philosophers and imaginative literary writers have continually both engaged with and criticized each other
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The study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers and has been a booming area of research in recent decades with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscience Oxford University Press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mind An outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mind The first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world its ontological status how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe and the nature of consciousness The third section focuses on the muchdebated subjects of content and intentionality The fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities including memory imagination and emotion The fifth section looks at epistemic issues in particular regarding knowledge of ones own and other minds The volume concludes with a section on self personhood and agency The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a highlevel survey of the state of the art in this flourishing field
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience is a stateoftheart collection of interdisciplinary research spanning philosophy of science mind and ethics and current neuroscience Containing chapters written by some of the most prominent philosophers working in this area and in some cases coauthored with neuroscientists this volume reflects both the breadth and depth of current work in this exciting field Topics include the nature of explanation in neuroscience whether and how current neuroscience is reductionistic consequences of current research on the neurobiology of learning and memory perception and sensation neurocomputational modeling and neuroanatomy the burgeoning field of neuroethics and the neurobiology of motivation that increasingly informs it implications from neurology and clinical neuropsychology especially in light of some bizarre symptoms involving misrepresentations of self the extent and consequences of multiple realization in actual neuroscience the new field of neuroeudamonia and the neurophilosophy of subjectivity This volume will interest philosophers working in numerous fields who wish to see how current neuroscience is being brought to bear directly on philosophical issues It will also be of interest to neuroscientists who wish to learn how the research programs of some of their colleagues are being enriched by interaction with philosophers and finally to those working in any interdisciplinary field who wish to see how two seemingly disparate disciplinesone traditional and humanistic the other new and scientificare being brought together to both disciplines mutual benefit
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The philosophy of the social sciences considers the underlying explanatory powers of the social or human sciences such as history economics anthropology politics and sociology The type of questions covered includes the methodological the nature of observations laws theories and explanations to the ontological whether or not these sciences can explain human nature in a way consistent with commonsense beliefs This Handbook is a major comprehensive look at the key ideas in the field is guided by several principles The first is that the philosophy of social science should be closely connected to and informed by developments in the sciences themselves The second is that the volume should appeal to practicing social scientists as well as philosophers with the contributors being both drawn from both ranks and speaking to ongoing controversial issues in the field Finally the volume promotes connections across the social sciences with greater internal discussion and interaction across disciplinary boundaries
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a cuttingedge reference work to philosophical issues in the practice of economics It is motivated by the view that there is more to economics than general equilibrium theory and that the philosophy of economics should reflect the diversity of activities and topics that currently occupy economists Contributions in the Handbook are thus closely tied to ongoing theoretical and empirical concerns in economics Contributors include both philosophers of science and economists Chapters fall into three general categories received views in philosophy of economics ongoing controversies in microeconomics and issues in modeling macroeconomics and development Specific topics include methodology game theory experimental economics behavioral economics neuroeconomics computational economics data mining interpersonal comparisons of utility measurement of welfare and well being growth theory and development and microfoundations of macroeconomics The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a groundbreaking reference like no other in its field It is a central resource for those wishing to learn about the philosophy of economics and for those who actively engage in the discipline from advanced undergraduates to professional philosophers economists and historians
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Mathematics and logic have been central topics of concern since the dawn of philosophy Since logic is the study of correct reasoning it is a fundamental branch of epistemology and a priority in any philosophical system Philosophers have focused on mathematics as a case study for general philosophical issues and for its role in overall knowledge gathering Today philosophy of mathematics and logic remain central disciplines in contemporary philosophy as evidenced by the regular appearance of articles on these topics in the best mainstream philosophical journals in fact the last decade has seen an explosion of scholarly work in these areas This volume covers these disciplines in a comprehensive and accessible manner giving the reader an overview of the major problems positions and battle lines The 26 contributed chapters are by established experts in the field and their articles contain both exposition and criticism as well as substantial development of their own positions The essays which are substantially selfcontained serve both to introduce the reader to the subject and to engage in it at its frontiers Certain major positions are represented by two chaptersone supportive and one critical The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Math and Logic is a groundbreaking reference like no other in its field It is a central resource to those wishing to learn about the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic or some aspect thereof and to those who actively engage in the discipline from advanced undergraduates to professional philosophers mathematicians and historians
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Death has long been a preoccupation of philosophers and this is especially so today The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of deathrelated topics across the entire range of the discipline These include metaphysical topicssuch as the nature of death the possibility of an afterlife the nature of persons and how our thinking about time affects what we think about deathas well as axiological topics such as whether death is bad for its victim what makes it bad to die what attitude it is fitting to take towards death the possibility of posthumous harm and the desirability of immortality The contributors also explore the views of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle Plato and Epicurus on topics related to the philosophy of death and questions in normative ethics such as what makes killing wrong when it is wrong and whether it is wrong to kill fetuses nonhuman animals combatants in war and convicted murderers With chapters written by a wide range of experts in metaphysics ethics and conceptual analysis and designed to give the reader a comprehensive view of recent developments in the philosophical study of death this Handbook will appeal to a broad audience in philosophy particularly in ethics and metaphysics
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This volume contains thirtyone stateoftheart contributions from leading figures in the study of emotion today The volume addresses all the central philosophical issues in current emotion research including the nature of emotion and of emotional life the history of emotion from Plato to Sartre emotion and practical reason emotion and the self emotion value and morality and emotion art and aesthetics Anyone interested in the philosophy of emotion and its wideranging implications in other related fields such as morality and aesthetics will want to consult this book It will be a vital resource not only for scholars and graduate students but also for undergraduates who are finding their way into this fascinating topic
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